Videography tips and Techniques

Issue 1     Tip 1

Panning

Getting the shot. When I am looking for/at something to video I try to see it in my mind as a movie that is playing. I try to envision how the video will appear to the viewer. This allows me to frame the shot in ways that will hopefully, through editing provide the wow effect. For example: While looking upwards, pan a school of fish at the same pace the fish are swimming.  If they are swimming towards you, even better. While panning with the fish, use a zoom in or zoom out near the end of the pan to add that period to the effect and as a aide in fading into the next scene during editing.

Here is an example: [xr_video id=”bd0dc0594d164cba9c5e83084ae95d09″ size=”sm”]

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