Bamboopictures
Senior Member
With the tools of videogs and photogs getting more and more similar, events videogs will do well to copy the best practices of their stills brethren. I thought these might be useful:
1. Carry two bodies for b-roll:
This will eliminate lens changing or one camera could always be on a gimbal.
Result: more 'decisive moments' when emotions and motions coincide.
2. Setting up the subject:
Photographers working a room often ask for poses. Videogs less so unless mannequinn chanllenge is their thing.
But videogs can add more emotions to their footage by cajoling subjects to wave, dab, whoop, cheer for the camera.
The video equivalent of a posed shot is the voxpop. Ask your subjects for short, punchy blurps into a handmic.
3. Chuck the tripod:
Photogs get way more shots than videogs because they work lighter. Use IBIS and gimbals to replace fluid head tripods and sliders. Reserve the tripod for speeches only, then chuck it immediately.
4. Grade every shot:
Good photographers only share their work post lightroom.
Videogs can deliver much better results by tweaking each shot too.
5. Turn around faster
This is a tall order, given the very different nature of the products. But in the age of facebook and instagram, videogs need to create an interim, 'express' instagramable product before you even pack up for the day. Knarbox, Lukilink, and Quik could be deriguer things to pack for future shoots.
A quick way to ingest camcorder footage into a phone is by playing back the desired portion of a clip while hitting record on the Lukilink app. Two minutes worth is good enough. Let Quik assemble something instant and share online. And if you follow Tip no. 1 above, you'll always have a second camera on standby when you're ingesting!
1. Carry two bodies for b-roll:
This will eliminate lens changing or one camera could always be on a gimbal.
Result: more 'decisive moments' when emotions and motions coincide.
2. Setting up the subject:
Photographers working a room often ask for poses. Videogs less so unless mannequinn chanllenge is their thing.
But videogs can add more emotions to their footage by cajoling subjects to wave, dab, whoop, cheer for the camera.
The video equivalent of a posed shot is the voxpop. Ask your subjects for short, punchy blurps into a handmic.
3. Chuck the tripod:
Photogs get way more shots than videogs because they work lighter. Use IBIS and gimbals to replace fluid head tripods and sliders. Reserve the tripod for speeches only, then chuck it immediately.
4. Grade every shot:
Good photographers only share their work post lightroom.
Videogs can deliver much better results by tweaking each shot too.
5. Turn around faster
This is a tall order, given the very different nature of the products. But in the age of facebook and instagram, videogs need to create an interim, 'express' instagramable product before you even pack up for the day. Knarbox, Lukilink, and Quik could be deriguer things to pack for future shoots.
A quick way to ingest camcorder footage into a phone is by playing back the desired portion of a clip while hitting record on the Lukilink app. Two minutes worth is good enough. Let Quik assemble something instant and share online. And if you follow Tip no. 1 above, you'll always have a second camera on standby when you're ingesting!
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