From the course: Video Production and Post Tips

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Safety advice

Safety advice

From the course: Video Production and Post Tips

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Safety advice

- Now Rich, one of the tendencies with low angle shooting is to kind of just plop something on the ground and kind of forget about it, right? - Yeah, I'll sometimes just walk away from the camera, and then go operate another camera. Now, that could be potentially dangerous if you're in a high traffic area, but it's also potentially dangerous because you're expecting the gear to stay put, to not fall over, not really start moving around, so you've gotta take some precautions. - Right, and if you didn't go ahead and properly match your low angle base, your platform, like a tripod or high hat, or something like that, to the camera that you're using, bad things can happen, like the camera tipping over easily, you know, with just something as simple as like wind. - Yeah. - Or somebody walking by. One of my tips that I love, especially when you're using mini-tripods like this-- - Yep. - But, the same applies to bigger tripods, or any other platform, is to put a strong edge forward. So, in…

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