From the course: Pro Video Tips

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Shooting with a shallow depth of field

Shooting with a shallow depth of field

From the course: Pro Video Tips

Shooting with a shallow depth of field

- Having everything in the frame be in full focus is fine for your Dad's video at the school play, but if we want to get cinematic with our video storytelling, we need to selectively choose, what things in our frame we put in focus and when. When we compose a shot with shallow depth of field, so that just one subject or object is in focus, and everything else in the background or foreground is out of focus, it looks more artistic and more in line with what the audiences are used to seeing with professional studio productions. The art of directing a film is not just directing the people and events in the frame, it's also directing your audience's attention by taking the time to selectively choose what they see, when, and how they see it. It literally can be used to focus your audience's attention onto and away from any given thing in your shot at the exact moment you choose. Your directing their attention to what you want them to notice at a particular moment, rather than letting their…

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