How to make a short food video?

Shooting and post-production skills of food short films

1, ingredient preparation

To shoot delicious food, it must involve the preparation of ingredients. The application of ingredients in video shooting must be different from cooking at home. First of all, the ingredients must be fresh, clean and brightly colored for the camera, but what we usually eat at home may be mainly health-oriented, and the requirements for the shape and color of the ingredients are not so high. Another is the limitation of shooting time, such as the ice cream just taken out of the freezer, which has a good shape and attractive color. However, in a few minutes, maybe a pool of melted cream will appear under the camera. Therefore, considering the time limit, it is necessary to prepare more ingredients at the shooting site in case of emergency.

2. Preparation of shooting equipment

1) The local close-up of macro lens food is more conducive to highlighting the surface texture characteristics of food, so it is necessary to skillfully cooperate with the scene and lens to fully express the shape and texture of food. However, due to the limitation of food size and height, it is difficult for ordinary focal plane to focus when it is close to food. Although a wide-angle lens below 35mm can capture the whole picture of food from a certain distance, it will also lose its aesthetic significance because of serious deformation. Therefore, in the actual short video shooting, a macro lens is needed.

2) The macro lens of the small rocker arm solves the problem when we shoot the whole picture and local close-up picture of food. However, for some foods, such as pancakes, fish fillets, pizza and so on. They have almost no thickness, so the way to shoot their surface features is to let the camera start from above the food. At this time, it is necessary to use a small rocker arm, which is about 2-3 meters long, and can adjust any height and angle to easily realize overhead shooting and scene control. 3. Lighting needs to choose the right lens to bring clear and prominent images to the picture, while vivid and natural lighting makes it icing on the cake. Among the various means of expression of solid components, light is full of magical expressive force. It can not only clearly depict the shape of ingredients, show the unique texture and texture of food, but also create a unique tone atmosphere.

The direction of light source, light ratio and light properties are three aspects to measure light. According to the different reflectivity of food surface, different lighting methods should be adopted. When we show the shape and outline of solid components in pictures, we often use backlight and side backlight. Because this can strengthen the three-dimensional sense of ingredients and form a clear dividing line between ingredients and the environment. Especially for thin or transparent ingredients, this can not only form a bright outline, but also transmit light, making the ingredients more attractive. Therefore, whether it is the visual effect or psychological effect, backlight and sidelight are the main means to express the shape and outline of ingredients.