Whether the mobile phone takes a small video vertically or horizontally depends mainly on the theme, duration and publishing platform. Nowadays, smartphones are usually used in the form of vertical screen, so most mainstream short video platforms are mainly in the form of vertical screen, such as Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker and Microvision. Users are used to watching short videos on these platforms, and it is more convenient to write comments in vertical screen. In order to ensure the user's viewing experience, some platforms also mainly recommend vertical screen small videos. Unless the video shot in horizontal screen is particularly excellent, it is difficult to get the recommendation of the platform.

However, the video duration of vertical screen shooting is generally not very long, usually not more than 1 minute. The characters and plots involved in the vertical screen short video are not particularly complicated, and the scene is relatively simple. Quite a few short videos with vertical screens have recorded accidents, such as traffic accidents and fires. Or some ordinary life content. When shooting these scenes, the photographer may not have the time or consciousness to shoot the phone sideways. Therefore, most of the news videos submitted by users that we usually see on many websites are shot in vertical screen, and such videos are also suitable for vertical screen viewing.

However, if you want to shoot a long-lasting video or have a specific plot and a clear purpose, it is recommended to use a horizontal screen. Because you can shoot a wider scene in landscape mode, you can record more people and scenery. If you actually try, you will find that you can only shoot two or three people at most with a vertical screen, but you can shoot ten people at the same time with a horizontal screen. The videos of TV, movies, MVs, documentaries and other topics that we enjoy every day are basically shot in the horizontal screen.

Moreover, the video shot by horizontal screen can be played not only on mobile phone, but also on monitor and computer. However, if the video shot by vertical screen is played on computer and TV, a big black border will appear on both sides, which looks very embarrassing. Generally speaking, whether to shoot a small video in landscape or portrait mode depends on what you want to shoot. For example, Huanong Brothers and Li Ziqi focus on food, emphasizing people and scenes. The video length exceeds a few minutes, and the playing platform is PC-based websites such as Bili Bili, and they are all shooting on the horizontal screen. Manual Geng, mainly the photographer himself, the video length is about 1 minute, and the playing platform is mainly Tik Tok and Aika Aauto Quicker, with vertical screen as the main platform.