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Adding movement to increase interest

Adding movement to increase interest

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Adding movement to increase interest

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For my B-roll of the office, I was facing an entire room full of non-moving subjects. There's a point while, while you're shooting that you can't go, why am I even shooting video of this. None of it is moving. It's all still. I can add movement to it by cutting a lot, by editing things together very quickly, but that can create a frenetic pace that maybe doesn't match the tone of the piece, particularly when Stephen's talking about stories that might be kind of sad. But I still want something a little more dynamic to break things up. So I brought in some special equipment to allow me to get some camera movements for some of my B-rolls, and I'm hoping we'll just add a little more dynamism to the visual scene. I started with a pocket jib. This is a fantastic piece of equipment that lets me do very smooth camera movements, up and down, very smooth pans, it's like having a a little tiny crane in your house and it's this very clever system of weights, very easy to use, it's easy enough to…

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