Filming basics

13 articles

An expensive camera doesn't make a good shot. Four decisions do: where the subject sits, where the light comes from, when to move, and how the sound is captured. Seven articles on the fundamentals that hold with any device.

Before anything else — The exposure triangle and terminology

Picture — Composition and framing · Lighting

Movement and cutting — When the camera should move · The line of action

Sound on location — The room comes before the mic · Wind and noise outdoors