What sort of giveaway should I do next?

I learned the "hold your shot" tip the hard way after shooting several weddings and family films, then coming home to edit. Like you said, the first few minutes are me adjusting my settings and focus, then filming for 2 seconds and then having nothing to edit with. One of the things I did to improve this was adjust the settings, focus, exposure first, THEN click record, then count to 10 in my head.

“Hold your shot!” Is a very good point, I’ve made this mistake before and it’s very frustrating! Cheer Mr Bone!

Another useful tip is you don't always have to move when shooting. Most people like to pan left or right. In the end, you'll end up with shots that just move in 2 different motions. Sometimes standing still is the best thing to do.

My film school is failing to teach these basic things! Your channel has been very useful for my degree! cheers from Portugal!

34th street in b-more has all sorts of stuff like that one house. Good tips for shooters Mark! I would venture to add this as well that help me with my edits. -->Think in three's

Hold your shot! It's a golden advice. Even when filming something static like a painting or a work of art, hold it.

This is the difference between a DP and a videographer 🙏 easily some of the best filmmaking advice on KZfaq

Ever thought of doing training in person? Take 5-10 people, take them around the city with a specific shooting goal, help them edit, screen their films. Do it in a 3 day weekend. You have a real presence as a teacher and you say and show useful stuff.

Man I am so thankful you make videos..I produce videos full time at a university and your tips are fire. THANK YOU

THESE are the kinds of tips that are not only original but also very valuable and will take you a long way! Thank you Mark! Happy holidays!!

This is one the first things i learned when i started shooting videos - you have to be proactive in asking people to do something for the video if needed. Helps a lot to get better shots!

This is solid information. Much of it may seem like overstating the obvious but suffice to say that everyone needs to be aware of this stuff and shoot for the sake of good story telling and the sanity of the editor. The "shrine" at 07:45 is crazy!

Holding shots longer for sure has supported me in verite style filming. In the beginning I never had a beginning, middle and end of a shot but when o started to do so and holding those moments longer I had more creative choices in post. Awesome video and I REALLY appreciate your content Mark 🙏

Couldn’t agree more on asking ppl to do something for camera. It’s amazing how it adds a little more life and personality to a recap. Thanks for the other tips as well!

Highly rate these simple tips, it's all about what you're actually capturing. Loving this channel man keep it up

I dig the passion and sarcasm. And I couldn’t agree more with these points.

One of my mentors was always like don't ever delete anything. Bless his heart but I went in another direction. As soon as I got ruthless with culling bad shots my cinematography and photography ramped-up. Also shooting film where your mistakes are more costly and you have to think through your shots more consciously.

I feel so relaxed when I watch your videos, bro, thank you! :)

So cool you go to C3! Really enjoy and appreciate your videos and work! I get a lot of insight to better my craft.

This is my favorite video to date! Thanks for giving us handles that work

Good tips! Thanks for reminding us these easy to forget basics! Merry Christmas!

My dude, 1000% agree with the hold for 10sec point. I can’t count the number of times I have got footage back from an op that is basically just endless clips of them finding focus and fiddling around with their composition, finding the sweet spot and then almost immediately moving on to the next thing 😭😭😭 Good vid. Subscribed.

I have a event coming up and I'm not typically the shooter. I truthfully usually am the producer and I have a general idea in my head. This is just a great video because I've seen a lot of them and this one is focusing on the basics of what you really need. Thank you for this video. Keep up the great content

Thanx Mark as always amazing value , have a wonderful holiday season and look forward to your next videos . Ps I have some footage of the Church in Sri Lanka from your documentary when it was all decorated over a festival from our trip last year , so very sad what happened there. Thanx always for the amazing content.

Literally the first person I've heard say to delete bad footage in camera. I've recently started doing that and it saves so much time.

Good luck with the Loupedeck. The keys fell of of mine after two days. Also the magenta backlit keys fried my eyes out.

You’re extremely helpful, man. Looked up your church and it sounds very cool! God bless you dude.

Thank you for providing REAL value to us up-and-coming filmmakers! I've been learning a lot since I've found your channel!

thankyou sir you are making awesome videos and it is very helpful for us learning from your videos love from INDIA

I've been a church videographer for a few years now and this is all golden advice that I had to learn on my own. Another thing that I might add tho is that if you shoot 60fps you can get away with holding *certain* shots for 5 seconds because that equals 10 seconds of frames if you slow it down to 50%

That count to 10 tip is so important! So many times I or somebody else that was helping me shoot shot for too short and while the footage was used, it wasn't as great.

Awesome tips! Shooting an event right after new years eve so will keep those in mind!✌🏼 Happy holidays man

Man, your channel is one of the best finds this year. Love your practical and straightforward bits of advice. Please keep it coming! Merry Christmas!

Best tips! Some of them we already know, but is always good to hear again and remember. Sometimes, when shooting you tend to forget

Absolutely love and appreciate your candidness. Great tips and looking forward to more tips (and reminders for us who forget some of these things). Have a Blessed Christmas

Thank you Mark! I’m enjoying your videos and teaching. I mean truly enjoy 😉 . You inspired me! I got a lot of ideas to shoot and practice. I’m grateful to “meet” you in the universe !

Thanks for your hard work Mark, I’m sure you’re busy with other things. Your insight is much appreciated!

Hi Mark, big thumbs up from the Netherlands. I really love the level of insights you share, there are many beginner tips out there but not so much more advanced. Keep it up!

Thank you so much, really need to hear this!

😂 the problem I used to have that was mentioned I never would think of establishing shots or finishing shots so the start and end would always feel awkward. Great tips Mark keep it up!!

I love these tips. Will make use of them in my upcoming highlight videos

I recently learned you shoot in/near Toronto. I feel so proud to see yet another awesome creator coming out of this area, looking forward to watching the rest of this video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Fantastic video fantastic video - so simple methods. THANK YOU!!!!

Great video, thanks for all the tips. that little toy shrine was scary.

thanks for the tips you give sometime I find my self with out opening or closing shot LOVE your content.

loved the shot list part haha! I did relate ! Thank for the great work and tips Mark AND Merry Christmas as well

Mark, you are really different. You are helping us make better videos/documentaries. I'm an indie filmmaker myself, and I like how you dig into the real meat of how to make better documentaries. You are so generous in your technical advice & info. You are one of my favorite creators on KZfaq. Merry Christmas & best wishes all the way from SUNNY EGYPT. BTW, if you ever decided to come to Egypt, look me up for help/guidance, etc.

Love your videos! One more before Christmas please!! Thanks for the inspiration and wisdom!!

Great advice, your channel has given me so many practical tips way above others I've watched.

YOU ARE AMAZING !! These tips are 🔥🔥🔥🙌🏾Thank you so much !

Another amazing video Mark! Thank you very much for the gift and the contents!

This may be the most useful KZfaq video ever created.

Good enough tips to write down as a checklist - thanks Mark!

So far... These are the tips I should have been told so so so much earlier. They are so useful and practical.

I totally needed these tips right now. Thank you!! Your content is soo valuable

Really dope bro, thanks for sharing & speaking to my soul😆 so much that i related to! The 'delete it' had me 🤣🤣....everything I was looking for!!🙏🏾🙏🏾

Dig your work Mark! Thanks for the insights.

YES HOLD YOUR SHOT!!! I wish I did that all the time. Lovin the content man!

Subtle shoutout for the Edifier speakers. I use the same ones in my home office.

So excited on the video’s to come! Been searching for those!

Excellent tips. I've basically figured out a lot of this stuff on my own, which is definitely the long and hard way to have to figure it out. What I can pat myself on the back for is learning from those mistakes rather than committing them over and over again. Especially in regards to "holding the shot". That is definitely one of the things I slammed into a bunch of times early on. And I realized that part of my reason why was lack of confidence. Oh no! People will see me or they'll wonder why I'm holding on them for so long or whatever. But without holding shots I was basically not getting takes that could be used for longer than 2 seconds. Which then made me lean on slow-mo to draw shots out as long as possible as a crutch (which had the added benefit of smoothing out all the movements while "setting up the shot" as we all do so often). Now I'm seeking to learn how to shoot like Philip Bloom and make my shots as absolutely interesting as possible with zero camera movement. I am uncertain if I will adopt that style for everything, but what is undeniable about that style of shooting is that there is NO place to hide. There has to be high levels of anticipation. You have to have found excellent shots to have an 8-10 second long shot with ZERO camera movement that engrosses people, and that is a great practice to be in. I know that if and when I get back to adding more camera motion after this practice there will be significantly greater motivation for it.

Great tips, thank you 👍👍

Great advice especially the 10 sec rule. When I am directing a documentary I always tell who ever is filming for me give me 10 seconds on each shot and if there is a pan 10secs at the front pan then 10 seconds at the end. Other tips I picked up from a music promo director is if shooting something that is being demonstrated always do a wide shot then get them to demonstrate again with the other angles. You then know you can always fall back on the wide shot if for any reason the other shots do not work. Finally and probably the most important (and my face is red as even after 30 years of filming both in and out of broadcast I still very occasionally do this) make sure that the camera is recording when you want it to record and switched off when you do not want it to be recording. I find so many cameras both video and DSLR hide the red record light so it is not noticible or often I get so absorbed in the shot I have been guilty of thinking I was filming when in fact the camera did not switch off after the last shot and when I hit record it in fact stops it recording. What is really bad when this happens it can go on for sometime normally until either you notice the red light is not on or you power down. But on the plus side I suppose you have lots of shots of the ground sky etc.

I was so skeptical and then unskepticized by the end of the vid. You've got a subscriber in me

This is great! Thank you!

Thanks Markus for the great tips as I generally forget to hold the shots. Also Merry Christmas dude.

Merry Christmas! Loving the vintage lenses. Ordered an 85mm the other day. Should have it soon!

Thank you for this. Really useful

Live and and die by that 10 second rule! Great video Mark!

Great video!! Merry Christmas to you too!

Just got home from work Chris Rea style and MB has this upload! early Xmas treat ❄️♥️

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, let me just say in behalf of everyone who relies a lot on youtube content creators such as yourself a BIG thank you! your video productions is top quality, are short, and pact full of free information. more power to you guys! I have been shooting and editing videos since '98 and I still consider myself amateur level. I'm constantly learning and re-learning new things from younger and more talented individuals on youtube. What a time to be alive! just followed you on IG as well...vive le Canada! (from SunshineCoast, BC)

MAANN! I've definitely past that house a few time in Toronto and it's waay creepier in person...

C3 Church good to know! thanks for the good tips!

Great video and very helpful content. I would like to hear more about planning out a doco and considering how to make sure you get the footage you need. thanks.

great tips, though I never delete any clip in camera, I worry something weird can happen and corrupt the card.

Shooting a. Christian hip hop event tomorrow thanks bruv ! Dope to see u beleive in Jesus too !!!

Another great video! Job well done.

great videos, feels like the film school i've never been in. Consider talking about how to structure a shot list.

thank you! I do the same, videos about events and all of your tips are cool!

you're awesome, mark!

Wow! I feel your pain. Like you, I've gotten involved with editing projects that were shot by non-professional filmmakers. Usually these are pro-bono projects for good causes, but they are shot by people more accustommed to shooting stills. Anyway, your tips are spot on. In addition to what you said about getting openning and closing shots, I also try to bring a selfie stick that allows me to get a little higher vantage, especially for the establishing shot. I try to shoot so my shots have some dimension to them. (Rather then shoot an exterior of a building straight on, I go to a corner of the building, where I can see two sides of it. Better yet, I try to get up high enough so the roof as well as the sides.) I always enjoy and learn from your tutorials. Thanks!

I love that you filmed a church/worship night!

Omgoodness. What the heck was that!? Decorations? That looked more like a toy cemetery and all of them are trying to escape...LOL Great intermission!

That headphones 🥺

Great tips!! Definitely gives some insight to applicable things to work on.

As usual, most helpful tips. Great video. Thank's!

Thank you Mark! It was helpful , educational and fun to watch!

So far. .. it seems like they were 5 camera shooters at the event great video and advices as always :)

This is great! I'm definitely learning something here.

Beautiful. Well done, Mark

Great tips! Thanks for being consistent with your insight! 😊❤️

Love the tips mate, so helpful. Thank you.

Good tips, thanks!

Mark, I love your videos. But I really really really need a video on how you do your audio. More particularly in your film 'The Journey' - those outside interviews felt like they were recorded in a studio! I have access to really good microphones but no idea how you do that.

Just learnt the hard way, i filmed a live show and i was on b-cam. So i constantly moved the camera chasing shots, not holding them. It turned out terrible and made editing so much longer and very frustrating. Meanwhile on another shoot i was the wide cam and my colleague was b-cam, he rarely moved the camera. But got very crisp beautiful, useful shots and editing was quick. Lesson learnt! 🙏

🔥🔥🔥 Tips 🙌🏽 I’m definitely adding this to a playlist for my second shooters to watch 🤙🏽📷😅 I am still in the camp of, be wary of deleting things on the camera 🤔 If they’re a trusted second shooter that can also lead, great. Less for the editor to take care of. But if they’re new and unsure of their shots, they might be deleting valuable content.

Surprisingly good video. Thanks 👌🏽 IMO you'd rarely need 10 sec - unless you record while fine tuning your settings. Good point though. I do this as well and it's really helpful. Also like the tip to interact with people 👍🏼 I tried both and the small interactions make for a much engaging story than just "observing". Best advice is remembering the shot list. I'm going to do that right now!! Ha ha 😅 Thanks for sharing

Another option instead of deleting is marking star ratings.