Learn how to add movement to your camera, to better tell your story, convey your message, and create visual interest in your scenes.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Working with a video camera
- What you should know before watching this course
- A brief history of camera movement
- Why move the camera?
- Making camera moves serve your story
- Pan and tilt
- Zoom
- Tracking
- Pedestal, jib, and crane
- Handheld
- Follow shot
- Aerial
- Rack focus
- Reviewing the script or shot list
- Performing a location scout or site visit
- Knowing what type of camera move to use
- When to move and not to move the camera
- Performing great camera moves
- Making camera moves work for your editors
- Tripod-based movements
- Zoom techniques
- Using a camera dolly
- Using a small jib
- Shooting handheld
- Performing a rack focus
- Creating stabilized camera moves using handheld gimbals
- Using a simple motion control setup
- Movement with small cameras
- Performing a dolly zoom
- Before you press record…
- Camera moves in interviews
- Camera moves in unscripted content/b-roll
- Camera moves in scripted content
- Knowing when to hire a specialist
- Camera movement philosophy
Taught by
Matt Nagy