Shooting Video: 5 things you need to be mindful of
To create your video you need some essential equipment, the equipment you cannot afford to forget before venturing out to shooting. If you do, you may lose money and peace of mind. Sometimes, for a small, ostensibly innocuous tool will play a spoil sport and ruin your entire shoot plan. So before venturing out for a shooting, you should check and recheck each item properly. You must definitely take these tools before shooting.
- A DSLR camera is good for professional quality shooting. If you don’t have one then a good top-notch smartphone may also do the job. However, a quality DSLR camera is available on market at affordable price. You should choose your camera according to your need. A novice and an armature person can also use his phone in the beginning, especially while learning trick of the trade. For that an iPhone is a better choice, or even any other phone with more than 10 megapixels camera with 4k videography.
- Tripod is also an essential tool for a shoot, because you cannot roll your camera effectively without a tripod. Nowadays, Mini Tripods are also available on the market, which costs you around Rs 300 to 500.
- If you ask any professional photographer or videographer he will explain the value of good and optimum light for a better shoot. To maintain light a reflector is needed to illuminate you the subject which comes under shadow. You can also use thermocolfor this.
- A good quality micwith voice filter is another tool that you need for shooting. A quality mike and filter will give the kind of sound you need. Select it according to your needs. It is also available on the market ranging between Rs 1500 and 2000.
- Make sure to keep the backup of the video recorded on your camera. Extra set of battery, mic (mobile phone) and reflector with you. Anytime during the shooting you may need them.
