July 2013
Beginner
296 pages
8h 54m
English
| Hot Tip |
Keepin’ IT “Real”
1 Shoot with the Record Light and Beep OffOne of the keys to getting good doc footage is to get people to be more natural and less self-conscious. Whenever you hit the record button, most video cameras beep and activate a little red light on the front of the camera. This makes people even more aware that they’re being videotaped. Turn both of these functions off in the camera menu.
2 Use Lavs for InterviewsBoom mics are large and distracting and generally require someone else to hold them. Interview subjects not used to being on camera may be considerably more self-conscious with a large boom mic swinging a ...
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