1. When shooting B-Roll you need to stay on an object for more than one second. I had a problem when filming that I would frame the shot I wanted for B-Roll and then I would move on quickly. This made a lot of our B-Roll unusable.
2. Develop hand signals before you start filming. One of the reasons why we didn't show Little Junior talking is because you would've seen a floating hand and microphone. In the end I was happy with us justing having a voiceover with B-Roll of Little Junior smoking, but if we didn't have that footage we would've had a floating hand. I think if Travis and I came up with hand-signals before I could have motioned for him to move his hand away. Then again, I probably could've just gestured for him to do that. Maybe hand signals wouldn't be necessary
3. The Dash bus is free and you don't need to buy a bus pass before.
4. Not everyone is going to say "yes" to interviews.
5. Editing really is trial and error. Sometimes you just have to try a bunch of different things.
Dana Savage
Innovations High School
Salt Lake City
I loved your video. Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteYour video was great! That opening shot--wow! I really enjoyed reading this, and will definitely keep what you talked about in #2 in mind. You didn't have the shot you wanted but you had great audio and where I would have been really frustrated, you found a fantastic way to make it work!
Annie Gorenstein
Arvada West High School
Arvada, Colorado
The video was awesome. I felt like I was there helping you interview. Great techniques.
ReplyDeleteMy students call DASH "the crazy bus."
ReplyDeleteSteve Elliott
Arizona State University
Phoenix