10 skills of shooting short videos 10 skills of shooting short videos.

When shooting, if the mobile phone is placed far away, users can use the "countdown" function to remotely pause the recording. Click the countdown button in the shooting interface. For example, just tap 10 to pause, and drag the pause lever to the position of 10.

Step 2 adjust the speed

Users can not only choose filters, beauty, etc. You can also adjust the shooting speed independently when shooting with software. Among them, speed adjustment and segmented shooting are the biggest features of Tik Tok. Using these two functions well, you can shoot many cool short video effects.

Speed adjustment is to adjust the matching of music and video. If you choose "fast" or "extremely fast" shooting, the concert will slow down and the pictures in the corresponding video products will speed up. On the other hand, if you choose "slow" or "extremely slow", the concert will be accelerated during shooting and the picture in the finished product will be slowed down.

The function of adjusting the speed helps the creator to find the right rhythm. On the one hand, he can dance and edit according to his own rhythm, which will make the shooting process more comfortable. On the other hand, different shooting rhythms will greatly reduce the homogenization of content. Even with similar content, different rhythms show completely different effects.

If you slow down the music, you can hear the stress of the music more clearly and get stuck in the beat more easily. This lowers the user's threshold and makes it easy for some people who have not been professionally trained to get stuck in the beat. If you speed up the music and slow down the action accordingly, the final product will have different effects. Good results can also be achieved by controlling the fast and slow rhythm in conjunction with the segmented shooting to be described later.

Step 3 shoot

Tik Tok can shoot short videos in segments, that is, you can shoot a video, pause before shooting the next video, and finally splice it together to form a complete video. As long as the transition between the two scenes is done well enough, the final video will be cool. For example, when shooting the popular "one-second dressing" video, you can easily shoot in sections with the help of "long press shooting". After putting on a suit, users can press the "Press and Shoot" button to shoot a video for a few seconds, and then release their hands to pause shooting.

At this point, the user can put on another set of clothes, pose the same posture as when shooting just now, and repeat the previous steps of "shooting → pause" until the dressing is finished.

4. Be good at using co-production.

"Co-production" is an interesting new gameplay of video software, such as "Black Face Eating Watermelon Co-production", "Staring Cat Co-production", "Watermelon Girl Co-production" and "Reporter Co-production", and many explosive works have appeared.

Operation method of being in tune with your favorite video.

(1) Find the video you want to co-produce and click the Share button;

(2) In the pop-up "Share to" menu, click the "Co-production" button;

(3) Then the user can add props, set the speed and beautification effect, and click the "Shoot" button to start co-production.

(4) After shooting, users can also modify the unsatisfactory places and reset the special effects, covering and filter effects. Click "Next" button to publish the video.

5, to prevent jitter, to ensure clear focus

Hand shaking is the fatal wound of many video photographers. When shooting a video, be sure not to shake your hands and keep the correct focus at all times, so as to shoot a clear video effect. In order to prevent shaking, users can put their mobile phone on a stand or find something to stand up, and use a selfie stick if necessary.

If the budget is sufficient, you can choose a professional hand-held stabilizer. There are two kinds of handheld stabilizers: mobile phone handheld stabilizer and SLR handheld stabilizer. Here is a special introduction to the hand-held stabilizer for mobile phones. The hand-held stabilizer of the mobile phone can realize the functions of face recognition, automatic turning with the target, automatic focusing, automatic shooting, 360-degree rotation shooting, 360-degree panoramic image shooting, etc. With the powerful camera function of the mobile phone, it will be able to realize the functions of delayed shooting, slow door opening shooting, large aperture background blur shooting, automatic light filling for face recognition, beauty completion after shooting, etc. Advanced technology makes everyone a star. The other is the hand-held stabilizer of SLR camera, also known as SLR three-axis stabilizer, which is very professional. For users with SLR, you can consider buying.

For users with insufficient budget, you can choose an extremely simple and practical mobile phone stand to help complete the shooting. Here we mainly recommend several simple and practical brackets, such as desktop bracket, clip-on desktop bracket, octopus tripod, mobile phone tripod and so on. As long as you put them on the desktop, you can shoot at an ultra-low angle.

6. Pay attention to the light to enhance the beauty of the picture

When shooting short videos, light is very important, and a good light layout can effectively improve the image quality. Especially when shooting portraits, soft light should be used to enhance the aesthetic feeling of the picture and avoid obvious shadows and exposure. If the light is not clear, you can light it manually, hit the person's face or adjust it with a reflector. At the same time, users can also use light for artistic creation, such as using backlight to create an ethereal and mysterious artistic atmosphere.

This is often the case when taking pictures in places with poor light, especially when it is dark at night. When taking pictures with an APP with a filter, the picture is very blurred. At this time, you can turn on the flash function to shoot. At this time, in addition to the flash that comes with the mobile phone, users can also buy a professional external flash. This kind of flash generally uses LED light source, which makes the light softer, which can make the picture clearer and softer, and the skin of the characters will be whiter. At the same time, users can freely adjust the brightness of the external flash, and with the ultra-wide lighting angle, they can realize 360-degree rotation to meet different shooting needs.

Now there are many videos with aperture effect on many videos, which make girls look beautiful. In fact, this kind of equipment does not need large equipment such as fill light. Small light filling devices for mobile phone cameras can be bought online, and users in need can buy one. In addition, when the weather is fine, you can try to shoot against the light, and you can aim at the high-light area at the shooting boundary for metering, so that you can shoot a big silhouette with full artistic feeling.

7. Manually configure exposure and focus.

Note that not all smartphones have exposure and focus functions, but if your phone does, you must learn to set them. Especially for smart phones, AE (automatic exposure control device) locking is very important, which will reduce exposure, especially when shooting around, we should pay more attention to AE locking.

As for manual focus control, this function is very practical when shooting people near and far. Different mobile phones have different methods to set the focal length, and the specific settings can be searched online according to the model.

8. Select the resolution of video shooting.

When shooting video with other camera applications, make sure to select the correct file format and adjust the resolution to the highest level. It is generally recommended to set it to 1080p, and choose 1080p and 120fps when recording in slow motion at 60fps.

9. Use the grid function to assist composition.

Not only professional photographers can shoot wonderful videos, but ordinary users can also do it. In fact, those impressive photos or videos often adopt a special composition method to focus the audience's eyes on a certain scene.

What I want to recommend to you here is the three-point composition method. This concept is called grid function on smart phones. If you also have this function on your mobile phone, be sure to turn it on before taking videos or photos.

10, changing scenes and adding time special effects

Before shooting a video, users should first think about their own theme, and then think about what scenes can be shot under this theme. Even in the same scene, users can lose no time to change the background. For example, they can zoom in from a distance, zoom out from a close distance, or even shoot obliquely to avoid the monotony of the video and make the video picture more vivid.

Of course, you can also choose to add or replace some props in the same scene. These small details often bring unexpected results.

Two commonly used scene transformation methods

(1) The lens feeling of being far away and near: The easiest way is to take the phone far away and then push it close.

(2) Stop shooting and switch scenes: The user can press and hold the round red recording button to start recording, then let go to stop recording after a few seconds, and continue to press and hold the button to record in another scene.

When switching scenes, users can skillfully use the cover of their hands or clothes to make the video look cooler. In addition, there are many "time special effects" in video software, such as "back time", "flashback" and "slow motion".

Among them, the reverse video adopts the special effect of "back in time", and the specific operation method is as follows:

(1) After recording the video normally, enter the preview interface and click the "Special Effects" button.

(2) Enter the "Filter Special Effects" interface and click the "Time Special Effects" button.

(3) Switch to the "Time Special Effects" interface and click the "Back Time" special effect.

(4) After the operation, you can apply the special effect of "going back in time". You can see that the yellow progress slider at the bottom of the video will slide from the end of the video to the shooting position at the beginning of the video. Click the "Save" button to save.