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So
you have your mobile phone which lets you take video and you want
to make movies? Join the fun!
Point and shoot...
With a mobile
phone video camera you have to deal in close ups. Long views of
the scenery are not going to work well owing to the small screen
and the lens quality. Fill the screen with your subject in a way
you haven't really seen on TV and movies before - we are dealing
with a new aesthetic that has yet to be fully worked through.
Panning..
Owing to the
amount of frames per second of mobile video any panning shots will
either be blurred and blocky, or need to be slow. You may like the
blocky aesthetic, but bear in mind that you will probably not be
able to make out a lot of the scene.
Sound...
Sound is a difficult
issue when shooting mobile phone video. You will be picking up everything
around you, so if you want to record speech make sure that there
is little wind noise and that the speaker is near the camera. Purists
will only allow you to use the microphone on the mobile phone, but
it is also possible to record sound separately on a suitable recorder
and add it to the pictures in the edit.
Record more
than you expect to need
Always start
and end your shots before (and after) you think you need to. This
will give you time in the edit to put your shots together.
Memory...
Make sure that
you have enough memory in your camera. Buy a big memory expansion
card or you will have to keep downloading your shots before you
can shoot more.
Editing your
video together
You only need
the simplest equipment to turn your raw footage into a movie! But
first you will need to put your footage on your PC and edit it.
Use your normal
method (bluetooth, cable, infrared - or just put the card in your
reader) and transfer the footage to your PC. You probably already
have Windows movie maker on your PC, so load that up and see if
it recognises your footage. if so...get editing! But you will probably
need to convert your footage to a format that your editing program
recognises. To do this we use Stoik video converter, which is free!
Convert your
footage to WMV or AVI, then load it into your editing program and
start making your movie!
The Future
You are part
of the future of film making, so enjoy yourself and start making
history!
Send us your
movie (mobilefilms@concepttshirts.co.uk)
so that lots
of other people can see it!
Finally...Experiment!
Whatever we
say here, be prepared to ignore it completely!
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