If a movie is above all a set made up of small things, your video is the same. Just because it's not being released on the big screens doesn't mean your production won't have an effect on others or won't have succeeded in getting your message across. Technically, everything starts with the use of different shot values, which Théophile - Customer Success Manager at Cenareo - explains to you in this framing tutorials.
Previously, we thought big with the general plan and today we are not left behind because we are approaching a tighter but still vast plan, it is The wide plane.
What is it for?
Also called the Overall plan, it shows a group or a single person in a setting. Like the general plan, these frameworks are intended to describe the place, the environment and therefore the context. But unlike its generally larger cousin, the overall plan focuses on a street more than a city, an office more than a building, and above all An action as much as the place in which it is located. Indeed, as this plan is framed on a human scale, we can discern the actions of the characters or your actors in their environment.
In the cinema, we use this plan to start or finish a movie but also for action scenes such as fights for example. But in your case, it's more frequently used for illustration plans. Astrid - Customer Success Manager at EasyMovie - has also made a tutorial on how to use these plans and is precisely using the overall plan to reveal locations.
How do you go about it?
Since this plan involves showing an environment, it is therefore best to Put your camera on one stand to be totally stable and have a clean image. Another common use that we find in Astrid's tutorial is with a panoramic movement. It allows you to go from left to right of the place and to show the context in detail or to follow someone in their action. Panning can also be done from right to left but we strongly advise against it, it is less natural for our eyes to look at, because it goes against our usual sense of reading.
Often, we Shoot this shot from a slight angle, from a viewpoint located at a height, in order to support the place more than the speaker. This allows us to reveal more about the environment and its multiple actions, but Be careful because this point of view overwhelms people present in your plan, which is not always a good thing, especially if your action is as important as where it's located.
So for these first two tutorials, we saw the broadest shots that you can find in the movies. Although you do not particularly need these types of shots in your videos, it is important for us to give you all the possible keys to make your videos.
So do not hesitate to share your comments and results with us. As you will have understood, every two weeks, on Monday, we will focus on a particular plan.
So see you in two weeks for the medium plan.
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