From the course: Video for Photographers: 1 Filmmaking Essentials
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The camera is the viewer's eyes
From the course: Video for Photographers: 1 Filmmaking Essentials
The camera is the viewer's eyes
- The camera is the viewer's eyes. Such a simple concept that in the middle of a hectic shoot we tend to forget. As photographers, let's say we're shooting a house. So we climb up on a ladder and we have the widest possible lens available, shoot that from a bird's-eye perspective. No problem. Or we want to get a beautiful time lapse, we put the camera low on a small tripod or on the floor shooting up with a little bit of foreground in front. No problem. We don't question it. We don't think about it. Video is different because we are the camera. The viewer is the camera, so whose perspective is that? Who is shooting from the floor? Is that an ant? Is that a bird from above? Whose perspective is that? This is especially critical if we were shooting a dialogue scene. If I'm shooting two people and then I start changing the angle from my right shoulder to my left shoulder, above my head, from somewhere off camera, it's going to be very confusing for the viewer. Maybe that's what you want.…
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