Filmed this with my t3i (tips? )

[mikermccue]

anyone got some tips for filming? new to this

 

[CherylL]

What kind of tips? Confused about your clip posted, is this an ad?

The above video is just a clip of someone skating. If you want to make a short vid about skating then you need lots of shots from different angles/perspectives and long shots, med shots, closeups etc. Shoot the same scene above about 8 times. Start off with a clip of anticipation such as a closeup of the skater walking and the board under his arm or maybe him kicking up the skate board with a close up of his foot & board. Next shot a close up of his eyes. Next shot skating and cut in clips from your 8 shots that were from different angles & perspectives.

Was this what you had in mind on tips?

 

[Overread]

A few more direct thoughts

1) Your framing way too tight at the end, your subject is the skater and yet when it comes to that grind he's moving right out of the frame. Whilst you can argue that the subject is the skateboard this isn't introduced to us at the start, at the start the focus is very much on the person.

2) Exposure - the big white building in the background is blowing out and distracting from your much darker subject. In addition you're getting hotspots all over the persons face. Bright points attract our eyesight and this will distract from the primary subject.


I'd suggest filming in softer lighting earlier or later in the day and also consider some support continuous lighting so that you can add some light to your primary subject (helps a lot if you have a 3rd person to control the lighting).

At present it also seems to be a bit - eh - undefined. It's a small short video of the kind people would take with their mobile phone, albeit at better quality. I think you need more planning on what you're showing as well as what the actual subject of the short is. Combine that with improved exposure and possible also using a wider aperture/longer focal length so that you can more strongly separate subject from background.