2023/03/26

Storyboarding: Methods, techniques and lingo

A storyboard is one method of planning ahead and it helps a lot during the pre-production process. By visualizing your shots with a storyboard, you can see how your shots fit together before you've shot a single foot of film or frame of video, which will prevent you from wasting both time and footage. A good storyboard allows you to show your crew what you have in mind, and saves you from trying to convey what you want with wordy explanations and frustrated hand gestures. When you show your Director of Photography and camera person your boards, they will immediately know what type of shot you need and how to frame the subjects.

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Creator Handbook: A guide to Twitch categories

While there are various platforms where creators can livestream, Twitch easily exceeds them all. With over 140 million monthly active users, Twitch is the go-to platform for livestreamers today. Though Twitch has a reputation as being a platform for gamers, the platform has evolved in recent years. Over the years, Twitch's non-gaming categories have gained a wide audience — categories such as Music, ASMR, Art and Just Chatting.

This article will dive into Twitch's category system to find out how the system works. We will also go over a few of the platform's most popular categories so you can decide what categories fit you and your content.

Why do filmmakers shoot master shots?

The master shot has been an important part of film production. In fact, the first few narrative films were made mostly from a series of master shots. At the time, those films consisted of a locked-off camera filming without any panning or tilting. In other words, there was no "film language" to speak of. Obviously, cinema has evolved since then. The film industry has established a production protocol that captures every scene from various angles, depending on the scene's length, number of characters and actions.

However, the master shot still has an important role in video production. Let's take a look at what the master shot is and how it's used today.

Introduction to green screen - What it is and how it works

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