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Using a monopod to extend your reach

Using a monopod to extend your reach

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Using a monopod to extend your reach

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Rich Harrington: I'm here with DP Jim Ball. And Jim, a lot of times we need to get the camera to a different position. It'd be pretty boring if all the shots were at eye-level. Jim Ball: So yeah, I mean, the great thing about moving images, video is that you can change angles within the shot, you know, and create dynamic images that are moving and you know, life is not all about eye-level, like you said. So, you can create different emotions and impressions from these camera angles lower versus higher angles can can say denote strength or weakness. We've all her-, heard of the term, the hero shot. Rich Harrington: Yeah. Jim Ball: Which is usually something slightly lower, that makes a subject greater in the frame. And if you go higher, that makes somebody more diminutive and more, possibly weaker in the frame. So, those are some of the obvi-, obvious examples of camera angles, yeah. Rich Harrington: And I have one of your monopods here. This thing can adjust incredibly with height. We…

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