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Steve Stockman
In Video Marketing, Your Questions Answered

Single Camera vs. Multi-Camera for a New Director

single camera or multi-camera

I’m new to shooting, and I’m about to shoot a marketing video for my company. It’s just two people talking to each other in the office.

I want the rhythm of the dialogue to be pretty fast, so I’m wondering if I should do it single camera or with two cameras. I’m mostly worried about editing dialogue together with multiple angles coming from different takes since the dialogue is very fast and often has people talking over and interrupting each other.

–Shania, New York

Shooting two cameras for complicated dialogue is a great idea– but it’s a very high degree … Read the rest

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Steve Stockman
In Tips and Tricks, Feature Film, Television, For Pros, Your Questions Answered

Adding Information to Your Video

What’s the best way to shoot a stunning place, like a summit with great views in all directions?

I have tried slow panning for 360 degrees a couple of times, but I am not satisfied. If we pan slowly for better view, the whole 360 takes substantial time– if we pan fast…not good either. If we just record short clips 5 secs each in several directions, people might not get the idea of how stunning the place really is.

What do we do?

–Milosh

Instead of shooting stories like most people, you shoot a genre we in the business call … Read the rest

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Steve Stockman
In Tips and Tricks, If you’re new to video, Better Home Video

How to Shoot Graduation Video that Doesn’t Suck, Part 2

Graduations:  An opportunity to be with family and create memories,  Graduation video:  An opportunity to, if you’re not careful, shoot some of the most boring footage ever.  Read on for more tips on how NOT to shoot graduation video that sucks (Did you miss part 1?  It’s here):

4)  Think in Shots:  Short shots involve viewers more than long, rambling video.  Don’t run the camera continuously. Just because you can shoot for 2 hours on your camera doesn’t mean you should.

5)  Find Your Hero:  Every shot in a video should have a hero—the person or thing … Read the rest

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In 12 Tips

12 Tips to Keep Your Video from Sucking– Instantly! #1: Think in Shots

This is the first of the 12 most useful video tips that I know.

Notice I didn’t say “most important”– that’s up to you to decide.  But if you try these tips, your video will get way better, way fast.  Which seems pretty useful to me.  Here’s Video Tip #1:

There was a man sitting near me at my kids’ cello recital last month. He had his camera on a tripod in front of him. At the start of the recital, he pressed record. For the next 45 minutes, he swung his camera back and forth, back and forth across … Read the rest

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