First of all, I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year and good health! During the Spring Festival, are you celebrating the Spring Festival with your family now, or have you already embarked on a travel journey? No matter what you do, you can record good times with video.
“People have all kinds of equipment, but I only have a mobile phone!” It doesn’t matter, what I will teach you next only needs a mobile phone.
From “Three Minutes” shot with iPhone X to “Three Minutes” shot with iPhone 14 Propass five levels “, the iPhone “New Year’s Movie” has been with us for 5 years, but after watching the behind-the-scenes of these promotional videos, you will know that even if you have the same iPhone, it is difficult to reproduce a similar finished product.
In real life, we do not have a Hollywood team, nor do we have actors who can perform freely in front of the camera, nor do we have a sufficiently attractive script, nor do we have so many stable devices. We only have a mobile phone, how can we make a “New Year’s blockbuster”? How about a little thing to capture the beauty?
Next, we will not talk about various professional terms such as composition, focus, exposure, etc., but use a few simple photography skills in the works of photographer Xiaobei to get the secrets of popular mobile phone videos.
Slow motion, the source of high-level sense
If you want your video to look advanced, slow motion is probably the easiest way to do it. From iPhone to Android, the built-in camera app of each mobile phone has built-in slow motion mode, and you can easily get such a “blooming” effect by recording videos in slow motion👇
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Scattered colored flour. Slow motion 1080p HD, 240 fps
The shooting method is not complicated. Spread the colored flour on the black cloth, put the mobile phone directly above the black cloth (of course, it’s okay to take a hand-held overhead shot), and pat the black cloth from below to achieve the above effect.
The shooting process was less than 1 second, but the slow motion extended it to 5 seconds, clearly recording the blending changes of each color, making the video full of details.
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Scattered colored flour. Behind the scenes
What, you say this is too complicated? Then pick up the mobile phone, get close to the pot where mother is boiling water, and use slow motion to record the details of the boiling water tumbling.
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Tumbling boiling water. Slow motion 1080p HD, 120 fps
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Boiling Water. Behind the Scenes
Or use slow motion to shoot the moment when the dumplings enter the water while the mother is not paying attention.
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Dumplings falling into the water, slow motion
Of course, there are many things that can be recorded in slow motion. Put the mobile phone close to the window of the high-speed rail, and you can feel the urgency to go home through the change of video speed; turn the mobile phone to the square, and you can see the speed and strength of the skateboard boy passing by. There is no other meaning in mentioning two more examples. I just hope that when you want to make dumplings and get scolded by your mother, you will remember that I have other suggestions.
There is also a little trick here, like throwing dumplings above (the first GIF) and dumpling falling into the water (the second GIF), it is not a one shot to the end. When recording a short video, you can also combine multiple slow motions , the difficulty of shooting is reduced, and the effect will not be bad.
You may have discovered that the frame rates used in the picture annotations of “scattered colored flour” and “tumbling boiling water” are different. If it is an iPhone, you can go to “Settings>Camera>Record Slow Motion Video”. Switch between 120fps and 240fps. Generally speaking, 240fps is recommended for capturing moving objects (such as dumplings), and 120fps for static objects (such as kettles).
Special seat, see new scenery
To make the short film stand out, a special camera position is essential.
If you just shoot all the content on one person with your mobile phone, the finished film will naturally be very flat. If you want the film to have “billion points of meaning”, we will give you two suggestions.
Whether it is an iPhone or an Android phone, dustproof and waterproof has gradually become the standard configuration of flagship mobile phones. Maybe you didn’t care about it when you bought a mobile phone, so please open the product introduction page now to see if there is “IP68 dustproof and waterproof” Specifications. Taking the iPhone as an example, since the iPhone XS, IP68 protection is standard.
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The just-released Mi 13 series supports IP68 protection
Dust Prevention for Special Cameras
This picture of sprinkle flour is to put the mobile phone on the chopping board after turning on the photography mode, aim at the camera and sprinkle the flour👇
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Flour Behind the Scenes
In the scene of “Flour Collision”, the mobile phone is also placed on the chopping board, and then the hands are splashed with flour👇
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Flour Clash Behind the Scenes
A mobile phone with IP68 protection will naturally not be unable to work due to flour. After shooting, wipe it with your fingers, and you can get another one. After shooting, you can even choose to rinse it directly under the tap.
Even something as fine as flour can be wiped off with paper or even your fingers after shooting. Of course, you can also choose to rinse your phone under the tap.
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Finger “scrubbing” technique
Waterproof articles for special camera positions
Again, let’s look at two screens first:
Quite simply, this was all shot directly in the water. In order to make the shooting effect more clear and pure, the photographer Xiaobei replaced the pot with a transparent fish tank. After turning on the photography mode of the mobile phone, he fixed it at the bottom of the tank and fixed it at the bottom of the tank. He threw the diced vegetables and splashed water at the same time to increase the change of the water pattern. Effect.
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Diced vegetables into the water behind the scenes
Of course, even if there is no fish tank, the waterproof feature can also be applied to other scenarios, such as 👇
When shooting this scene, the mobile phone was fixed on the side of the chopping board, at the same height as the diced vegetables. In order to prevent the diced vegetables from being so dry when they were moved to the camera, the photographer Xiaobei deliberately poured some water on the chopping board.
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Vegetable Cutting Behind the Scenes 1
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Vegetable Cutting Behind the Scenes 2
Although the two special camera positions can bring us a lot of fun and freshness, most of these mobile phones that claim to be dustproof and waterproof will not be guaranteed because of water and dust ingress. The protection level of the mobile phone is more to prevent accidents. Not use it to make a living. While it’s not a problem in theory, if you want to shoot these types of content, it’s worth thinking about the consequences a little bit.
Of course, if you have some auxiliary fixing equipment, you can also fix the mobile phone in some special positions to make the picture more impactful. A first-person view.
The equipment is not enough, use the mirror to make up
There are basic skills in cross talk, teaching and singing, and there are also basic skills in videography: pushing, pulling, shaking, moving, following, throwing, as well as lifting, rotating, and shaking.
Large and heavy cameras usually need to be equipped with a corresponding stabilizer to enhance the anti-shake effect, but mobile phones are different. With the inversion of various manufacturers, anti-shake has almost become the standard configuration of smartphones, which allows us to use the mirror without any problems. Forget the hassle of using assistive devices.
Next, I will use 5 ways to move the mirror to teach you how to shoot videos with your mobile phone.
push
Push refers to the shooting method that allows the picture to be continuously transitioned from a wide range of scenes, so as to further highlight the subject or details.
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Dumpling U-turn 1
This seemingly stable shot was actually taken with the iPhone fully in hand and gradually approaching the dumpling. For the vast majority of people, this short-term “steady hand” can be easily achieved.
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Behind the scenes of Dumpling U-turn 1
pull
Just the opposite of push, pull is to show the main body or details first, and then gradually distance from near to far.
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Dumpling U-turn 2
Obviously, the lens is almost level with the dumplings, unlike the “push” part above, which is a kind of overlooking effect. Put your hands on the table, hold the phone as a slide rail, and move it backwards.
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Behind the scenes of Dumpling U-turn 2
shake
It usually means that the whole camera does not move, the lens changes from different angles, and the various parts of the subject are displayed one by one or the environment is patrolled, which is similar to when we stand and only turn our heads to observe things.
When using a mobile phone to shoot, we naturally cannot keep the mobile phone still and the lens rotates, but we can simulate this “surround view” effect.
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Dishes show
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Behind the scenes of the dish display
shift
That is, “moving”, Baidu Encyclopedia explains it as “referring to the camera moving in all directions horizontally and shooting at the same time, requiring the cooperation of special equipment”. Yes, at this step, we can still omit the “professional equipment” when using the mobile phone. Stand the mobile phone on its side, and use the horizontal plane to follow the kitchen knife to do translation.
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Cutting Celery Behind the Scenes
Consistent speed is key.
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cut celery
shaking
Shaking is the literal meaning, you can shoot whatever looks good, but the photographer must have steady hands to avoid dizziness if you use too much.
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take the knife
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behind the scenes
If you are using the iPhone 14 series, the sports mode is worth a try. The picture will be more stable when the mirror is combined with the sports mode.
Ultra wide-angle, unlock a wider field of view
The ultra-wide-angle lens has a wide field of view, and it does not have strong distortion like a fisheye lens. It can not only capture more scenes, but also increase the sense of spatial depth.
Take video shooting on the iPhone as an example, click .5x below 1x to turn on the super wide-angle, different models and system versions are different, but the operation is similar.
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Ultra wide-angle switching
Ultra-wide-angle is very practical when shooting, but the frequency of daily use is relatively low. If you can add some ultra-wide-angle shots to the short film, you will naturally get unexpected results.
For example, when you shoot dough, the following are the effects before and after turning on the ultra-wide angle.
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Pat dough 1 without super wide angle
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Pat dough 2 using super wide angle
The picture accommodates more dough, and each dough is shrunk, leaving more space on the table for the hand in front; the hand becomes the most eye-catching part of the picture, and the fingers are elongated through the ultra-wide angle, showing a An “unreasonable” effect.
You can also combine slow motion with super wide-angle to make the picture more tense.
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Smashing Dough Slow Motion + Super Wide Angle
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smashing dough behind the scenes
In “Passing Five Levels”, this extremely tense picture was shot with an ultra-wide angle.
In the later stage, a mobile phone will suffice
Rolled together with the imaging system, there is also the video editing function that comes with the phone. From cropping, filters, automatic enhancement, to text, soundtrack, and style templates, each mobile phone has its own style, which requires everyone to explore, so I won’t go into details here.
If you are not satisfied with the editing software that comes with your phone, then Lumafusion, Videoleap, Clipping and other software are worth a try. Just choose the one that suits you. If you want to continue learning, Check out more video shooting tips.
During the Spring Festival, whether it is the “national movement” of returning home during the Spring Festival, or traditional customs such as buying new year’s goods and giving out red envelopes, these ordinary things we take for granted can be turned into excellent video materials.
I hope you can also shoot your own “New Year’s film”.
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