Comments on: “The Best Advice I Ever Got” http://www.kaplitzblog.com/2009/04/19/the-best-advice-i-ever-received/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-advice-i-ever-received Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:46:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: John Arrowsmith http://www.kaplitzblog.com/2009/04/19/the-best-advice-i-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-18 John Arrowsmith Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:13:00 +0000 http://www.kaplitzblog.com/?p=388#comment-18 All of this from a cameraman who mentored me when I was a young news producer: 1-Unless it is for deliberate effect, never make the camera do what your eye does not do naturally. Your eye does not swish pan. It pulls out while it moves from one focal point to another and then moves in to the new focal point. 2-Don't look for you next shot in the viewfinder. Come off the viewfinder and look around before making you next move. Otherwise you get a "search and destroy" experience. 3- No matter how good you get at making a move, if you can't edit it into a 1:30 spot, it was a waste of time. Wides, mediums and tights are the basic tool kit. Moves are used to portray emotion and transition just as effects are in editing. Use them sparingly. All of this from a cameraman who mentored me when I was a young news producer:

1-Unless it is for deliberate effect, never make the camera do what your eye does not do naturally. Your eye does not swish pan. It pulls out while it moves from one focal point to another and then moves in to the new focal point.

2-Don’t look for you next shot in the viewfinder. Come off the viewfinder and look around before making you next move. Otherwise you get a “search and destroy” experience.

3- No matter how good you get at making a move, if you can’t edit it into a 1:30 spot, it was a waste of time. Wides, mediums and tights are the basic tool kit. Moves are used to portray emotion and transition just as effects are in editing. Use them sparingly.

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