Video Editing - camcorder operating tips
How to keep your shots smoothIF you wanna tell tell the difference between amateur and pro films its easy, just look for the one that's wobbling and making the audience seasick (that's us, the amateurs). OK, so how do we get out of this without losing the energy of handheld camera shots?
Umm..Tripods?
If you do get a tripod make sure its a good one, you want a fluid (or Teflon bearing) head so your pans and tilts are smooth. [I was playing with this awful tripod the other day, every time you tried to pan it jerked violently and sqeaked. The effect was kind of like NYPD Blue meets Kingdom of the Mice.] You also wanna get make sure its got a quick release head so you can get your camera on and off it quick and ideally get a lightweight one so its easy to carry around.
So that's our solution then?
Yeah right, like sticking your camera on a stand is gonna make it smooth. It'll make it look professional, but it will also look rigid. Rodriguez says dump the stand - I agree. Whenever the going gets tough and you need to shoot a bunch of stuff real fast the first thing I do is dump the tripod as it vastly slows you down. (more)
posted by Azure Production @ 9:51 PM
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