Posting this in the public section, because I’d also like member’s opinions on something pertaining to this.
For creators: Do you film longer scenes in one take or do you prefer to film in shorter chunks?
Let’s say you’re filming a video that has three scenes. Each scene is 5-10 minutes long, and each individual scene has the same angle/lighting/camera set up. Do you do one continuous take, keep the camera rolling even if you slip up on dialogue or make a mistake and then edit it out later, or do you pause the cameras and start rolling again, picking up from your last bit of dialogue?
Asking because my method for the longest time has been to do one continuous take, however, if I stumble on my words a minute or two into a shot I’ll just reshoot the whole take. The only time I’ll pause the recording and start a new video is if I’m already 5+ minutes into a video and feel like I finally have a flow going, then edit the clips together. However, this method makes shooting an intro take forever. No exaggeration, I’ve spent up to two hours before trying to shoot an intro, because I stumble on my words the first few takes and then I get frustrated with myself, which makes me continue messing up lines (or perceiving to mess up lines, OCD brain is no fun) and it just kills my productivity.
For creators/members/anyone who watches long form content: Do you notice and do you care when a video has cuts in it during dialogue or action?
I notice this a lot in long form YouTube videos. I sometimes watch snark/commentary YouTube vids, and I also watch reality tv, and I’ll notice very subtle cuts. Something like, their hair has suddenly slightly moved or their positioning is slightly different, but the audio/dialogue is one continuous flow. Maybe I notice these subtle cuts because I do video editing and I’m also hyper aware of that sort of thing. It doesn’t bother me, but I wonder if it bothers other people? Especially if the cuts are subtle and there’s still a continuous flow? Or is it jarring?
Maybe I’m just overthinking this whole thing, but I want to be more productive and efficient when filming, and I think pausing after a minute during intros and then picking up with a new recording would streamline things a lot for me, but at the same time my stupid OCD/perfectionist brain is like “your audience won’t like it!!!” Trying to tell myself that perfection as a subjective ideal doesn’t exist, and that “perfect” is the enemy of good, or even great.
For creators: Do you film longer scenes in one take or do you prefer to film in shorter chunks?
Let’s say you’re filming a video that has three scenes. Each scene is 5-10 minutes long, and each individual scene has the same angle/lighting/camera set up. Do you do one continuous take, keep the camera rolling even if you slip up on dialogue or make a mistake and then edit it out later, or do you pause the cameras and start rolling again, picking up from your last bit of dialogue?
Asking because my method for the longest time has been to do one continuous take, however, if I stumble on my words a minute or two into a shot I’ll just reshoot the whole take. The only time I’ll pause the recording and start a new video is if I’m already 5+ minutes into a video and feel like I finally have a flow going, then edit the clips together. However, this method makes shooting an intro take forever. No exaggeration, I’ve spent up to two hours before trying to shoot an intro, because I stumble on my words the first few takes and then I get frustrated with myself, which makes me continue messing up lines (or perceiving to mess up lines, OCD brain is no fun) and it just kills my productivity.
For creators/members/anyone who watches long form content: Do you notice and do you care when a video has cuts in it during dialogue or action?
I notice this a lot in long form YouTube videos. I sometimes watch snark/commentary YouTube vids, and I also watch reality tv, and I’ll notice very subtle cuts. Something like, their hair has suddenly slightly moved or their positioning is slightly different, but the audio/dialogue is one continuous flow. Maybe I notice these subtle cuts because I do video editing and I’m also hyper aware of that sort of thing. It doesn’t bother me, but I wonder if it bothers other people? Especially if the cuts are subtle and there’s still a continuous flow? Or is it jarring?
Maybe I’m just overthinking this whole thing, but I want to be more productive and efficient when filming, and I think pausing after a minute during intros and then picking up with a new recording would streamline things a lot for me, but at the same time my stupid OCD/perfectionist brain is like “your audience won’t like it!!!” Trying to tell myself that perfection as a subjective ideal doesn’t exist, and that “perfect” is the enemy of good, or even great.
