From the course: Time-Lapse Video: Shooting with the Camera in Motion

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Designing the shot

Designing the shot

So when it comes to designing your shot, you arrive at the location and you have a million thoughts going through your head. What do I want to do? What do I want to accomplish? What's the light looking like? What is my subject doing? All these things, you really have to think about hard when you're actually designing your shot. >> And it can be a bit overwhelming because with motion, nothing is really off limits. You can create a shot that starts facing one way and have the camera pan all the way in the other direction. We can set up a 360 degree time lapse if we want, and so, some of the limits that you're used to with traditional photography are removed. And it's really about applying some self control. You have to start making decisions and being comfortable right away, right? >> Oh, absolutely. I mean, you really have to know exactly what's going to happen. >> And sometimes it's easy. Your clients are going to say to you, oh, well we want a time lapse about our building. It would…

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