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  • a new minecraft map out in fall 2011 day 19th. and new youtube helper

  • by the way, THE LINE he's referring to is the line of continuity =) i learned that in film class =) lol

  • cool

  • I really enjoyed this :) its helping me alot with my GCSE media project.

  • what about wet cloth instead of paper?

  • THE LINE...

    i was about to comment on ur voice and then u said

    the line.. lol and i just got distracted w/ THE LINE

    and started commenting while ur vid was playing.. i'll go back :) interesting u gave me more info than my media tech teacher ever did. :) but not more than my theater director hehe have a good one

  • This is pretty interesting. Nice to see something I can learn from on here. Way to put that knowlage to work.

  • dis vid not be funny

  • Well done man, this should be helpful as I am one of the idiots that pay "teachers" to teach me at college.

  • This stuff is SO basic. What do you take us for! You might as well be explaining the alphabet.

  • Judging from the amount of people who commented how this video is either interesting or at least useful, I'm assuming it isn't that basic. I, for one, certainly didn't know of this stuff until now.

  • very interesting

  • this was really helpful! can't wait to see more! thanks!

  • it's important to vacume the floor before filming

  • good tips ben, useful things to know and use. thanks

  • @InfectedMushroomHead a new minecraft map out in fall 2011 day 19th. and new youtube helper

  • respect the fucking line

  • I rather enjoyed the tutorial here Ben, I can't wait to see the next one. ^.^

  • this is ur most bizarre Ben Goin

  • Okay why are you making these videos not having any film background but youtube? Hello sorry I teach film am just wondering why you are doing this????????

  • wow this is great, Do u use regular lamps for the lighting?

  • Wow, a lot of dickheads on here are hating.. If you're not interesting in film why would you bother clicking the link?

    I think boh3m3 did a good job sharing his knowledge on the basics, I don't study film and don't plan on making it in the industry but it does intrest me.

    Thanks boh3m3 =D

  • big insult to the cure.

    the cure is goth in my book.

    emo kids listen to gay shit like hawthorne heights.

  • Nice summary, but also beware of cliche techniques. I'm not saying you used them, but it could be another point. Overusing techniques as well. I knew where you were coming from cuz I learned this in middle school drama class, we had a very in-depth teacher who liked teaching us extra things that were pretty cool.

  • boring boring boring

  • your carpet is dirty

  • ben is just predicting natural disasters with his videos.

  • This is ALOT better than the Haberdashery series.

  • You are saving me thousands of dollars in film school. I'll also help with terms and tidbits as I pick them up because I have film students as room mates.

    Actually, tidbit #1: Know the limits of your electrical systems, and if you don't, learn how to properly use a fuse box. I lost two hours of my electronic life because my room mates and their film crews understand how fuse boxes work as much as an infant understands how a circuit board works.

  • noted and saved for fututre reference. Much thanks on the recap.. I actually learned this back in my History of Film class ;)

  • are you in film school?

  • awesome vid -- it became 1000x better when you added the 4th person - emo hair kid who loves The Cure -- The Cure is my absolute favorite band

  • thanks man it was great I cant wait for some more!

  • great tutorial especially about the line. i am a film student and learning about all this but great to see you teaching it. I hope you will address that shots are from the cameras perspective not the cameramans. doing my films totally solo, i have found that it helps if you think about the camera as a cyclops or person with one eye and think of the camera as a person not just a camera. saves a lot of time and reshooting, sincerely charlie

  • Crossing the line will cause...! Great ! What I read somewhere, that a sincere sign of knowledge is that you can communicate what you know.

    The world is in a bad need for qualified tutorials. Thanks a lot - it was a great help. And now up and starting my own shooting (might be one of the neighbours clan...)

  • Baking paper! You can use baking paper as a cheap, cheap diffuser. It's a bit thick though so if you get the thinnest one you can find that should work. It's kind of see-through and doesn't burn immediately when you have it against lights. =D Bouncing light is good too. Thanks for trying to make youtube a better place to be.

  • Really helpful, Thanks!

  • hes lost his focking mind folks!

  • Thanks Boh3m3!! Awesome tutorial!

  • I'm not shooting, but this was entertaining, and for those who DO intend to shoot, probably informative/useful. Keep it up. What about those film-school plans of yours?

  • Funny and informative- awesome

  • Very informative. Thanks Man.

  • thank you!

  • thanks ben. b4 this i had never even given any thought to camera angles. you have truly opened up some new doors. i love what youve done with your charecctor btw, its most becoming!

  • Thanks for awesome tutorial!

  • Great tutorial :)

  • Great advice Ben, especially for some of us novices, myself included, who are wating to try animation and film making but havent figured out the basic "Do" and "Do Not" rules.

    Looking forward to Tutorial number 2 :-)

  • such small things can truely change everything.

    Good one :) and ur voice is really nice to listen to..

    ;D

  • Interesting video.

  • This was really good! I have no talent what so ever when it comes to things like this, but if I did, I would use this tutorial.

  • this really helped a lot, but do you have any advice on some extremely easy animation and how to do it?

    i mean i'm workin' with nothing here, and i really want a way to shoot something without actors. i have a few small skits i've writin but i'm still looking for a way to shoot it all.

  • Awesome video! Very helpful

  • Hehehhe, I love your cosset people!

  • Thhis video was much appreciated. :)

  • well i really dont do any of this stuff

    but it seemed helpful. good job ben!

  • You seem to be an OK student.

    If you have ever run across the "7 Habits of The Most Effective People" weather on Tape on in a book, it does state, one of the most effective tools in learning, is to teach what you are currently studying. Good work.

    -Steve/SF/CA/USA

  • I find also that if you lower your camera instead of just have a straight on shot in a conversation sceen it lets the actors use their hands more and get the right emotions out. Not the best for every shot but I find it adds an interesting little detail. This makes me want to go back to my film and video class that I have about 6 sixs ago.

  • haha thanks for the video. :) the cure face is hilarious.

  • bouncing is the standard! any film or tv set will have several c stands with bounce sheets facig actors and a light bouncing off of it. h this tutorial ben! your skills and knowlege has come a very far way in the time I have been watching you! keep up the great work! I can not wait to see your first full film project! your work is getting good! you should start trying to include camera motion as a method of including audience participation! think dolly or steadycam type work!

  • "I don't really know it that well yet..."

    ah, Ben. You ARE studying somewhere, somehow. Amen.

  • BOUNCING THE LIGHT OFF THE WALL is an excellent suggestion for those of us who shoot on the cheap. Thanks!

  • Interesting stuff, more complicated than I would have imagined. Keep them coming!

  • this was great ben thanks so much!

  • Great tutorial, Ben! I look forward to the ones in the future.

  • Very nice tutorial. Some things I knew already, others I did not. But it's the perfect kind of thing to start getting people to wake up to themselves and start filming right. Thankfully for me, I'm going to be starting film school next year (with any luck), and I'll be learning all of this stuff and how it's handled in a professional environment. But things like 'how to defuse light on the cheap' rather than with professional equipment is useful stuff to learn.

  • lol "getting buggered" oh yeah:P his face lol and the way the guy next to him is lookin at him ^_^ ahah nice.

    Lmao, whose pantihose did you set on fire? =P

  • Hmmm that was pretty cool =]

  • Very Useful :D

  • What kind of camra do you use? I was thinking on getting one, I just don't know what ones are good.

  • Very useful tutorial. Should be useful!

  • you sir have jumped the shark

  • great tutorial! thx

  • cassette tapes?

  • A good source for cheap diffused light that doesn't start fires is white paper "Chinese" lanterns. You can get them from stores for around $10. All you need is a movable stand to hang them from.

  • I had a quick question. After you got finished describing the three light setting rule on the two characters, where did the third light appear from? Was it from an angle?

    Jen

  • Thanks for the up, good fundamental stuff here. I'm hoping you get into some animation technical stuff but that's probably a long shot since you starting so basic. Maybe some After Effects quick example scenes, that would be cool.

  • Anyone want to contribute to the "get Ben a vacuum cleaner fund"?

    :)

  • Do you know anything about using green screens, Ben?

  • great tut boh3m3, i just wish the setting was a bit cleaner, it would have given your great information a more professional presentation.

  • lulz @ teh emo at the back

  • To diffuse, you can make screens out of paper and maybe a picture frame. Just pull of the back, take off the glass, put the paper in and take it onto the back and bam! You have a screen. The hard part is getting it to your lighting with something like an old tripod that you aren't using.

  • Diffuse with Theatrical or Film gels. You can place frost and also different colors to the front of the light to change diffusion and color properties. Send me a message to learn more.

  • yay for you sharing your knowledge with other people =] we can only hope they'll take it and put it to good use.

  • i love when ur talking about the line and crossing the line and that bad things will happen if u cross the line ppl will die, fires will spring up all over the earth etc..:P great video thanks for the tips ;)

  • You've taken film classes, aye? I learned all this stuff in my second film class.

  • thats really cool of you to share tips with all of us, right on ben !! ill have to rember this if i ever make a video

  • awesome!

  • That was fantastic. Thanks a lot.

  • Wow dude this is great info your giving out thanks a lot. If I can make a suggestion though, when your making a point on a topic, could you maybe show like an example or something of that nature to better clarify your point? Maybe I'm just dumb but I feel it would help me a lot more with what your trying to say, otherwise thanks again and i look forward to more

  • See? You asked me to unsubscribe in your last video, and now I'm so glad I didn't. :D

  • I'm wondering if you can make the line a little more clear with what not to do.

  • I'm not very good at explaining, but I'll try my best.

    Notice when he had the camera over the shoulder of the other guy but still able to see the other? To "cross the line" would be to go completely behind the other and you wouldn't be able to see the person the camera was aimed at. You don't want to have them talking away from the camera. Does this make a little sense? lol I hope I was able to explain it ok enough :x

  • that was pretty good . . . made me wanna shoot a new short

  • great job!

  • That was pretty good.

    I just have a suggestion. Perhaps as you finish describing a shot, you just give a short (couple seconds) example from a movie or TV show, or one of your own works.

  • Are you in film school? Just curious.

  • thank you for letting me know how not to be the cause of armageddon

  • great help man thanks

  • Thanks for making this tutorial for us!

    I am always having trouble with lighting and you gave some good tips on how to improve.

    Thanks again!

  • This will be good for myself and other just starting out in basic film making. Thx Boh3m3.

  • I'm sending this to a friend. She'd find it very useful. Thank you, Ben.

    :]

  • haha i did

    thanks =D

  • Great Tutorial .. Any tips for shooting outside?

  • oh and you still have cassettes...wow...you get throw back cred..lol

  • Well done..It's kind of cool to see the thinking that goes into movie making..and I don't have to pay $500 a day to a washed up "indy" director to see it...yay

  • love this ceep tham coming

  • i learned this in drama :D

    pretty good tutorial, ben <3

  • Thanks boh3m3! Very helpful info.

  • really cool Ben. If you are going to be doing these I'm mention it in one of my tutorials. You should have mentioned "Fight Club" for the axis of action line. Those guys broke the rule tons in that movie to disorient the audience.

  • Wax paper for diffusion... You can put that stuff in an oven.

  • it wont let me watch past 6:54, it keeps freezing :(

  • k nvm got it to work

  • totally want to see more of these bad boys!

    Looked fairly easy to make by comparison of some of your more recent videos.

  • very good job. i feel like i'm in film school online.

  • Keep the good work going. *More*

  • Nice stuff man, this will be a great help for people who are looking to get into film-making.

  • very informative. i wish i had a camera so i could use some of this. loved it

  • Was Spielberg really behind that? It wasn't some technician?

  • its funny how the one on the right actualy looks like ben in one of his moods :P

    love ya bo bo :P

  • If I had any interest in film-making, I would definitely use this tutorial. Great job.

  • great tutorial Boh3m3

  • Holy cow! I didn't know shooting from the opposite angle without transition would bring such destruction!

    Thanks for the tip, Boh3m3.

  • This is great! I love this new approach to your videos and can't wait for the rest of them. I myself am getting more into short movies along with the vlogs that I've been doing. I know just from your videos that I'm definately going to use the things that I learn in your videos for my own videos. Keep up the great work.

  • informative... where do u go to school?

  • great basic tutorial.. interesting and informative

  • good stuff

  • This will help me out a lot once I film something again. Thanks!

  • interesting stuff :)

  • very interesting tutorial

    i learned this in video class

    awsome video man

  • Good tutorial. Informative. A good refresher for those who already know.

  • this is fantastic! i hope you cover more later because i will have questions. eeek!

  • I don't do vids but I will watch these.

  • Nice video.

    Very straight to point and easy to understand.

  • thanks for the tips ben.

  • Hmmmm very intresting, I'd love to see more.

    Cause I'm intrested in the film making industry.

  • thanks for the tips

  • You can get thin plastic sheets called "gels" to add tint or other effects to your lights.

    I do lights for theatre. Thought I'd let you know.

  • Really good! I'm looking forward for more tutorials.

  • Good video this, and informative. Well played.

  • Nice job

  • very educational and very interesting!

  • Do you want to be a pirate monkey?...yeah me neither.

  • Good sound advice!

    and a simple set up rather than read a big bloody book!

  • I hope Emo is in EVERY one of these...somehow.

  • Enjoyed it amigo...

  • hey man. i study this myself and do it as a job. thought you explained it pretty well.

    keep it up :)

  • I couldn't hear anything (sound system is blown) but I liked the visual accuracy of this tutorial. Looking forward to the next.

  • cheers ben, i'm looking at doing some new stuff i just have random shitty videos up at the moment

  • Really great tutoirial. I'm very interested in directing stage productions at my high school and (while I did know some of what you pointed out, but I had never heard of "the line" concept) this is helpful.

  • That's very interesting. I'll look forward to the next tutorial. Thanks a lot :)

  • You know a lot about filming from what I'm seeing in this video. This will help me a lot in case I ever decide to make a short film on here.Thanks.

  • very cool. i enjoyed this a lot

  • this was brilliant and your great at keeping our attentions,

    hankes boh3m3

  • Wonderfully original way of demonstrating how videos should be made. I'm not a videomaker myself, but I watched it all the way through anyhow. It is entertaining and informative. *Thumbs up!*

  • yea good video boh3m3

  • i like how you did this. it makes me feel like i am in video productions again.

  • nice

  • lol... "I <3 The Cure" nice.

  • Nice basic stuff for beginners, I like to be able to throw away the book at whim though. Sometimes your setting has quirks or you see a interesting way of shooting it different.

    Vacuum that carpet next vid. L8r

  • good stuff, also I noticed youtube fixed the subs box problem!!! so i actually get to see when people post. thumbs up youtube!

  • you are just stating the obvious... but it's only obvious now that you have stated it. Am I talking crap?

    Great video, it kept me quiet all the way through. OMG 8:16! you even increased my attention span.

  • coolness thanks

  • That was great informative and enjoyable, good work

  • Awesome. this is a public service and will greatly improve the quality of alot of content. keep it up man, im lovin it

  • just what i needed

  • Thanks for putting this up. I always love to see people sharing their tips to, like you said, improve the quality of the videos out there.

  • i really liked that!

    please make more of these tutorials, i've been wanting to learn stuff like this for years but i never really got around to reading tons of books about film theory ;)

  • Awesome video.

    Who drew the faces? They're really well done!

  • This is very interesting. I look forward to seeing more tutorials soon.

  • Careful using maroon carpet with Auto focus!

  • Boh3me never replies to any of my comments, so I won't be leaving a comment about this video.

    What? Oh...............dammit.

  • "On the cheap".

  • its good to see somebody point out 'the line', its a really vital piece of info, ive seen so many great amateur movies get ruined because they crossed the line.

    Loved the tutorial Ben. Loved it.

  • great vid. Ben! awesome tut .. !

  • This is so unrealistic... no one wears handlebar mustaches any more! lol.. nice tut Ben...simple and easily understood.

  • That was really good..if i had any inkling of ever doing any cinematographic work i would totally reference this video. Unfortunately at this time i do not. But the vid was great!

  • Not to double post but, pause at 6:14 or around that. (Just whenever they're doing the over the shoulder of the villain.) and you'll see what looks look a skeleton smiling. I'm not making it up, just look.

  • THIS IS AWESOME! What is "blocking"? You mention it a couple of times. Is it blocking the characters or blocking the light?

  • neat

  • my favourite way to diffuse light is a technique sort of stolen form cheap photographers, but I like to set my lights up backwards into a black umbrella and then you can move the umbrella to aim the light accordingly