Shooting With Two Cameras
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In this video, Josh shows us the basics of shooting with two cameras for a more sophisticated look and ease of editing later. Using these techniques, you’ll look like you’ve spent a ton and really brought up the overall production value of your content. Stay tuned for his next video, where he shows how to edit the two clips to one cohesive whole.
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The only easy guide / explanation i’ve EVER sene on how / why to do a 2 camera shoot. Use this technique to… http://t.co/E1VT65yF
What a great job describing the information, I can’t wait to get started, thank you!!
DRAT! I clicked FIVE stars and it grabbed 4-1/2!
Josh, your video was GREAT! Thinking back to Michelle’s Renegade video NOW I understand the b/w sideshots!
Know that I really clicked FIVE stars and am looking forward to your editing video too!
Marge – It got your rating. It just averages it with the other ratings immediately, so the 4.5 is the average at that very minute. Josh appreciates your 5 stars, I’m certain!
Great insight in this video, Josh… Clears up a lot of questions. I do think the double shot looks way more professional. Thanks for posting this, Michelle.
Now I know what the double camera B&W deal with Michelle’s recent launch thingy. Interesting because I was all caught up in that and questioning why the second camera and why in B&W. Cool…
How much lower and off center do you want the second camera to be in relation to the main one?
Doesn’t a lower angle show more of ones double, triple or no chin? Any trick to hiding that and/or looking skinnier -not that I have any of these problems but would be good to know
Actually Thomas shooting down instead of up is a good way to hide any extra chins the person may have. It can also help to look in a mirror and get an idea of good angles for your body/face type.
As for how you want the camera i.e. lower/higher, off center etc. that really comes down to what you think looks nice. You just want to keep it interesting for your audience. If you have the room (and the scene is nice looking) a full body wide angle shot from the side is generally pleasing too.
Really great presentation. You kept the concept very clear and simple. I really want to try this myself. I am looking forward to your editing example. Thanks !!
hey, that was a killer tutorial on how to use 2 cameras to create videos
I enjoyed it!
5 stars!! Thanks for the tip. After doing 110 videos this tip will help out a lot. Thanks Michelle for the heads up.
Luis
Thanks Josh for the short video. I now got the “why” and will figure out the “how”. Good quality, easy to follow. More please.
Part two on editing should be up on Tuesday
Nice video. Simple explanation. Easy to follow and the benefits were conveyed clearly. Looking forward to the editing tricks
Great video on video editing thanks 5 stars
Hello I think the two camera idea is awesome and there are different ways to do this. Obviously the way that was shown (by the way is it my laptop or is the audio off by a few seconds..hope its my laptop) The second way is to actually have the subject turn to address the other cameras through out the video. This needs to be done at a slow turn or pace. Either way before the video starts or I should say before the subject starts to talk she/he should let the camera run a few seconds and then she/he should clap their hands then pause again and then start speaking this gives the audio editor a reference point and hopefully stop any delayed audio.
That style of shooting is more like an infomercial or like a tv host. Of course anyone can shoot that way but it is generally used in more scripted situations where the view knows what the person is saying was planned out. This tutorial was made with the idea of helping those who like to improv or talk off the cuff or at least appear to be doing that , as Michelle’s videos for Renegade Startup she did use a teleprompter app, but still wanted that 1 take feel. What you described can be done with two or more cameras but are much easier to do when you also have people running those cameras as well since there is generally movement from the host like walking on a set back and fourth. Thanks for the input! I would also encourage you to make a tutorial video for Crowd Mountain on that area of video! The more tuts the better everyone will be =o)
Wicked video! Can’t wait for part 2.
Very simple idea yet extremely helpful, I’ll definitely be using this technique – thankyou
Nice presentation Josh, I liked this effect in Michelle’s video’s too.
Now I’ve gotta buy 2 cameras
This was really amazing man, thank you for the great explanation!
At this time I just own a flipcam and an HD cam which I’m barely starting to use, I’ll try a few things since I finally bought a tripod for the HD cam and see what I can come up with.
By the time I get the DSLR’s maybe I’ll get the technique down, thanks!
Sergio
Without having already looked at Josh’s video I would like to respectfully disagree with the wisdom of the B&W 2 camera video of Michelle. Number One: it was distracting and seemed gimmicky and Number Two: Michelle is too beautiful in glorious color to downgrade her to shades of grey. Just my opinion and granted — I AM a heterosexual male
If you watch the video you will see I mentioned turning the video to B&W to mask the quality if your 2nd camera is lower end than your first camera and in her case camera 2 was an iPhone and camera 1 was a DSLR so the quality between the two was very uneven. Hopefully in the future she will upgrade to an 2nd DSLR then she can keep the whole thing in color for you =o)