5 Shot Method
- 11 years ago
http://www.gvfstudio.com“Pictures tells a thousand words”. If a picture tells a thousand than video tells a story!
When you just shoot something it doesn’t necessary mean to be a story. But using a right method to film will make it a story.
This method is known as the 5 shot method. Many journalists use the method, that is why their video stories are interested to watch though they are not professional movie makers.
Let’s apply this method for a real life situation. We would like to take an interview of a girl who learns how to play a violin.
Before we start we should remember that a good story, which keeps people attention is a sequence of questions and answers.
We start with a close-up shot of hands. It raises a question: Who plays it?
Next we make a shot (close-up) of a face. It reveals to us who is a player. But audience may ask : What is happening there?
Our third shot which would be a wide shot would explain where that is happening.
We add two more additional shots. One would be OTS shot or over the shoulder. And the last one – a side shot. Over the shoulder, Unusual/ side shot
Now we have the necessary shots to show the action.
What another benefits of using the method?
It makes it very easy to assemble or edit the footage. It also looks professional when use different angles of the action.
There are some basic rules which are very important to follow.
Make every shot at least 10 sec long. If you record an action make it fully recorded.
Start few seconds before an action and stop a few after. Usually the first and the last parts of the footage are the worst, as there could be handshaking. You will get more footage which would be very useful in editing room. And following those very simple, basic rules makes it very easy to cut the footage together and gives lots of additional usable material.
When you just shoot something it doesn’t necessary mean to be a story. But using a right method to film will make it a story.
This method is known as the 5 shot method. Many journalists use the method, that is why their video stories are interested to watch though they are not professional movie makers.
Let’s apply this method for a real life situation. We would like to take an interview of a girl who learns how to play a violin.
Before we start we should remember that a good story, which keeps people attention is a sequence of questions and answers.
We start with a close-up shot of hands. It raises a question: Who plays it?
Next we make a shot (close-up) of a face. It reveals to us who is a player. But audience may ask : What is happening there?
Our third shot which would be a wide shot would explain where that is happening.
We add two more additional shots. One would be OTS shot or over the shoulder. And the last one – a side shot. Over the shoulder, Unusual/ side shot
Now we have the necessary shots to show the action.
What another benefits of using the method?
It makes it very easy to assemble or edit the footage. It also looks professional when use different angles of the action.
There are some basic rules which are very important to follow.
Make every shot at least 10 sec long. If you record an action make it fully recorded.
Start few seconds before an action and stop a few after. Usually the first and the last parts of the footage are the worst, as there could be handshaking. You will get more footage which would be very useful in editing room. And following those very simple, basic rules makes it very easy to cut the footage together and gives lots of additional usable material.