Videomaker - The Seven Deadly Sins of Camerawork

Videomaker demonstrates the 7 biggest mistakes made when shooting video and how to avoid them. To learn more great video tips and tricks, download our free report "How to Make a Storyboard: Movie Storyboarding Examples" at http://www.videomaker.com/r/559

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[Johnny V. Fernandes]

Mastering how to shoot textbook, (as these fixes show), is a pre-requisite for effectively breaking the rules of textbook shooting. However, it's just as important to know why, and what a composition is for.

[videomaker]

Exactly!

Cheers,

The Videomaker Team

[LooneyM3]

i dont see these as wrong, i think film making does not have a specific way.. its how ever you think your movie should look and if it goes with the story..

[videomaker]

Some directors do purposely use these techniques for effect, but for most of us these are things that you'll generally want to avoid unless there's some compelling narrative reason not to. It's really a matter of knowing the rules before you can know when to break them.

Cheers,

The Videomaker Team

[guitarman9526]

Other than the first one, these aren't necessarily wrong. In fact some of these are great assets for visual story telling. Like a high angle shot of somebody can make them look small and insignificant. I'm just saying, these are not mistakes (other than the lighting one). More stylistic choices.

[videomaker]

True, these techniques can sometimes be used purposely for effect. But it's a matter of knowing when to use them rather than using them indiscriminately as some beginning videographers do.

Cheers,

The Videomaker Team

[TriCorduroy]

they left out forgetting to take the lens cap off...

[Sun Dragon]

the first shot back-lit was the most interesting, and not wrong

[TONYLOUIS100]

It's very wrong and created bad videos and I can see what he means in this video

[healy299]

Omg, lots of films use all of this, high/low angles, sillihoutes, headhunting, gawd.

[JoshuaWGLloyd]

These are used in all films lol, only boring film makers use basic shots

[TheMeejahChannel]

Thanks for the tips - I'm just starting my own videomaking channel, and information like this is invaluable - Cheers.

[bassnrifle]

that's not a deadly sin, that's a fatal stupidity

[bassnrifle]

1:54 staring at this is a deadly sin lol

[Makinwaves02]

oh shit...I think Ive broken all of these!

[2legit2quitz]

you forgot underwater shots without a camera suit!