Videojournalism, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 12 Moving the Camera/Lens for Visual Variety

DOI: 10.4324/9781003272380-12

Jacob Templin, head of video at Thomson Reuters Foundation and teacher at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, filming from the air. He says his camera gives him the interchangeable lenses and the compactness of a digital single lens or mirrorless camera but all the features of a traditional video camera. (Photo by Mike Murphy)

By default, most amateur video is shot strictly from eye level. Guessing that the average height of most people is 5 foot 6 inches, think of this habit as the 5-foot-6-inch syndrome. Avoid the syndrome at all costs. ...