All filming is in service of the story.

What about "story"? That is, the content or persona, and the important means of expressing the story is dribbling.

Operation of the camera, can simply be understood as a "motion picture", the core is the scene scheduling, like building a "video" building foundation.

That is, through the movement of the camera, the picture of the beginning and end of the frame of the scene, the angle of change, the process of the picture presents more details, more rich "sense of rhythm", which leads the audience into a topic of the scene.

In layman's terms, making a video is like writing an article, and the language of the camera is like the grammar of the article!

In comedy, the basic skills are speaking, learning, teasing, and singing; while the camera skills are divided into push, pull, shake, move, follow, fling, rise, and fall.

1, push the lens

"push" - the lens from far to near, close to the main body, so that the audience's line of sight from the whole to see a certain layout.

Commonly used 3 kinds of push shots:

Standard version: from the large medium-sized scene pushed to the small medium-sized scene or close-up, so that the subject part or local details to enlarge, occupy the screen.

Oblique Push Shot: Side to front (or vice versa), perspective change, rich lens expression.

Low angle positive push: highlights the emotion and narrative of the elevated shot.

Scene application:

Beginning (character out of the camera); end (highlight the main body).

2, pull the lens (reveal, interpretation: slowly show)

lens from near and far backward movement, the scope of the scene from small to large, the subject from large to small;

the picture from the local changes to the whole, the scene from the close-up or close-up, medium view pulled into a panoramic view, long-distance view.

Key role: explain the environment in which the characters are located, and bring the audience into the scene.

Application examples: such as filming VLOG eating, cooking, drinking water, etc..

3, shaking the camera

Mobile phone positioning, and with the help of the chassis, so that the camera lens to do up and down, left and right, and even around the rotating shot;

Like the character's eyes, cruising the object to be photographed; in the spatial description of the environment on the introduction of the use of a unique.

Shake left and right, especially to introduce the big scene; up and down, it is used to show the mountains and other majestic, precipitous, and often give the audience a sense of immersive experience, very awesome.

Short video practical examples: landscape, city buildings, large banquets, the sky and the ocean, and other large-scale scene shooting, a strong sense of the whole.

4. Lens shift

The camera does horizontal horizontal shift, as the character moves forward, the lens follows the character to move in the same direction;

Similar to the state of life of people walking around and looking at the state of life, you can break the limitations of the screen, space is bigger, and also more free.

The effect is very flexible, but the phone is easy to shake, not good control, it is recommended to buy a stabilizer, or octopus handheld head.

Scene application: picture articulation, opening character introduction, etc., emphasizing the connection between character space and psychology.

Example: real estate sales, "move" the camera running, walking and talking, making the user have the feeling of being there.

5, with the lens

Similar to the use of mobile camera changes, follow the object to be photographed to maintain an equal distance from the movement of the mobile lens;

Suitable for the continuous performance of the character's movements, expressions or details of the changes in the performance of the main body of the relationship with the environment, guide the user's line of sight, to enhance the sense of scene and sense of participation.

Application examples:

Running wild cats and dogs, cars on the street, or pedestrians walking forward, with slow-mo, the character image is more distinct Oh.

6, rise and fall

The up and down movement of the lens, in order to raise and lower while shooting, brings the expansion and contraction of the picture field of view, through the continuous change of the point of view of the formation of multi-angle, multi-directional multi-composition effect.

Function: the depth highlights the full spatial appearance of the subject, and highlights the momentum and atmosphere of the scene.

Practical example: from top to bottom to shoot the human body, houses, trees and other full view.

But although the camera follows the human movement, try to keep the subject in the most basic four-line nine-gallery composition, the theme is clear.

Finally, warm reminder: remember, the lens is a means to express the ultimate goal;

Operation of the mirror is in order to - so that the lens / picture for you to tell a story, so more pull the film more to try to think more, and will eventually So, if you do a lot of experimenting and thinking, you will be able to develop your own "magic" of shooting!

This is a great way to get the most out of your work.