My first video that I created with an actual understanding of how the SFM works.
[video=youtube;1CHe0j5eq18]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CHe0j5eq18[/video]
Should've had him doomed the second he started moving.
LooL!
[QUOTE=cfreyrun;36755412]Should've had him doomed the second he started moving.[/QUOTE]
Why wasting the ultimate on an unworthy foe?
Here's a suggestion on camera work:
Imagine there is a line between your characters, I drew it in red in this shot:
[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/cecilb6/camerapositions.jpg[/IMG]
The green 'C's are possible camera positions. The yellow lines show where you might be aiming the cameras. Most of the time you'll want all your camera positions in your scene to be on the same side of that red line.
That is, if you put a camera in position "C" for your first shot, then you DON'T want to use cameras in positions "C2" and "C4". That's because they are on the wrong side of the line from your first shot. In this example, "C" and "C3" are the two position that work together.
Your viewers will use your first shot to orient themselves to your scene(whether they know it or not). If you follow up with camera angles that are from the opposite side of the line, it will cause a subtle disorientation effect, which is not good unless you are deliberately going for that effect. Generally, in dialogue scenes you don't want this effect.
I hope this tip can help everyone, because I see this problem popping up a lot.
edit: Here's a scene from Deliverance showing what I mean
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZlxCNzQqw[/media]
Notice how the guy with the guitar, and the kid with the banjo, are both filmed with cameras on the same side, whether is it's from farther away or from closeup? Either way the camera is always on the banjo kid's right and the guitar guy's left side.
You should also notice the one time the camera shifts position, the guitar guy says "I'm lost"- disorienting effect, remember?
cecilbdemodded, thanks a lot for a friendly tip, would sure use it next time!
I'm thinking that once I get done working through the tutorials I might make a series of my own tutorials showing some editing and cinematography tips. Not that I'm an expert, but as a movie fan I've studied my favorite movies and filmmakers and learned some interesting things about movie making.
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