As the old saying goes, food is the most important thing for people.

As the saying goes, if you don't eat a meal, you will feel hungry.

Nowadays, food short videos have become a series that “can’t be viewed during the day and cannot be escaped at night”.

You can shoot on Douyin, post on Moments, and post on Weibo. The status of food short videos is as stable as Mount Tai.

At present, short food videos of about one minute are so popular. They are neither too long nor too short. They are both fascinating and not mentally stimulating and tiring.

So, how to shoot a one-minute food video?

What are some short video shooting techniques?

1. Determining the subject matter first is actually the same as writing an article. To write an article, you must first formulate your intention.

To make a short video, first decide on the subject.

You need to clearly understand what kind of food short video you want to shoot, whether it is a story, a pure food production, or a food photo album.

2. Determine the idea. Everything has a first come first, what should be photographed first, and what should be photographed later. There must be an order.

If you want to shoot a short food video with a story, you can choose the flashback method as the narrative method, and then the shooting should also follow the story narrative method.

If it’s food production, you can take pictures of the finished product first or make an introduction first, and then take pictures of the specific ingredients making process.

3. Specific shooting During the specific shooting process, you can use the following short video shooting techniques: (1) Color adjustment For food, warm colors will make it look more appetizing.

Therefore, you can arrange the environment or adjust the camera settings before shooting. If there is no preparation in the early stage, then you will have to spend more effort and adjust it in the later stage.

In the process of color adjustment, color saturation and color temperature must be controlled well to prevent overdoing it.

(2) Slow motion Slow motion can better express people’s emotions and the connotation of things.

The role of proper use of slow motion when photographing food cannot be underestimated.

For example, I want to take a picture of grilled chicken legs at a barbecue stall. The content of the slow-motion picture is: the chicken legs are roasted on the rack. Under the influence of the light, the surface of the chicken legs turns dark orange-yellow, a little burnt, and the oil is prickly on it.

Small bubbles appeared, and a thin layer of chili powder fell from the sky... Thinking about this scene makes my mouth water.

(3) Time-lapse shooting. A few seconds of time-lapse shooting of the weather and environment can be added to a video to relieve the audience’s attention fatigue and at the same time explain the background appropriately.

You can refer to the use of time-lapse photography in food documentaries such as "A Bite of China" and "Taste of Shunde".

(4) Shooting angle There is actually no fixed shooting angle.

As long as it shows the characteristics of the subject to the greatest extent, this angle is good.

When shooting, try to shoot from multiple angles.

Others say which angle is the best for photographing food, but that may not necessarily apply. You have to make your own choice during the shooting process.

4. Post-production should pay attention to the following issues: (1) Post-production color adjustment.

Even if you have prepared the environment in the early stage of shooting, color correction in post-production is still necessary.

(2) Transition without skills.

Don't use too many techniques during transitions, otherwise it will easily dazzle and offend people.

(3) Ensure image quality.

(4) Handle the sound well and add appropriate BGM (i.e. background music).