Lesson 9. Shooting With Hollywood-Style Techniques for Better Videos

Lesson Files

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Tools

iMovie (optional), camcorder (optional)

Time

Approximately 45 minutes

Goals

Learn what kinds of events you can shoot for the best effect

Get the best coverage in any shooting scenario

Prepare for the most efficient and productive editing session following your shoot

Once you see how shooting and editing are related, you can see why you’ll want to add different kinds of shots to round out your videos. There are also some shooting tricks you might try that facilitate your creating particularly cool results in iMovie. Not special effects, mind you—just simple concepts for gathering the right footage in order to give your videos a rather ...

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