WEBVTT 00:00.180 --> 00:06.030 We're going to be talking about what shots it takes to tell your story and really thinking about both 00:06.030 --> 00:08.690 beforehand and while shooting you know what. 00:08.850 --> 00:10.630 What do I need to get to tell my story. 00:10.640 --> 00:15.790 What it's critical for me as a video maker to share what I want to share. 00:15.810 --> 00:20.160 And this is both you know getting your main interviewer. 00:20.190 --> 00:21.620 You know this type of stuff too. 00:21.630 --> 00:27.810 Getting the inserts getting the shots that help tell the story further beyond just seeing someone talking. 00:27.840 --> 00:31.900 So one important thing to think about is your role versus your role. 00:32.010 --> 00:35.850 Your role is really the meat of your story. 00:35.850 --> 00:40.040 It's where you're going to get your narration or your interviewer talking. 00:40.040 --> 00:46.990 It's sort of the the thing that's going to form your entire story your role is just as important though. 00:47.100 --> 00:53.040 These are the shots that you're going to put over your interviewer or over your voice over This is the 00:53.040 --> 00:57.920 things that really show and bring to life your character or your subject. 00:57.960 --> 01:04.320 So for example we worked on this documentary and we spent the morning getting to talk with the subject. 01:04.320 --> 01:07.740 Learning about his life seeing some things around his house. 01:07.920 --> 01:13.610 But we really just spent the time to talk to him and to learn what he was all about. 01:13.800 --> 01:14.510 From there. 01:14.520 --> 01:20.410 We did get some shots in the house but we went out with him entered into the world and got shots with 01:20.410 --> 01:25.520 him on the streets got him doing actions got you know different stuff that really helped tell his story. 01:25.620 --> 01:30.750 What was really helpful though was getting this interview first because we knew what type of shots we 01:30.750 --> 01:32.840 needed to get later in the day. 01:32.850 --> 01:36.350 So in this instance our April was the interview shot. 01:36.360 --> 01:40.880 It's what we got sitting with our subject and talking to them. 01:41.040 --> 01:44.230 Our B-roll then was all the other footage. 01:44.250 --> 01:50.280 It's important to know what is said in the role and then getting the B-roll that matches that feeling 01:50.520 --> 01:51.540 matches that sentiment. 01:51.540 --> 01:58.120 This can be really critical to telling your story be real in a way brings to life you're able. 01:58.170 --> 02:03.770 Whenever I go out on events or Im shooting with Major Lazer a lot of the times it's just me shooting. 02:03.780 --> 02:08.400 And so I'll go in and think OK I need to go get a wide shot of the crowd. 02:08.400 --> 02:14.100 I need to get these specific shots and I know before even thinking about the edit really that these 02:14.100 --> 02:15.870 are the shots that will help tell this story. 02:15.870 --> 02:18.790 These are the shots that I want to get to tell. 02:18.810 --> 02:23.190 And this takes a lot of practice because each show I do it's something different. 02:23.190 --> 02:25.950 I have a different style a different idea of how we approach it. 02:25.960 --> 02:28.020 Sometimes I only one use close ups. 02:28.020 --> 02:30.420 Other times I only want his wide shots. 02:30.420 --> 02:36.030 That being said having a second camera having a third camera can make a massive difference because I 02:36.030 --> 02:38.080 can have someone always getting a wide shot. 02:38.080 --> 02:43.620 I am someone getting all the close ups and I can myself be getting those magic moments that maybe I 02:43.620 --> 02:46.100 would miss because I was getting that other coverage. 02:46.260 --> 02:51.300 So next time you going into a shoe maybe do some research go and look at other videos online and don't 02:51.300 --> 02:53.050 just watch it don't just enjoy it. 02:53.050 --> 02:59.070 I actually look at each shot think of OK if I'm going into this I want to get this wide shot and I want 02:59.070 --> 03:01.400 to tell it all from this perspective. 03:01.500 --> 03:03.780 It's something to think about and don't get me wrong. 03:03.810 --> 03:09.450 There's plenty of times everything changes and we thought you could do is radically different but at 03:09.450 --> 03:12.740 least you have some idea of what you want to get going into it. 03:12.750 --> 03:18.900 I think the greatest thing you can do to learn more about what shots you need and what shots you want 03:18.900 --> 03:24.990 to get is just to watch films go see how people cover scenes and really analyze it look at their wide 03:24.990 --> 03:26.840 shots are the mediums or the close ups. 03:26.850 --> 03:31.650 And it's a great way to see how other directors have developed his style and especially watching their 03:31.650 --> 03:33.260 first film to their last film. 03:33.300 --> 03:40.340 You can see their take on filmmaking and through that you can decide what a filmmaker you want to be.