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5 ON THE ROAD WITH VIDEO

ounter-intuitive is a word we frequently
use to describe concepts we discover at
CNyghtFalcon. And it applies to videogra-
phy as well as photography. The first counter-
intuitive principle when shooting travel video
is to use your video camera (or hybrid DSLR)
like a still camera. Your goal is to capture and
preserve the flavor of an experience without
distraction. Using your camcorder like a still
camera is an approach you can apply in many
travel situations. This technique comes in es-
pecially handy when you are at crowded vistas,
or on a tight time schedule. We’ll talk about the
specifics later, but first we need to look at the
differences between viewing still and moving
images.

ven though you use the camcorder like
a still camera, the way you think about
Ewhat you are shooting is very different.
A photograph preserves an instant in time with
a unique point of view. The end result of still
photography is an album of single images that
viewers can participate in choosing which im-
ages they view, in what order they are viewed,
and the length of time they spend viewing each

ESTABLISHING THE SHOT

The key to a successful establishing shot is its ability to set the stage for the narrative that will follow. In this case, an old, aban-
doned truck serves to establish the viewer’s expectation - it will also set the emotion mood that will accompany the story..

nyghtvision magazine volume 2, number 2, summer 2012