Remember what I said before about getting good performances, but take advantage of your nimbleness as a one man band to experiment with shots and angles. When someone says, “we shot the shit out of that scene” what they mean is that they got every angle, every way in and out of the material. And the cut-aways you’ll probably forget to get anyway. Get that extra wide shot and the extra close one too. Don’t be the person who comes home with everything in a medium shot at the same focal length. Being free of a large crew means you get to try a bunch of different things quickly without the inertia of moving huge numbers of bodies around to get different shots. ![]() Nothing is more annoying than watching a DSLR film when half the shots are soft. If you’ve done your homework and chosen locations wisely, you’ll be able to stop down and still get plenty of pretty bokeh in the background while giving your actors and yourself room to play and maintain consistent focus. For example: shooting on a 50mm lens with my 5d, I’ve got 3 inches depth at f/1.4 and just over a foot at f/5.6. This may sound like heresy but… I much prefer bumping up the ISO on the camera if it affords the ability to stop down rather than risk shooting on a wide f-stop and constantly losing focus. And if there is a screaming match or something outlandish that will definitely draw attention, save it for last. Try to maintain all outward appearances of something completely casual. You want to keep things loose, even if you are running multiple takes or turning around for reverse shots. When stealing a location, you don’t want to find yourself in situations when you’re turning around for reverse shots or running multiple takes or doing anything that appears like you’re overtly filming. note: like a DSLR.)) alone and a couple actors? Maybe you’re tourists. But if they see you there with the camera ((Ed. ![]() First off, if they see you walk in there with a slate and all kinds of microphones and lights rigged to your camera, you’re getting stopped. And if that’s the case, these are some simple ideas for how to steal a shot. But sometimes it’s just not going down that way. ![]() I highly recommend getting permission to shoot… you know, producing. Stealing means shooting somewhere without permission.
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