From the course: Video for Photographers: 1 Filmmaking Essentials
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Using camera movement to enhance your story
From the course: Video for Photographers: 1 Filmmaking Essentials
Using camera movement to enhance your story
- Unlike photography, video is a medium defined by movement, the movement happening within the frame, but also of the frame itself. A series of well-lit perfectly composed beautiful looking images that remain static for too long look like a slideshow and not like a story in motion. We can absolutely tell a story without any movement, but movement allows us to infuse drama to our story, direct the viewers attention, highlight key details, and make the sequence in between different shots easier. Hand-held camera work is especially popular in low budget films and indie productions for several reasons. It can absolutely speed up your production schedule. It requires less gear, less time to set up, and less crew. But unintentional or excessive camera shake can be perceived as unprofessional. Now when done correctly, intentional camera shake can infuse drama and more kinetic energy to a scene. Think like a journalist chasing the action or a reality TV show or a war movie, you are part of…
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