Can any one suggest me aqny online tutorial about how to use a camera for film making?
Art of holding the Camera
practice filming things and getting a steady hand
Get a camera stand 
hey guys holding camera means
I want to know how the camera should be positioned. Its angles etc.
e.g. To show a person as hero you need to keep the camera below his eye levels
I want to know how the camera should be positioned. Its angles etc.
e.g. To show a person as hero you need to keep the camera below his eye levels
I try to never hold my video camera without some kind of support.
I mainly use a monopod.
I like my monopod even better than my glidecam.
Tilts and pans with a monopod are about as smooth as very high end tripod heads.
While I'm shooting I try to keep the zoom moving as smoothly and slowly as possible in/out.
It makes a much more interesting shot than just 10 sec of a static scene.
Of course a talking head video is a different animal all together.
I mainly use a monopod.
I like my monopod even better than my glidecam.
Tilts and pans with a monopod are about as smooth as very high end tripod heads.
While I'm shooting I try to keep the zoom moving as smoothly and slowly as possible in/out.
It makes a much more interesting shot than just 10 sec of a static scene.
Of course a talking head video is a different animal all together.
| akshar wrote: |
| hey guys holding camera means
I want to know how the camera should be positioned. Its angles etc. e.g. To show a person as hero you need to keep the camera below his eye levels |
Put the strap around your hand and hold the camera steady, then hold the front of the camera with your other hand and press your elbow intoy your chest with the hand holding the front and base of the camera.
I say you do all different angles if you can. Thats the best way to do it. Then you can add them together and it should look fairly good.
I use a pretty expensive tripod, not because I'm rich but because it belongs to my school.
Mm, I have a Video and Film course in school. The most important things I've learned so far:
-Always have something moving. If not anything or anyone is moving, then move the camera.
-Remember to cut often. The most common beginner mistake is that they take shots that are faar too long. For example, if a professional movie clip has 10 cuts, then the beginner one has just 2 or 3..
Both those makes the film much more interesting.
-Always have something moving. If not anything or anyone is moving, then move the camera.
-Remember to cut often. The most common beginner mistake is that they take shots that are faar too long. For example, if a professional movie clip has 10 cuts, then the beginner one has just 2 or 3..
Both those makes the film much more interesting.
Use a tripod but also when you are holding the camera I find it useful to crouch down and rest it on your need and keep as steady as possible! It make not look like it makes a lot of difference but on a big screen and the recorded result it will.
If tripod is not always practical then you can lean to some steady objects like wall or big column. Try to put your hand on or against these steady objects to get more stability.
i have a webcam ;P
so im not experienced
so im not experienced
Most people are askin if him to use a tripod.. I don't think he wants help with that.. He is talking about the different ways he could film which will have differnet effects...Lol i personally dunno.. ONly experience with filmin girls and seriously it was really easy.. they did all the action I just filmed or was part of the action ..jokin (for all u flamers)
..jokin (for all u flamers)you got me right m-m-w
i say practice. some ppl just have steady hands when it comes to filming. like my friends and i film at cross country races and some are good and some arent.
Haha, the responses on this make me laugh.
I think the angles come with practice. Do the same shots at different angles to see what you like best. You'll develop a personal style for how you want to hold your camera that way.
I think the angles come with practice. Do the same shots at different angles to see what you like best. You'll develop a personal style for how you want to hold your camera that way.
Try what my film teacher has us do. Watch tv with out the sound and study the diffrent camera angles and all the transitions It rely helps.
Aakshar, it's an odd question, like "What's the best way to bake a cake? Are we talking chocalate or angel food?
The one thing I can say is use the frame to visually support the story/moment. If the character is lonely, a WS of him/her in a bleak, uncluttered surrounding with no one about re-enforces that. If the same character were indoors, the shot might be a wide angle shot with them in a corner of the room, the room itself messy and sparsely furnished, piles of empty frozen food containers and chinese takeout competing with dirty clothes...
There is no one answer, just think how the visuals could add to what you want to get across. But for starters:
Basic coverage: A shot to place the story's location, one to place the characters within that location, a shot that is just wide enough for all characters to exist in, shots with just one character, (if it's and over the shoulder shot t might include another characters shoulder of side of head from the back), close-ups to catch important looks and reactions and cutaways that might give importance to a prop or area within/out the set.
Plug away and learn, we all do.
The one thing I can say is use the frame to visually support the story/moment. If the character is lonely, a WS of him/her in a bleak, uncluttered surrounding with no one about re-enforces that. If the same character were indoors, the shot might be a wide angle shot with them in a corner of the room, the room itself messy and sparsely furnished, piles of empty frozen food containers and chinese takeout competing with dirty clothes...
There is no one answer, just think how the visuals could add to what you want to get across. But for starters:
Basic coverage: A shot to place the story's location, one to place the characters within that location, a shot that is just wide enough for all characters to exist in, shots with just one character, (if it's and over the shoulder shot t might include another characters shoulder of side of head from the back), close-ups to catch important looks and reactions and cutaways that might give importance to a prop or area within/out the set.
Plug away and learn, we all do.
go to google.com and search for GA boys state xc. this is the video my friends and i made there is also the girls race. we hav pretty steady hands most of the time. if you want to see a bad example of steady hands in my opinion go to dyestat.com and click the south link in the box. then go to the video link which is rite above the pictures. i didnt like the way this guy filmed he was shaky and filmed from across a lake.
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