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Doing so will make it easier for you to edit your movie together, because you’ve got extra frames to edit around. This means shooting a little extra footage before your action begins and letting the camera record a little bit extra after the action ends. These will make your movie more interesting for your viewers. Look for creative angles, low to the ground or from a high vantage point. Don’t shoot everything at eye-level from a standing position. Just like its good to vary the composition of your movie with wide, medium and close-up shots, its also good to move the camera’s position if possible. Close-up shots can be cropped at the head and shoulders like a portrait, or an extreme close-up of only a part of a person or subject.īreak up the monotony by moving the camera’s position. Medium shots often include one or more subjects. In the film world the wide angle shot is known as the Establishing Shot and it shows the overall scene. The best videos are made of short clips edited together. Telling a story will be more interesting if you’re capturing a variety of shots. This lets you make sure that you don’t forget to capture any important footage when you make your video.Ĭapture a variety of shots. This way you can keep track of what you’ve shot and what is remaining. It can be as simple as writing out a shot list (a list of shots you want to capture) a simple outline the dialog you wish to capture or it can be more formal, with a script and storyboard (illustrating your movie shot by shot). Take a tip from the pros and plan out the story you want to tell using video. A Hollywood movie never begins shooting without all aspects of the film being planned out in the pre-production stage. Follow these six tips for a better movie making experience with your Nikon HDSLR: