Videomaker - The Seven Deadly Sins of Camerawork

From what I get, this video is unrelated to any sort of hyper-experimental film, and more towards just general shooting. This is NOT the "Holy Grand Super-Bible of Camera Work, For ALL FILMS, FOREVER", y'all.

Just general tips, I'm getting. Or more specifically, general "mistakes" people make.

as far as i have observed MTV videos have purposely violated all 7 sins

I remember being told never do JUMP CUTS. Now jump cuts are the norm in films. What have we done?

Glad to see all the "experts" tell Videomaker a thing or two, lol. They just have their own magazine, they don't know anything. You guys tell 'em, lol. This is about fixing these shots when they aren't needed and when they are used because people don't know better at first. You have to think about why this video exists a little. Think....Still there? Think...then speak. Think...then comment. Now try it again...think....

You don't need to be an expert to know that high angles and close ups are cinematic tools, that you fix a shaky shot by using a steadicam or dolly, that placing the light--especially sunlight--directly in front of the talent is bad (key-back-fill, anyone?), and that fades in many cases are more obtrusive and less appropriate than jump cutting.

In my book, the only "cinematography sin" is not knowing/controlling everything about your shot--motion, DOF, lighting, composition, et cetera.

$0.02

Handheld camera work is frown upon too, and I agree it can be very distracting but sometimes it works. As well as your term for jump cuts "snap shooting." Both these techniques were used in the French New Wave. LEARN YOUR HISTORY & aesthetic techniques before you try to teach others!

Wow, these "mistakes" are the same mistakes we learn about in film history and aesthetics. NONE of these are MISTAKES--they are techniques, maybe sometimes used poorly but when used correctly can work. NOT EVERY SHOT in the world is "eye level", that's why we have high angle, low angle and canted angle shots. Same goes for "headhunting" (a term you must have made up) especially when you could have used "CLOSE UP" instead. And obviously there is nothing wrong with close ups.

sorry but most of those were bulshit. so long as they are applied in the right context none of those are mistakes.

your steady cam sucks, you video sucks, who are you to say waht is right or wrong, your work blows

Yeah, Like the upstanding rule