Stop Motion Animation
January 7, 2022
Photography
January 10, 2022Video Production Tools
..... By Zach Walker
OVERVIEW
When creating producing videos, there are many elements to consider regarding how you shoot your video. This worksheet demonstrates some of the basic location, perspective, frame, lighting and camera movement options available in video production. Using those listed below, experiment different ways of shooting video to create your own story.
LOCATION
• Bedroom
• Living room
• Kitchen
• Garden
• Stairs
LIGHTING
• Natural (window, door or outdoors)
• Overhead
• Lamp (desk or floor)
• Work light (LED only)
• Decorative
• Phone light/bicycle light/head torch/flashlight
PERSPECTIVE
• Eye Level or POV (Point of View or standing human eye level)
• Low (child, dog or slugs eye view)
• High (security camera or very tall person eye view)
• Top or Birds eye (from directly above looking down)
• Floor (laying on ground looking directly up)
• Landscape (sideways)
• Portrait (upright)
• Wide (lots of space around the full body/object)
• Full (full body/object)
• Medium (half of body/object)
• Close up - (full shot of head/body part/object)
• Extreme close up - (one specific detail)
CAMERA MOVEMENT
• Still (no movement)
• Pan (keep camera in one place turn it to one side)
• Tilt (keep camera in one place turn it up or down)
• Zoom (towards or away without moving the camera)
• Dolly shot (forwards or backwards moving the camera)
• Tracking shot (sideways moving the camera)
• Crane shot (up or down moving the camera)
Zach Walker
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