Often, you find straight on medium shots of interview subjects boring. You can spice up your shots by inserting something in the foreground in front of the subject. In the video below, I feel the interview shots are more visually interesting because I am shooting thru the foregrounded model airplane wings and other parts.
I once [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Production Advice: Foregrounding
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Animal Stories
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It seems at times I got inundated with certain types of stories — traffic accidents, weather stories etc. Now it’s animal stories. Below is a video about a woman in Cedar Rapids who feeds stray cats that populate empty houses in Time Check. I think animal stories are popular in the newsroom because reporters and [...]