Summary
- Hold your smartphone with both hands to avoid shaky footage
- Make sure your finger doesn't end up in front of the lens
- Check if your hand doesn't block the microphone
- Lean your hands or elbows on a surface for extra stability
- Or hold your arms close to your body when filming someone else
- When filming yourself: look into the lens, not at the screen
- When filming yourself: hold the camera at eye-level or slightly above it
- When interviewing someone else: hold the camera next to you, and have the interviewee look at you instead of the camera
Exercise
Make two recordings:
- Film someone else using the camera on the back of your smartphone
- Film yourself using the camera on the front your smartphone
See if you can create steady footage with the guidelines from this video.
Overview
Setting up for succes
Operating your camera
- 2. Let's start filming
- 3. Holding the camera
- 4. Shifting focus
- 5. Sharp
- 6. Against the light
- 7. Playing with light
Do's and don't while shooting
Ready for shooting