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Video Production Handbook, 7th Edition
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Video Production Handbook, 7th Edition

by Jim Owens
May 2023
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
11h 1m
English
Routledge
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CHAPTER 9 Filming People and Objects

DOI: 10.4324/9781003251323-9

Images should not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.

Duane Michals, Photographer

While shooting can be a simple process, camera operators and directors must be very intentional in order to shoot the subject in a way that attracts the audience’s attention, holds their attention, and communicates the message effectively (Figures 9.1 and 9.2).

FIGURE 9.1 When the talent is speaking directly to the camera, directors generally want a close-up. This shot ...
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