hey guys what's up and welcome back to the channel now if you're new here thanks for stopping by
and do consider subscribing if you want to see more content like this today i want to share three
things that is definitely going to help you to create better filmmaking sequences now i've just
recently done like a short video a short film a very short film um during the quarantine period
and it's called solitude what i'm gonna do before we get into this is just gonna play you that video
it's less than two minutes long imma play that video and we're going to use references from that
video to then highlight these three things that i think is going to make your sequences way better
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okay so that was the short film and there isn't a lot of technicals in this one so there wasn't any
behind the scenes video for this it was simply one camera on a tripod
lit by natural ambient lighting and in my humble opinion um i didn't think that took away
from the essence of the film in any case so let's talk about sequences so a sequence is essentially
a collection of scenes that form a particular part of a story and then you have that part being added
to this and this and this and we get a film you know we get that in a nutshell that is what it is
so it's essentially a story inside of a story you know sequences are used to add depth to the story
that you were trying to tell and i think the key to a really good sequence is shot variety
okay so let's start with shot sizes so you want to capture your scene from different distances
um or with different crops so you know whether that is actually moving your camera in
closer to get a tighter crop or moving it away or using a zoom whatever it is you need to have
a variety of different size of shots so you need to have your wide shots your mediums
and your close-up shots okay so if we just reference the video we can see we have a
wide shot of me taking my shoes off and we also have a close-up shot of me doing the same thing
and what this does is just adds that extra bit of interest and keeps your viewer a little bit more
interested in what is going on on the screen and the thing is it's not really noticeable and that's
the whole point if you're watching a film and you don't notice it but it happens subliminally then
this is a good thing so imagine if you were watching this and there was just a wide shot
there were only wide shots um yeah i think it'd probably get boring
a lot quicker additionally it's not only about you know mixing the shot sizes up some of these shot
sizes have different functionalities within a particular video for example you know the
wider shots can be used for establishing a location or you know setting the scene
okay so moving on swiftly to the second thing that's going to help you level up your sequences
we're going to be talking about angles so what i'm going to say about this is that you should really
get creative with your angles whenever you can any opportunity that you get that you can create fresh
unique perspective you should really take that opportunity because it's all about bringing fresh
ideas and fresh views to the screen and that's kind of what is going to get people going like wow
that was cool like or even you know influencing their movements of their eyes or or their heads
if you tilt at a weird angle you know you might actually get people reacting to that and that
in a sense you know could be a good thing for you for example if we look at this video again
and this isn't anything groundbreaking but if you look at the the point of view shot where we have
me you know scrolling through the phone and the camera is essentially laying on on my chest as i
scroll through the phone and it's just pointing up also this shot where i'm getting up off the sofa
and as i get up you can see my point of view as i get up from the sofa and my view changes
according to my positioning and again that's just me holding the camera on my chest or in my hand
and moving along with it okay so number three is depth of field now you can use depth of field to
your advantage by getting the viewer to focus on exactly the thing that you want them to focus on
and you know obviously using a shallow depth of field would then isolate the subject or the thing
or the object or the person that is that you want to focus on and we see this all the time in movies
for example you have two people in a dialogue in a movie and you'd see their rack the focus
between the two speakers and now on to the bonus tip which is tip number four
now if you're using one camera to film a sequence you know whether it's because you know that's all
the equipment or that's all the crew that you have then repetition is going to be your friend so when
you are taking multiple takes of different scenes you know try to make sure that the same actions
are repeated as close as possible every time this is going to help you reduce continuity errors
so even if it's simple things such as positioning and using a particular hand whether it's your left
hand if you're going to be using your left hand within this shot make sure that you be using your
left hand in all the other shots and that kind of thing and another thing to watch out for is things
like clocks and anything that has a time there's a time on it that's running you know if you're
going to be shooting this thing shooting sequences and having to take multiple takes over a longer
period of time you might definitely notice that if there's a clock in the background that's telling
you i'm at one o'clock and then two seconds later which should be in the film i'm at three o'clock
that wouldn't really make a lot of sense and the thing about this you know and with every aspect of
filmmaking or anything that you're doing is you know practice makes near perfect you know the
more you do it the more you're going to sharpen your skills and the more you're going to be able
to approach your next project being more informed more educated and more skilled and just know that
it doesn't have to be perfect like there were things within this film that when i looked at
it i thought you know i could have done that or i should have done that and i actually thought
about going back and like filming extra pieces and i thought well no it doesn't really make
sense because like i said it doesn't have to be perfect and so the next time what i'm gonna
be doing a film you know like that or anything similar then i'll think you know what i'll do this
as well and i'll add it on to the next time and that's how you grow and that's how you progress
and that is it from me today for this video guys but before you go do head to the comments below
let me know what you think about this short film let me know your thoughts let me know if there's
anything that maybe i could have done better or could have done different if there's any more
tips that you can add let me know in the comments below guys yeah and if you got any extra questions
regarding what i used to film this or how i edited it just leave me a comment below or hit me up in
my dm man over on my instagram and i will get back to you i do try to get back to everybody who
reaches out to me you know so anyway that is it for today guys and i'll see you on the next video
peace