First video I will be posting is on the MOJO Series will be on focusing.
This was the first thing I tried with the Filmic pro app was focusing my shots. Follow me on my journey to becoming a mobile journalist expert.
The link to the video attached on the Moodle is a random video of the O’Connell street. I focused the video on a friend of mine, who is pressing her phone vigorously while waiting for a friend. The day looks dull and cloudy and the shot was taken in the evening.
I had to expose the image properly so that the video is not overly exposed. To take the shot I had to put on the app and turned my phone horizontally and focused my shoot on her, I also adjusted the lightening to suite the environment. I took various shots of her. I took full, medium, and closeup shots.
To use the app, I dragged the focus bar around her face and clicked down on it to keep the focus locked on her face and I also did the same with the lightening bar. Thereby getting the desired focus and light needed to start the video. I also locked in the white balance so that the image doesn’t flicker nor loose light when filming. To take the video I had to lock in my arms beside my body to keep the camera steady and firm. I framed my shot by giving enough head roll while filming her. I made sure she was in the centre of my frame when I was shooting. I also made sure she fits perfectly in the frame and the focus was on her. Even when I was taking shots of my surrounding, I made sure they were in the right frame (that is the individual were in the centre and enough head roll was given to them).
Click here to the link to my first video on YouTube.
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