Friday, 29 January 2010

Step away from the Camera!

Do you want to know what really annoys me? Programmes on television where they make it look as if the camera is being operated by an amateur. You know the sort of thing: unsteady pans, poor framing, sudden zooms in the middle of a shot.
The thing is, no-one else on the production is made to be so slack. The lighting is perfect, the sound is pristine, the make-up is great. If a director made me work like that I'd be ashamed.
I'm with Mike Figgis on this one: if you can't think of a good reason to move the camera, put it on a tripod. (From Digital Film-making)

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