My Camera Angles

[Martialartsguyfl]

Well as you guys know and probably hate, I like to film my tricks from the side. There are a few reasons for this,

1. When I trick I find I can fit the most tricks in the camera from the side and keeping it linear gives me a better idea of what I can capture on film. If I want to do a longer combination obviously I have to move further away.

2. I don't have a camera person many times, sometimes I will just try to grab someone at random to film a quick few things.

3. In group sessions no one wants to hold the camera and miss out on trick time.

4. I don't want to have to waste 5-10 minutes readjusting the camera in different angles while I am in the middle of a good trick session.

5. It gives me more perspective on how far to rotate, step over, etc.

I'll try to have a few more things filmed from different angles in the future. Later.

[poliver]

If you had dynamic camera angles, your samplers would PWN 1000X

[TKD_Andy]

i just set my camera up on the tripod, go out about 20-30 feet and put my shoes just off camera at either side. Then i know what is going to be in shot etc.

Its how i've always done it :good:

filming stuff from most angles is fine, as long as its not uber low angles + fisheye lense on EVERYTHING. Gawd that pisses me off.

[Swartz]

Haha I don't mind it too much. Your reasons are basically the same as mine lately whenever I film stuff. However for the purpose of making a sampler I'd always seek to take the process slower and be a little more creative.

Anyway I don't call you "Side Scroller" for no reason. I like your skills and it seems your approach to filming has just sort of stuck with you haha.

[Reim]

I don't have a problem with it, and it shouldn't be an issue.

[Nielso]

When I see your samplers I'm always kind of disappointed because you are always so far away from your camera, but I realize that that is unavoidable because you do long combo's in which you cover a lot of ground. Too bad no one ever wants to film you...

[carney]

I prefer to have someone good filming with a bit of skill to make it look good, I find camera views can totally ruin a good looking trick so i do my best to set myself right towards a camera if its on a tripod.

Though love the natural look of someone who has hand filmed it from different heights and angles with zoom and camera movement!

[uFail]

I couldn't even watch his first sampler in whole because the camera angle was killing me.

[Swartz]

Take your negativity somewhere else uFail.

[Skippy]

Gabriel Stahl tricks alone and seems to put his camera in all funky places haha, I swear to god in green view he had one part where the camera was really high looking down at him and I thought "Fuck did he put his camera in a tree or something?".

I really enjoy your samplers though man so it doesn't bother me =]

[carney]

haha camera in tree's FTW