Walking towards cross

[LeighWanstead]

Hi Job,

 

Thanks

 

Does that mean the talent needs to be always in the exact position in the frame in the footage? What situation allows to change the headroom?

 

TIA

 

Regards

Leigh

 

Hi Leigh

 

I told you before, ( other video ) watch your headroom. Keep going my friend

 

Job

[chris fawcett]

Hi Leigh,

 

A rough guide to headroom is that a person's body is more interesting than the empty space above the head, so as you move away (or zoom out), once the whole head is in shot, you can reveal more of the body. Once you have a full body shot, it is often best to keep the navel as the centre of the vertical axis.

 

It's a rule that you break often, providing you have a reason to break it.

 

Look forward to hearing your input, Job.

 

Chris

[LeighWanstead]

Hi Chris,

 

Thanks for the information. :)

 

I was shooting the camera at shoulder position without adjusting the camera angle down. I think that I have two choices following your suggestion without adding hand force to the post.

 

1 Lower camera postion around 10cm to 20cm from shoulder position

2 Change the camera angle down and balance it.

 

Or I have to control the post with hand to change the camera angle down which might cause lots of wobble in the footage.

 

I found that as you said in your post, it is pretty anonying to show lots of white sky above the talent head.

 

Regards

Leigh

 

Hi Leigh,

 

A rough guide to headroom is that a person's body is more interesting than the empty space above the head, so as you move away (or zoom out), once the whole head is in shot, you can reveal more of the body. Once you have a full body shot, it is often best to keep the navel as the centre of the vertical axis.

 

It's a rule that you break often, providing you have a reason to break it.

 

Look forward to hearing your input, Job.

 

Chris

[JobScholtze]

You already did it Chris :P

 

You also can "control" the headroom with your arm. Boom up ore down to maintain your headroom. Ore just do it with your post, but i prefer the arm booming to keep full dynamic balance. I wish i had a nice tilting stage like the ultra has :blink:

 

Leigh, just watch the television, and look at the shots composition, ( is that the right english word for it)

Learn how to make a closeup, mediumshot, and wideshot. ( left ore right in the shot, depends where your going ) In your video your subject needs less headroom and more left in the shot, cose he walks to the right. That way he has more space in front of him.

I hope you understand what i mean.

[LeighWanstead]

Hi Job,

 

Thanks

 

Regards

Leigh

 

You already did it Chris :P

 

You also can "control" the headroom with your arm. Boom up ore down to maintain your headroom. Ore just do it with your post, but i prefer the arm booming to keep full dynamic balance. I wish i had a nice tilting stage like the ultra has :blink:

 

Leigh, just watch the television, and look at the shots composition, ( is that the right english word for it)

Learn how to make a closeup, mediumshot, and wideshot. ( left ore right in the shot, depends where your going ) In your video your subject needs less headroom and more left in the shot, cose he walks to the right. That way he has more space in front of him.

I hope you understand what i mean.

[Norbert von der Heidt]

Hi guys

I've been reading through this thread about Leigh and following his learning curve. I don't want to deflate his balloon but.....

 

I have a just one question....since when did Steadicam flying become an entry level gig?

 

It seems everyone is being very helpful and patient but if Leigh really wants to be in this biz, he should get a job shooting news or something along those lines and learn the basics first. Wouldn't it be better to learn about frame, focus, pan and tilt (and invoice - ha, ha) off sticks when it really isn't critical or expensive for a client. I know some feature operators came in through the side door by knowing how to fly a rig but they usually had a lot of other production experience to go with it.

 

Everyone has to pay their dues somewhere, sometime! Nothing really worthwhile comes that easily.

I've been doing this for over twenty five years and I'm still learning, happily!

 

Cheers

Norbert

[LeighWanstead]

Hi Norbert,

 

Thanks for your question.

 

For your answer, I have been studying photography for the last 18 months.

 

Regards

Leigh

 

Hi guys

I've been reading through this thread about Leigh and following his learning curve. I don't want to deflate his balloon but.....

 

I have a just one question....since when did Steadicam flying become an entry level gig?

 

It seems everyone is being very helpful and patient but if Leigh really wants to be in this biz, he should get a job shooting news or something along those lines and learn the basics first. Wouldn't it be better to learn about frame, focus, pan and tilt (and invoice - ha, ha) off sticks when it really isn't critical or expensive for a client. I know some feature operators came in through the side door by knowing how to fly a rig but they usually had a lot of other production experience to go with it.

 

Everyone has to pay there dues somewhere, sometime! Nothing really worthwhile comes that easily.

I've been doing this for over twenty five years and I'm still learning, happily!

 

Cheers

Norbert