1, SLR camera

The key to a good video is never the late stage, but the material. Many food videos are shot with SLR. Most food videos make the background look blurred for aesthetic effect. This blur effect needs the help of a large aperture. Although mobile phones also have large aperture mobile phones, compared with professional cameras, there is still a big gap in shooting effect.

2. Low power camera lens

Local close-up of ingredients is more conducive to highlighting the surface texture characteristics of ingredients, so it is necessary to skillfully cooperate with scenes and shots to fully show the shape and texture of ingredients. However, due to the limitation of food size and height, it is difficult for ordinary focal plane to focus when it is close to food. Although a wide-angle lens below 35mm can capture the whole picture of food from a certain distance, it will also lose its aesthetic significance because of serious deformation. Therefore, in the actual short video shooting, a macro lens is needed.

3. Small rocker arm

Macro lens solves the problem when we shoot the whole picture and local close-up picture of food. However, for some foods, such as pancakes, fish fillets, pizza and so on. They have almost no thickness, so the best way to shoot their surface features is to let the camera start from above the food. At this time, it is necessary to use a small rocker arm, which is about 2-3 meters long and can adjust the height and angle at will, so it is easy to achieve high-altitude shooting and scene control.

Step 4: tripod

Stability is the most basic requirement for shooting good video works. Novices often ignore the importance of tripod when using cameras. In fact, most of the shots of a promotional film and documentary are done with the help of a tripod. The tripod can not only ensure the smooth shooting of the fixed lens, but also use its hydraulic device to ensure the smooth and even shooting of the push-pull and swing lenses.

5. Light up the lights

One is to improve the brightness of the subject, improve the dark shooting environment and improve the image quality, which is also the most basic. The second is to shape the light and shade of the subject and create a three-dimensional sense of the picture. Thirdly, by using different lighting methods to depict the subject artistically, it shows specific artistic effects.