Week 5 - TutorialInteractive Digital Moving Image Production | CU3003NI | - Pratik Man Singh Pradhan

Budget Filmmaking Tips and Techniques

Use your phone as a boom Mic

The audio quality from your phone will be much better for recording dialogues which will eliminate the need for dubbing in post-production.

Colourful Poster Boards for Keying

Keying works well with poster boards because of their nature of flat colours.

You can use any colour as long as its different than the colour of the subject.

Foam Boards as Reflectors

Foam Board are used even in professional studios instead of regular reflectors.

You can use almost anything white which is reflect light.

Use Aluminium Foil for Hard Light Reflection

Aluminium foil are the cheapest light reflectors which you usually already have in your household.

Rubber/Tape for Light Streak Effect

You do not need an expensive filter.

A rubber or tape will do for a light streak effect.

Carve a Shape for different Lens Effects

Carb out shaped off of black chart papers and keep them in front of your lens for different background shape effects.

Tripod as a Slider/Steady Cam Holder

Just use 2 legs and then move it for a slider effect.

Mount your camera on to the tripod and the hold the tripod while shooting videos for a smooth video.

China Ball as a Soft Key/Fill Light

They are used professional movies in films with million dollar of budget.

The soft light from china ball is used for professional video shoots.

Lens Whacking

Lens whacking can be used for light fill effects

Three Point Lighting

It is a a standard lighting technique in any studio

Reverse Lens for Macro Shots

Reverse your lens and there you have a Macro Lens.

You can get reverse lens adapters in the market

Use Twixtor Plugin for Slow-Mo Shots

Twixtor is a plugin for FCP/AE that enables a simulated slow motionof about 2000 FPS shot from a 60 FPS source file. Video files. Although the footage is not perfect if the background is very busy

Use the YouTube Music and Sound Library

They are all free!

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