10. Zooming in

Summary

• Zooming in significantly lowers the quality of your footage
• All movements are magnified when you zoom in, which results in shaky footage
• This is why you should move closer to your subject instead of zooming in

Exercise

Make two recordings of your subject:

• One where you zoom in from a distance
• One where you don't zoom in at all, but simply stand closer to your subject

Compare the two shots and look at the difference in quality and shakiness of the footage.

Overview

Setting up for succes

• 1. Smartphone filming

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

• 8. Interview
• 9. Steady shot
• 10. Zooming in
• 11. Audio

Ready for shooting

• 12. The next level

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