Photography Tips: Composition & Camera Angles - Filmmaking Tutorial 14

[brunoavida]

Hi, My name is Bruno. Tom ANTOS your videos are excellent! I am very apredendo with their tutorials. But I need the subtitles.

[brunoavida]

Hi! I'm from Brazil. because it took the subtitles?

[ivet0611]

hey, mind if i ask what Lens were you using ?! what was your camera ?! and did you do any Editing on this video ( color correction or etc ) ?!

[10Kaizer]

tnx man :)



[thewritersblock06]

Thank you so much for this video it help out so much

[djxyt]

cute kid

[kittystylemeow]

1:28 EXTREME CLOSE UP WHOAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

[greyhoundz7898]

Tom can u please check out my channel and tell me what I should work on??? If u could, that would be very nice. TNX bro

[cmgreen4]

could you make a tutorial on how to actual be a director? as far as directing your actors, how direct you need to be, how prepared you need to be vs when it's ok to practice/try out different camera angles or actions on set with everyone there, what reasonable expectations are for your workers, etc. great videos, thanks for posting.

[tjclue914]

gud film work

[jsdigital]

Dude, that's a good lookin kid. Is he an actor?

Great tutorial as always.

[speakup222]

thanks for sharing your ideas :D

[haadk1701901]

very good video

[princessjessi1]

Seriously awesome information! Thank you so much for putting this video up, very insightful.

[AidanThomas8]

what kind of camera do u use...or recommend?

[MikeyNewJin]

Very imformative. Thank you

[visionprods1]

this video is the best illustrated descriptive video about cinematography on youtube; thank you Tom

[PeaceInfinite]

Greeeeaaaaaat work!!!



[gregyf1]

Who has unliked this

[ColtynSeifert]

Love all your videos! They are very informative and help me out a lot!

[DynastyOfWhatnots]

I watched all these tutorials, forgot a lot of stuff so I came back a few months later. Then I bought a dslr and now it's time for round 3

[eisontv]

What a beautiful kid!

[Vdeogamer]

I feel bad for that kid who had to stand out in the snow all that time. Very informative and helpful video though. However, it'd be good if you could work on not stuttering so much while explaining.

[crilith]

this video helped a lot! thank you!

[sibedl]

Extremely awsome camera! in the extereme close up shot through the boys' eyes I can see you tom antos holding the camera with other 2 guys and behind you there is a car!!!!! that's just awsome!!!!

[sibedl]

thanks!



[JJBfilm]

Another great video T. Always helpful and motivational . Thanks for all your help..

[aerozg]

Excellent video, just what i was looking for! Clear and concise explanations, coupled with some example footage, it gets across really well. Thanks for sharing!

[mattzse]

I accidentally stumbled upon these videos when searching for something else. And I'm glad I did! Thanks for the awesome and informational videos, polcan99, I feel so inspired now! :-D

[FilmMakingHowTo]

this is what goes on in that basement when there are no adults around? I'll have to tell on you, Tom.

[SwagbucksLover150]

please please please reply i need help with my tv its not hd at all and it says it is /watch?v=G7kzzCp7PA4

[PurpleNinjaJasmine]

wow who the hell disliked this video?

[Stelasoras]

its not about the camera its about you

[MrJonathanRojo]

Very useful information. Thank you.

[flightmicah4christ]

@dodgesxt  Easiest way is having two cameras; however, the other option is to film the scene from one angle completely and then switch to the other angle and splice them together in post production.

[flightmicah4christ]

@dodgesxt Easiest way is having two cameras; however, the other option is to film the scene from one angle completely and then switch to the other angle and splice them together afterwards.

[flightmicah4christ]

@dodgesxt Easiest way is having two cameras; however, the other option is to film the scene from one angle completely and then switch to the other angle and splice them together afterwards.

[Toemta]

Please please answer me. I've bought the most expensive camera I could afford, a canon g10, it does not have interchangable lenses however. so, I was wondering, since I don't have the luxury of different lenses, can I achieve pretty much the same effects by simply zooming in and out with the optical zoom? is that the only thing I can do to achieve different perspectives, when not having interchangable lenses to work with or am I missing something?

[polcan99]

@Toemta yup...zooming in is the same as changing out lenses... you're changing the focal lenght . The only thing that's better about interchangable lenses is that they're usualy faster, have better focusing abalitles etc. but you can still get same effects if you avoid the weaknesses of your built in lens.

[Toemta]

@polcan99 *relieved* good.. I was worried I wouldn't be able to do these things with a semi pro consumer camcorder. Thanks a lot for answering, and thank you for these tutorials! I have an idea for a tutorial for you, the use of soundtrack music in scenes, not songs, but score. where to use what and what their effects are. I saw a cool tutorial on that on the dvd set for 24, can't remember the season, it was very educational.

[MrJeberg]

1:49 hmm... i guess that there are three persons filming him.... Just a widely guess...

[OCUBOX]

are you making any MORE videos?

[polcan99]

@OCUBOX you... check out my channel... i got new videos every week or every 2 weeks. Im adding two more this week. On my main channel and a tutorial on my second channel TomAntosFilms

[OCUBOX]

@polcan99 why the HECK am I not subscribed to you i thought I did. . . the mysteries of YT. Looking forward to them Tom.

[imvstudiospr]

great video man, a friend from Puerto Rico

[Cruzzzzz1988]

that kid is super pretty

[JustMeBrad]

2:35 the guy has a boggie, but great tips! Thanksn;D

[golfguyuk]

Very very helpful video! Thanks!

[DirtyHunGoneWild]

good video

[brunofelix20]

Very nice demonstrations.. Congratulations for the initiative! Thanks.

[MrFloydReeves]

This is awesome. Very informative.

[RedSpectrumPictures]

thanks for this, very simple and easy to understand

[MateoVegaFilms]

Nice & simple. I'm sure a lot of people will learn from this.

[Layziel]

Awesome video tutorials. I just purchased a canon 7d. And I was wondering how do you extend the memory. I have an 8gig and when I shoot 1080p it only last for ruffle 30min. Can I attach a external hard drive? Thanks for the videos they have been very helpful to me.

[polcan99]

@Layziel No hardrive connection as far as I know. I just simply buy more memory cards swap them as needed. I own 6 16gig cards which is more than enough for a day of shooting.

[HardcoreMontoya]

Exelent..! 0 negatives Votes.!

[supahmauro]

once again, a great tutorial! kudos!

[Combatmuffin]

very nice vid, thankyou

Felt sorry for the kid tho, freezing to death lol

[pankakes105]

Thanx dude! :D you're helping a lot!

[Fouge642]

Can you make a tutorial about working according to the story and maybe another one about working with the actors?

[7dCamera2]

wasn't expecting this to be that great but nice explanation!

[DoLeeP]

thank you for taking the time and the troubles to get us this information for free you are a great human being.

great Tutorial as always. thumbs up for the guys who were standing in the freezing weather

[AmpdEditz]

Wow, great video. I'll keep this in mind for the next time I purchase a lens. I'm about to buy a 18-275mm :)

[GyzelFilmz]

Great work tom me and my friend have been following your tutorial for about a year now...this is very informative we will be purchasing ur dvd just after we recover from the holiday spending!

One question. on some scenes in movie making we would want everything to be in focus. Or pretty close to it...is there a specific lens that can achieve this on the 5d mark ii? We have adjusted apetures and things like that but its still not the look we want. so far we have only seen this possble with film

[polcan99]

@GyzelFilmz Yeah. u can control the DOF using 3 things... Apareture, distance to subject and lens size. For deeper DOF close the aperature as much as you can... stand as far as you can from the subject as you can and then also use the widest lens you have. I will be posting a tutorial with examples of that the following week.

[tosb38]

what did you put the settings for the 7d's ISO and the in camera sharpness, contrast, saturation and color tone? do you try to go for a flat image when capturing video?

[polcan99]

@tosb38 Yes, I have my own custom preset. But in general I use sharpness half way down. Contrast all the way down. Saturation one notch above the middle and color tone I leave in the middle. I use that preset when I shoot most quick projects where I can't control the lighting. If Im doing something I've planned for then I do a custom preset that looks best in that scenario.

[polcan99]

@lacamaradetodd If you have a really good and fast zoom lens then it doesnt matter. But usualy prime lenses such as 16, 50 and 100mm are faster and sharper then zooms

[Feelosoph]

Wich Lens did you use ;)

[lonekamikaze]

I am a big fan of these tutorials. Keep up the good work!

[ElijahLynn]

Great video, I like how you get to the point and make it simple to understand!

[skerifik]

Very instructive, thx

[sandalinalang13]

dang your getting that kid cold :P

[polcan99]

@sandalinalang13 LOL... no, he loves the snow. Right after we finished filming this he went running around with his friends for another hour in the cold. He was just getting bored of standing there infront of the camera for 10 min :)

[sandalinalang13]

@polcan99 cool. thanks about the vid anyway. i liked it. btw , i've never been in a snow, i always wanted to feel what it feels like :) just saying, merry christmas polcan99 :)

[polcan99]

@sandalinalang13 Merry Xmass to you too!

[tosb38]

did you just use natural light and a reflector or lights?

[polcan99]

@tosb38 Just natural light. No reflector need in this situation since the snow reflects enough light as it is.

[AnthonyQuinnVisuals]

I already knew what you were explaining but the visual examples were incredible. Definitely faving so I can refer back to this!

[ZicoSebastian]

what camera and lenses did u used for this xamples?

I have 7D. what do u recommed for these kind of shots?

[polcan99]

@ZicoSebastian I used the 7D as well! For some shots I used the kit lens that came with it. 16-135mm and a few other Nikon primes that I attach using a $10 adapter from ebay. I used a nikon 50mmf1.8 ,100mmf2.8 and 300mmf4.5

[polcan99]

@uglyrhinodotcom The T2i is an amazing camera. Even more so when you consider how cheap it is!

[polcan99]

@uglyrhinodotcom DSLR allow for a shallow DOF which is a creative choice needed when making films. But traditional video cameras have better recording formats, audio solutions etc. All depends on what camera you want to get. One thing I would never buy a camera for is the auto focus... cuz you should never be relying on autofocus in film production. Always focus manualy. Autofocus is only good for home videos or some TV journalist work.

[Mlocke69]

damn, nice colors

[poolboyinla]

Your best tutorial yet.

[drumat5280]

Great stuff as always, thanks for sharing Tom.

[RoathRipper]

happy xmas tom, great vids for the new year.

[polcan99]

@RoathRipper Thnx! Merry Xmass to you too!

[doommic]

awesome camera >_< nice tuts ! it helps !

[NakedJKid]

I love that you have explained there are no rules to film. In university they used to tell me there were rules, it really put me off university and lowered my opinion of my tutors.

[polcan99]

@NakedJKid Yup... no rules, just some guidelines to keep in mind as you experiment. Saying there are rules in films is also bad cuz it tends to restrict begginer filmmakers from experimenting as they develop their style. If you don't experiment you don't learn. So do whatever you feel like, but then judge your work honestly and decide what works what doesn't. And if it doesnt then why? and maybe how u can make it work.

[ishimilli]

Great video

[Smoogle]

curious there was a lot of snow in that video what did you use to cover your camera i've always wondered this?

[ChristianHayes]

@Smoogle Yeah I wonder about this too - What do you use to protect your camera in bad weather and such.

[polcan99]

@Smoogle In this case I had an assistant who was holding an umbrella over the camera. You can actually see us and the umbrella in the reflection of the eyes at 1:32 :) but normally I would just use a towel or a scarf over my camera. Specially since the Canon 7D can take a lot of beating. If it was a camera that can't handle moisture as well, then I would put a plastic bag over the camera and cut a hole out for the lens... like I did years ago when filming in a rain forest.

[tuwhitcombe]

Love watching your tuts bro! I've learnt so much from them. Especially the parts about lighting setups.

[polcan99]

@tuwhitcombe Thnx! I will be posting more lighting tutorials in the new year so check back.

[StructuredAmazingArt]

Thank you! (:

[fishingwithrod]

The subject is getting cold lol. ;)

Another really informative video Tom, thanks!

[mellangestudio]

love the no-non sense plain english approach to all of your tutorials. excellent info!

[IggyC17]

Thanks so much.

This really helped me out a lot.

[yvobaas]

first Well done!