High definition shooting skills

1, banner shooting

If you want your video to be full when you watch it, please keep your mobile phone shooting horizontally. There seems to be no problem shooting video vertically, because the mobile phone is originally a vertical screen, but when you want to play this video in other places or other screens, there will be black edges on both sides of the screen to occupy space, which will affect the viewing experience.

If the existing material does not match the final video scale, remember to cut the video and adjust the scale and background color later to make the video look better as a whole.

2. Keep it steady when shooting

Smartphones are relatively small and light, but they can also maintain amazing stability. In the absence of a tripod, Guan can skillfully put his elbow on his body and use the tripod to obtain certain stability. You will find that even if there is still a slight jitter, at least these will not make the audience feel strong bumps.

But if you want to show some moving scenes in the film, but your hands are not suitable for moving, you can move the whole upper body with the camera based on your feet to keep the picture moving smoothly.

Step 3 use classic composition

Like a deep shot, you can use the composition law to attract the audience and guide the audience's line of sight.

Just like photography, the dichotomy is universal and important in shooting videos, and using it is a successful start.

In the settings, you can turn on grid mode. Although camera mode can't open the grid, you can observe it through the grid in camera mode. The point where the lines intersect in the picture is a good place to place the focus or shoot the theme. Find a good position in the camera. If you are photographing a person, you might as well put them on one of the points when composing a composition.

4. Be good at using light

Light is a magical thing, which can be the enemy of disturbing the picture effect when shooting video, and can also make the work icing on the cake. So you need to know how to use the existing light, and know how to use it to be more beneficial to your work. When you are outdoors, try to find a place with even sunshine.

If some parts of the lens look too bright or too dark, try to change the position or find a new angle, and get into the habit, so that you can still achieve your goal and shoot the scene you want. Light is used for work.

5. Mixed shot video.

Among videos, videos composed of many short films can often provide more interesting viewing. You can shoot the same scene from multiple angles, including close shot, middle shot and panorama, or you can show it in multiple ways by shooting the same motion state repeatedly. No matter what your shooting theme is, you need to think about what kind of lens you can use to enrich your main pictures and stories.

6. Set the exposure and focus manually.

Not all smartphones can set parameters, but you can activate the autofocus/autofocus lock function by pressing a certain area of the screen. The most important thing to shoot a video with a mobile phone is the automatic exposure lock function, which can make the mobile phone not change the exposure and focus frequently during shooting. Especially in indoor scenes with windows, this often happens.

So try to lock the exposure, and when you want to shoot an object at close range, manual focusing is the best, and you need to focus the camera's attention on a specific area through manual setting.

7. Recorded audio.

Bad audio will destroy the video. Because mobile phones are only suitable for recording voice-over in quite quiet environment. But that doesn't mean you can rely on it completely.

If you want to photograph someone talking, get as close to the sound source as possible to avoid the image of environmental noise. But there is no doubt that the sound recorded by the built-in microphone is difficult to be completely clear and noise-free, so it is necessary to be prepared that the audio is not available in the later video editing.

8, upgrade the use of accessories

If your goal is to take still photos, then the tripod or stabilizer of the mobile phone is a good choice. If the audio recorded by your mobile phone doesn't meet your requirements, you can equip it with radio equipment according to your own situation.

9, the choice of theme-easy to show the theme.

The so-called subject refers to the theme object to be expressed in the video, which is the main carrier to reflect the video content and theme, and also the center of gravity or center of the video picture.

Generally speaking, there are two main ways to better express the theme of video shooting.

The first is to directly show the subject of video shooting, that is, when shooting a video, directly put the subject to be shown in the most prominent position of the video picture.

The second is to indirectly express the subject of video shooting, that is, to express the subject of video shooting by rendering other things. The subject does not have to occupy a large area in the video picture, but it should also stand out and occupy a key position in the picture.

The central idea that photographers want to express should be expressed through the subject of video shooting, which requires that the subject of video pictures must be accurately expressed. Only when it is placed in a prominent position in the video picture can the audience be clear at a glance and play a role in expressing the theme.

10, the choice of shooting time-seize the opportunity in time

For video shooting, shooting timing is also very important. On the one hand, everything in the world has its own season, and if you miss it once, you have to wait until the next time.

For example, if you want to shoot lotus flowers, you must shoot them in summer; If you want to shoot dew, you must shoot it in the morning or at night. So when shooting video, we should pay attention to seize the opportunity.

On the other hand, for the same video shooter, the video pictures taken at different time points have completely different effects.