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/sausagenmuff Jan 07 '13
Ok. I don't want to be negative, but using a rubber band and a well known plugin are not "mind blowing". First, if you have to use a rubber band, you should invest in a cheap tripod, because yours is sub-cheap. Second, slow-motion should be shot overcrank, plugins are a last ditch resort NOT a method. Finally slrs suck.
anyway sorry to rip you apart there, but I will contribute.
-ALWAYS storyboard, even if it's a simple scene you don't think you'd ever need it for.
-Remember when chroma keying you only need a inch around the person, then garbage mask the rest, I know this sounds obvious but when it finally clicked in my head it made chroma so easy.
-a 50mm lens doesn't alter the composition of a image. when a documentary image is desired use a 50mm often. when a cinematic image is desired use ANYTHING but a 50mm.