7 Deadly sins of filming

1 Don’t shoot everything 

You don’t have to shoot everything shoot what you need rather than what you have to think about what you are shooting and have to think about what the scene portrays. It also make editing easier so you don’t have to sift through several large clips for a 9 second clip. You have to plan your shots ahead of time

2 Take your time

Keep rolling rather than stopping the clip preemptively so the words aren’t cut off and you have enough time to take notice on what’s going on so when it cuts the audience aren’t confused

3 Leave headroom  

Get the right amount of headspace for the character you might end up with either a floating head or makes it claustrophobic so the person has enough space so they don’t look weird or lazily shot.

4 Don’t over or under expose

Either you over expose your background or underexpose the subject the sun needs to be the key light as to avoid the shot being to dark or to bright this effect is not especially hard to avoid but it can be a major failure in a shot

5 Don’t over zoom

It can make a sequence look good but if there are too many zooms it can make a sequence look bad especially in a sequence as it messes with the viewer’s special awareness and it can deteriorate the quality of the film

6 Mix up the angles

Its always good to get different perspectives when it’s always the change of angles make it look better

7 Stabilize for smooth footage

When there is handheld footage it needs to be immersive and has to be a realistic otherwise it can look bad most of the time you will need smooth footage when the footage is too unstable the audience might find it unbearable or boring/hard to focus on