I'm gonna share a lot of tips and my
experience on running gun shooting today
LeBron begins let's run down that's good
running running running running again
they run into you so let's see if you
still want to be a video maker let's
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ciaobella how are you today mama here
thanks for tuning in again forgive me
this is gonna be a long video but you
know how much I love to share my
experience with you and I love to show
you also what happens on real video
shoots and video jobs so I hope this
video will help you somehow in the
future
today the metal discussion will be the
run and gun shooting so what is it
leaving the hotel ride to mount of
olives set up for first interview first
interview run second interview run
Forrest run
third interview ride to Bethlehem
filming ride back to Jerusalem filming
b-roll in Jerusalem filming more b-roll
filming even more b-roll editing yep
that's more or less what happens on a
run-and-gun shoot in short running gun
shootings are those kind of jobs where
there's not much preparation behind
usually a company has a rough idea of
what they want achieve with the video
but there's not really a story at the
fine story or script or a storyboard and
usually the budget for this project is
quite low basically they just send your
location and now it's all up to you okay
let's see what we can do all these means
also that the story will come to life
more in the video editing process but
let me give you an example and let's go
back to Jerusalem in general
basically I've been hired to fill the
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
for three days here in Jerusalem and
around Jerusalem for some videos for
Easter and land 2020 now in this case
Justin Welby was in Jerusalem for some
meetings and the organization that sent
me for the videos also wanted to squeeze
in his schedule a couple of messages to
camera to create two out of the four
videos they had in mind my duty here
apart from recording these messages was
also to document through the lens
everything that was happening in those
days and then create a story that could
actually make sense in post-production
key fact be ready to run and I mean it
literally so the run begins
Tim is here we had lunch in 30 minutes
and I'm going this stuff it means
nothing we need to arrive you have to
five minutes no tight schedules as
always when you're in a job like this
the first thing you want to have is a
brief another tip guys if you don't know
the schedule ask the producer or whoever
is in charge what kind of thing is
happening because you need to be ready
with accordingly with your gear so make
sure you know what's going on and when
and where the brief will give you an
idea of what gear to use so about the
lens the microphone if there would be an
interview a dual interview if you really
have time to set up a gimbal and so on
so guys I'm realizing how I don't use
the gimbal so for these kind of shoots
definitely not the best tool because
we're always in the run I don't have
time to set it up so I always keep the
camera with the filter cage and you're
ready to go basically handheld again
guys we need to be ready as soon as we
get to mount of olives today so I'm
setting up the camera
on the bus because we're gonna kill the
archbishop first thing as soon as we get
off the bus so it's enough now the
tripod and their microphone is well
ready to go so with a quick trip this
morning before leaving and also end is
very thin the archbishop right now and
on the things we need to film basically
okay I need two minutes how tall are you
so guys again that's the amount of time
you have for this kind of stuff
literally two minutes so setup I was a
bit late with the microphones I should
have done it on the bus but it was a
quick ride so thank you very much
up again running again chasing the
Archbishop's guys why it's packed with
tourists already and camels but knowing
the brief doesn't only help you with the
gear but also is important so you can
anticipate your subject and be ready to
feel them at anytime I used to be afraid
to run in front of my subjects in
particular if there are celebrities or
you know VIPs but in the end thinking
this way they are used to camera people
first of all second you are paid to do
this and they know you're gonna be there
and third showing faces is much more
engaging than shoulder shots
alright guys try to stay ahead or the
time as you're going through the brief
also ask what the situation with the
permission is in terms of filming at no
one really bother so I keep filming with
a big camera here in two lenses
and yeah no one really no one really
cares there is no worse feeling that
being on a set I'm telling you ready to
go all set to film and then you get
kicked out because you didn't have one
we're going to hurry saw the permission
to film we didn't have any permission
before so we got the green light and we
are doing some comedy in the guidance
Emily yep and sometimes you can get a
permission in real time on the spot so
that is quite great that's okay so guys
we didn't have the permission to film
but we got one in the place now here
comes the queen of the tip guys film as
much as you can film also when you are
out of their scheduled events got a
couple of hours before going back to the
guest house to meet the guys so I've got
a couple of hours to get some b-roll
around usual tape guys always always
explore going in places where no one
goes where you find the best photography
spots and you know hidden are lazy all
the kind of stuff
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quick tip when you see very traditional
stuff and there's some modern things are
around it like this switch for example
try to cut it off from the frame like so
instead of taking it like that just go
this way make the most out of the time
you have either for the project and for
yourself and that's what I do every time
I travel anyway think that you would be
in this unique location once in your
life so literally you want to take
whatever you can for example I stayed in
Israel for this project for three days
only and then I extended my trip for
another week and I always kept these
videos in mind so whenever I was seeing
something that could fit in the video I
was just stopping and taking it with a
camera basically like these funny clips
so I got four donkeys with a perfect
shot for the nativity or for some reason
a video let's do it
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and tip what you're hired for a job you
need to do whatever you can to achieve
the purpose of the of the job so that's
a good way for people to think that
you're reliable and they can trust you
and the next time they're gonna call you
again so big tip that one oh look
nose weird
I found this Terrace up here in the city
and I'm trying to go over there the
camera who are doing a time-lapse over
this beautiful view remember also that
you might be filming in a location where
you never been so you don't really know
the location and you need to film in a
very small amount of time like 20 or 30
mins sometimes so you have to be a quick
thinker and create a story in that
amount of time which is actually
challenging but that's the fun part here
we are at the Sea of Galilee which is
actually a lake further north
from Nazareth let's try to take this
shot guys so Isabel is walking through
this piece of land and we take a shot
through the trees yes can you do the
exactly the same thing kneeled down and
touch the water they all action
sometimes the environment and the
settings really don't offer much so
think what could make that shot more
interesting like in this example Isabel
was walking through the bushes the
location was nothing special the bushes
were very boring from the distance but
for example place the subject inside the
bushes and boom now you have your
character struggling through the desert
looking for a way out
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tip if your video is about a specific
person my tip is to try to have a few
minutes interview with this character a
few words always have the story to be
told in a better way than just b-roll
and if you can film this interview in
the same location of the b-roll they
will have the overall story and it will
blend better with the b-roll
it's alright guys we are in st. George's
Cathedral now we're gonna have a short
message to come er from by the
Archbishop Justin Welby so I'm setting
up my XLR microphone into the black
magic finding a nice spot for therefore
this kind of interview message also be
on location a few minutes before the
interview or before the event because
you need to set up the gear and make
sure everything works out also if you're
using it the microphone make sure the
microphone is it's done so the cable is
done as well and untangled so when your
subject is arriving you just put the mic
on and that's it basically want to want
to always test the audio as well hello
hello mic test as we're talking about
audio here is an extra tip if you are
filming guys also take into
consideration be all you never forget
out they audio how important the audio
is so we were in the church before and
we heard some people singing so
we try to grab their audio that can be
used before video editing in
post-production
- so what are the pros and cons of
running guys shooting if you fin with
celebrities or VAP remember they have a
very tight schedule which means long and
tiring days and also some editing might
be required for the same or for the next
day
welcome to the office time for bed
actually time to check some footage and
do some color grade and then time for
bed it's been a great day
tiring tomorrow's gonna be even better
we going to Bethlehem the Mount of
Olives so stay tuned I was saying guys
the thing with these kind of jobs is the
owners rushing so you don't have really
time to set up the shots but also and
also not to focus on what you're seeing
so for example we went to historical
places like Bethlehem or the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem and I have not
recollections of these places because I
was focusing on my camera and I was
focusing in filming so unfortunately you
don't really leave the moment and the
place so guys we are in the holy
sepulchre trying to film as much as I
can
good things about these kind of jobs
though is that you access places where
not many people can go so that is great
unfortunately also I have no idea what
I'm filming and where I'm going so I
should have done some more research so
that's a tip and I don't have a guide so
I'm just freestyling going through the
Syrian film what I think it's worth
let's talk about a gear oh I love
talking about a gear you know that as a
way for the team I'm gonna set up the
gear the camera gear I'm not sure if you
want to be me right now
be ready for any kind of situation again
for a dual interview be ready with your
filters with your lenses gimbals tripod
whatever you can carry in your backpack
or suitcase do it for this project for
example I had a Blackmagic pocket Cinema
Camera 4k with 1635 Canon mark 3 Sammy
and 10 millimeters Canon 7200 mark 3 F
2.8 this is an F 3.1 Full Tilt a cage
with handle tilt of e mount plate this
is a base plate that goes under the cage
with to remount batteries atomos Shinobi
monitor with HDMI cable and is the
flower cable from the v-mount batteries
to the Blackmagic DJI Ronin s gimbal
stabilizer Morato portable tripod a bit
of audio gear I've got the rod micro
video micro mic and to lapel mics in
these small bags just in case of it will
interview long extension cable for XLR
to mini XLR because the Blackmagic only
take the mini XLR and Jack mini jack as
well black magic with tilter cage and
Atmos monitor rode mic ready to go okay
in terms of what I do when I when I'm
doing this kind of filming I've got a
belt around my waist with two lenses
lenses cases like that
and yeah I just keep switching lenses
basically so as you guys seen I had to
switch my lens to ten millimeter lens
because we were in the tight space with
seven people so it's always good to have
different range of lenses as well okay
correct you can never have enough lenses
this man knows no tip have filming
preset saved in your camera already so
you can switch between them
just with a push of a button basically
create some for low-light conditions
different frame rates different
resolution and so on whoo guys we made
it I wish someone gave me lot of these
tips when I started jokes apart I hope
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