Tips for planning to shoot digital video.

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Digital Video
Filming Techniques

2. Common Filming
Mistakes
• Missing important shots.
• Video appears choppy.
• Poor audio.
• Unsteady shots.
• Shots that cause motion sickness!

3. Planning
List the shots you will need.

4. Planning
Roll Extra “tape” at
Beginning and End
This makes editing easier.

5. Planning
Check Your Audio
It’s easy to forget and sometimes you never get
another chance to shoot the video over.

6. Planning
Think Before You Shoot
Only shoot the essential shots, it will save you
download and editing time later.

7. Planning
Hold the Shot
Be still before panning or zooming. It’s easy to
make a lengthy clip short, it’s difficult to
lengthen a clip that is too short.

8. Planning
Hold the Shot
Be still before panning or zooming. It’s easy to
make a lengthy clip short, it’s difficult to
lengthen a clip that is too short.