CHAPTER 1 Introduction

This chapter introduces the fundamentals for setting up your smartphone for filming. It includes online videos to orient you to the types of stories you can produce with a mobile phone.

Online Videos

  • A big electronics show in Berlin

Quick Start Guide

  • Manual control
  • Filmic Pro
  • Camera usage
  • Shot sizes

Exercise

  • Film like a pro
Figure 1.1 This online multimedia report that shows several video story forms that can be produced by a single person covering an event.

Figure 1.1 This online multimedia report that shows several video story forms that can be produced by a single person covering an event.

Online Videos

Watch the videos for this chapter at www.SmartFilmBook.com.

In this opening chapter I want to give you a sense of the many types of video storytelling ...

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