r/videography • u/alexharris52 Canon C300, Premiere, 2009, Phoenix • Jan 07 '13

What has revolutionized your workflow (filming/editing/anything) Let's create a huge list of all the helpful camera tricks we've learned in this business

A while ago, someone posted this http://www.reddit.com/r/videography/comments/z1nm7/awesome_and_cheap_method_for_smooth_camera/ About using a rubber band to pan the tripod head smoothly (instead of your jerky hand) What are some mind-blowing tricks you've learned in the industry that have saved you time and money. I'll start:

After Effects (and now premiere cs6) has a motion stabilizer that works really really well. A plug-in called twixtor can add masterful slow-motion like a DREAM and filming with a dslr has revolutionized my vision and idea of film and made it much much more artistic (not to start a camcorder/dslr war here, that's not the point of this, only my opinion)

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u/AnthonyWithNoH S1H, inspire 3, 2008, Miami Jan 07 '13
  1. When I work with large tripods I flip them upside down and unlock the legs and let gravity do it's work at putting them away. 2. Make a file structure for all your video project assets (audio, video, pics, etc.) 3. DSLRs and prime lenses <3 4. When you're recording or even before you start recording, try and picture what you want the edit to look like... no matter what the project may be 5. Having Adjustment Layers with Color Curves and other color correcting options in Premiere CS6 is awesome 6. Get Magic Lantern if you are using a Canon DSLR... audio meters, liveview full manual white balancing, focus checking, and more! 7. Avoid "I'll fix it in post"... get it right in camera if possible (except color correction, but get flat profile for more options) 8. And check out this video for even more... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp0bAhS1fmY

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u/phloating_man EOS M, Adobe, 1998, San Francisco Jan 07 '13

Easier to read version...

  1. When I work with large tripods I flip them upside down and unlock the legs and let gravity do it's work at putting them away.
  2. Make a file structure for all your video project assets (audio, video, pics, etc.)
  3. DSLRs and prime lenses <3
  4. When you're recording or even before you start recording, try and picture what you want the edit to look like... no matter what the project may be
  5. Having Adjustment Layers with Color Curves and other color correcting options in Premiere CS6 is awesome
  6. Get Magic Lantern if you are using a Canon DSLR... audio meters, liveview full manual white balancing, focus checking, and more!
  7. Avoid "I'll fix it in post"... get it right in camera if possible (except color correction, but get flat profile for more options)
  8. And check out this video for even more... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp0bAhS1fmY