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Videography Tips For Beginners

Videography Tips for Beginners

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Before mentioning some shooting rules and tips for filming well&comma; I would like to recall the purpose of a video and the very basics of video to get off on the right foot&period; A video is created to tell a story&period; Ivan Wong is a famous videographer and artist&period; Despite being a management consultant by trade for Accenture&comma; he’s worked with many high profile brands such as Sony&comma; Google&comma; MVMT&comma; etc&period; as a photographer and videographer&period; We asked Ivan about tips that he would share with beginnings who want to delve into videography&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Whether it&&num;8217&semi;s a Youtuber in front of the camera&comma; a short film&comma; a report&comma; a music clip&comma; an interview&comma; or a trailer&comma; the video tells something&period; As with writing a book&comma; video has a few rules&period; When applied&comma; they provide a result that is pleasant to look at&comma; pleasant to look at for yourself&comma; but most importantly&colon; pleasant to look at for others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Always keep this in mind when filming&period; Tell yourself that you are filming to tell a story and not to show something&period; If you film to show and not to tell&comma; people will be bored&period; To finish and before tackling these famous rules and some tips&period; Remember to avoid blurring&comma; to stabilize your videos&period; A video that is shaky or whose focus shifts between the subject and the background is very unpleasant to watch&period; Avoid the lengths but also the too short shots incomprehensible for the spectator&period; Think of your plans with almost the mount in mind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">It&&num;8217&semi;s not easy&comma; but if you already have a draft of what you plan to do during the editing&comma; you will know what to film&comma; who to film and especially how to film&period; Avoid too long shots on empty landscapes and without interest for example&comma; people do not care&period; Remember to take care of the sound of your videos&period; Because there is nothing more unpleasant to watch than a video with extraneous noise &lpar;wind&comma; cars&comma; work&comma; ambulance sirens &&num;8230&semi;&rpar; or with inaudible or incomprehensible voices&period; And also remember to set your device correctly before filming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>The frame<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Understanding the concept of frame is essential to producing quality videos&period; Concretely&comma; the frame is the cut out part of the reality that we are filming&comma; until then everything is fine…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>The composition<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">What is the composition of an image&quest; It is&comma; for example&comma; the fact of putting such a person or such an object in such a place in the frame&period; To play with the lines present in the image to give a depth or a particular perspective&period; And therefore to give a meaning or even an emotion to this image&period; And it is an essential criterion when you film not to make your videos bland or banal&period; The first rule to respect &lpar;or not…&rpar; when you compose your image is the so-called third party rule&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The rule of thirds is very well known by photographers and should also be known by videographers&period; FYI it comes from the golden rule of classical painters&period; It consists of cutting the image into 3 horizontal parts and 3 vertical parts&period; At the crossroads of these lines are the areas of image strength&comma; the areas where the gaze comes to rest naturally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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