Lenses, Composition & Camera Angles - Film/Photo Tutorial

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In this tutorial I explain basic camera framing, angles and lens choice. I show that lens size really has nothing to do with framing.
You can find all the lenses I used in this video here: bit.ly/K4m20H

[@respekt200]

First of all thank you to boy who has so much patience to stay for so long in the freezing day. Boy you're a real actor now!

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Naw, he's a real stand-in. Enjoy the 150 and free meal.

[@CGKf35]

These tutorials are pure gold, I'm definitely buying your dvd and everyone else should too since you're giving us so much more knowledge for free! Thanks a lot man!

[@DGregster]

Wow, there's a lot more technique that goes into filming a scene than I thought! I always wondered how top shot Hollywood movies get that "professional-cinematic" look instead of it looking like a student made film. This helped a lot, thank you!

[@tuwhitcombe]

Love watching your tuts bro! I've learnt so much from them. Especially the parts about lighting setups.

[@DaveDugdaleColorado]

Great stuff as always, thanks for sharing Tom.

[@Zigguratxyz]

A great video, description and explanation. I've been looking for examples with actual footage using the lenses for 30 or so minutes now. Thank you!

[@aerozg]

Excellent video, just what i was looking for! Clear and concise explanations, coupled with some example footage, it gets across really well. Thanks for sharing!

[@visionprods1]

this video is the best illustrated descriptive video about cinematography on youtube; thank you Tom

[@mellangestudio]

love the no-non sense plain english approach to all of your tutorials. excellent info!

[@roathripper]

happy xmas tom, great vids for the new year.

[@notacr1minal]

This was great information. So many mind numbing videos out there about each piece of what you discussed but this is the first time I've seen it explained with the information combined with useful, relevant references, and so simple and understandable. THANK YOU! The kid is great too, appealing and interesting to watch, but not taking away from the focus/topic of the video.

[@tlessclock]

So informative and well explained! There's so much misleading info on KZbin about focal length. And this is the real science about cinematography. Thank you!

[@xsquishh]

this was very helpful, especially the live demos of different lenses

[@brunofelixmusic]

Very nice demonstrations.. Congratulations for the initiative! Thanks.

[@TomAntos]

@ZicoSebastian I used the 7D as well! For some shots I used the kit lens that came with it. 16-135mm and a few other Nikon primes that I attach using a $10 adapter from ebay. I used a nikon 50mmf1.8 ,100mmf2.8 and 300mmf4.5

[@BikuDAA]

This is a great tutorial...It helped me to decide on lenses! Thanks Tom!

[@AMAETV]

Great into! I'm trying to use more professional filmmaking techniques in my travel videos and there are some great tips here. That shot difference at 6:15 was awesome to see, thanks!

[@JJBfilm]

Another great video T. Always helpful and motivational . Thanks for all your help..

[@ElijahLynn]

Great video, I like how you get to the point and make it simple to understand!

[@IamColt13]

Love all your videos! They are very informative and help me out a lot!

[@infobazar8827]

11 years still pure gold, thanks sir

[@usarmy87]

Like how you really explain in detail..Now I'm starting to understand. Like your other videos too.

[@AnthonyQuinnVisuals]

I already knew what you were explaining but the visual examples were incredible. Definitely faving so I can refer back to this!

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[@handsome2302]

Amazingly informative video. I know nothing ab making video but i enjoyed every bit of or video. Thanks

[@Godspine]

Thank you sir. I am currently a film and tv production student and I find your video, very helpful. Thank you once again, subscribed. Cheers from Singapore.

[@TomAntos]

Joe Azathoth Thanks and best of luck in Singapore!

[@sanjayzombade5986]

I am Sanjay ...I am from India

[@sanjayzombade5986]

You tutorial help me to making great cinema..thanx. Tom

[@TomAntos]

@tosb38 Just natural light. No reflector need in this situation since the snow reflects enough light as it is.

[@TomAntos]

@tuwhitcombe Thnx! I will be posting more lighting tutorials in the new year so check back.

[@JustPerusing]

so informative. mind blown on the detail delivered quickly. thanks!

[@TomAntos]

@tosb38 Yes, I have my own custom preset. But in general I use sharpness half way down. Contrast all the way down. Saturation one notch above the middle and color tone I leave in the middle. I use that preset when I shoot most quick projects where I can't control the lighting. If Im doing something I've planned for then I do a custom preset that looks best in that scenario.

[@TomAntos]

@GyzelFilmz Yeah. u can control the DOF using 3 things... Apareture, distance to subject and lens size. For deeper DOF close the aperature as much as you can... stand as far as you can from the subject as you can and then also use the widest lens you have. I will be posting a tutorial with examples of that the following week.

[@TomAntos]

@Toemta yup...zooming in is the same as changing out lenses... you're changing the focal lenght . The only thing that's better about interchangable lenses is that they're usualy faster, have better focusing abalitles etc. but you can still get same effects if you avoid the weaknesses of your built in lens.

[@ElSuegroyElYerno]

Great work tom me and my friend have been following your tutorial for about a year now...this is very informative we will be purchasing ur dvd just after we recover from the holiday spending! One question. on some scenes in movie making we would want everything to be in focus. Or pretty close to it...is there a specific lens that can achieve this on the 5d mark ii? We have adjusted apetures and things like that but its still not the look we want. so far we have only seen this possble with film

[@TomAntos]

@RoathRipper Thnx! Merry Xmass to you too!

[@guyonthegrassfilms]

thank you for helping me all these years I use a lot of things you taught me in my music videos

[@supahmauro]

once again, a great tutorial! kudos!

[@mattzse]

I accidentally stumbled upon these videos when searching for something else. And I'm glad I did! Thanks for the awesome and informational videos, polcan99, I feel so inspired now! :-D

[@imvstudiospr]

great video man, a friend from Puerto Rico

[@RedSpectrumPictures]

thanks for this, very simple and easy to understand

[@MrFloydReeves]

This is awesome. Very informative.

[@gratiskroket]

Nice & simple. I'm sure a lot of people will learn from this.

[@HenryKamp]

Great stuff, this is exactly what I have been looking for. You have earned a Subscriber. I like your accent too.

[@TomAntos]

@Layziel No hardrive connection as far as I know. I just simply buy more memory cards swap them as needed. I own 6 16gig cards which is more than enough for a day of shooting.

[@gauthamsidharth]

Wow, It is a very good and great stuff. He is helping a lot. Thanks to Tom Antos!!

[@_kevincarpio_]

Thanks so much. This really helped me out a lot.

[@TomAntos]

@lacamaradetodd If you have a really good and fast zoom lens then it doesnt matter. But usualy prime lenses such as 16, 50 and 100mm are faster and sharper then zooms

[@rajkumarbera2425]

Very good boss thanks for teaching......

[@hqmophhyhml]

Thank you. Your video is very informative.

[@NadaMajdy]

Thank you, very useful video

[@cobyalon]

Thank u Thomas , I've learned a lot from this video

[@keithvlogs1]

Thank you! This is a great video. Helps out a lot of learners... :)

[@cashino]

Nice tutorials..Thanks

[@RojoFilmz]

Very useful information. Thank you.

[@YESshorts]

Your awesome man, really helps out

[@robinlewis840424]

Amazing video man, thanks!

[@golfguyuk]

Very very helpful video! Thanks!

[@roseregalado1495]

Awesome. Very helpful. THANK YOU!

[@m.s.sriram2939]

Useful tips. Thank u

[@thewritersblock06]

Thank you so much for this video it help out so much

[@peepsman97]

Tom, what type of camera did you use to film the subject? Was it a regular dSLR or was it a film camera?

[@TomAntos]

@Smoogle In this case I had an assistant who was holding an umbrella over the camera. You can actually see us and the umbrella in the reflection of the eyes at 1:32 :) but normally I would just use a towel or a scarf over my camera. Specially since the Canon 7D can take a lot of beating. If it was a camera that can't handle moisture as well, then I would put a plastic bag over the camera and cut a hole out for the lens... like I did years ago when filming in a rain forest.

[@MikeyNewJin]

Very imformative. Thank you

[@jaafilm]

Thanks for your Tutorials Awesome , what kind of Microphone do you recommend for doing short film , close up /over shoulder shot and what kind of wireless microphone for distance ?

[@DevenderAroraExperiences]

Thanks a ton... it is really helpful...

[@Layziel]

Awesome video tutorials. I just purchased a canon 7d. And I was wondering how do you extend the memory. I have an 8gig and when I shoot 1080p it only last for ruffle 30min. Can I attach a external hard drive? Thanks for the videos they have been very helpful to me.

[@crilith07]

this video helped a lot! thank you!

[@PeaceInfinite]

Greeeeaaaaaat work!!!

[@Angxl96]

Definitely helpful🔥

[@lagiator]

awesome video, thanks!

[@poolboyinla]

Your best tutorial yet.

[@DryIce7]

Fantastic stuff.

[@azzouzhassan8721]

tnks my freind for those informations well putted togother in a simple way i like what you said at the end about having fun at experementing wich is the best way to work i dont care that much for the type of the camera as long as you choose the right place the right face and the right angle wich it depend also of the the creativity of the person i wanna add another thing before i go the thing about the lenses and the framing i think it has a lot to do with feelings and that what make a good director for example the scene in raging bull when de niro took a beating from lamota it was framed in close up and with telephoto lense and that what made it powerful if scorcese missed the right lense the scene will never be as effectif as it is sorry for my english and thnks for the upload

[@TomAntos]

@sandalinalang13 LOL... no, he loves the snow. Right after we finished filming this he went running around with his friends for another hour in the cold. He was just getting bored of standing there infront of the camera for 10 min :)

[@iSleepDoc]

Very helpful...thanks!!!!

[@microtales1578]

Great video and intro

[@DynastyOfWhatnots]

I watched all these tutorials, forgot a lot of stuff so I came back a few months later. Then I bought a dslr and now it's time for round 3

[@TomAntos]

@NakedJKid Yup... no rules, just some guidelines to keep in mind as you experiment. Saying there are rules in films is also bad cuz it tends to restrict begginer filmmakers from experimenting as they develop their style. If you don't experiment you don't learn. So do whatever you feel like, but then judge your work honestly and decide what works what doesn't. And if it doesnt then why? and maybe how u can make it work.

[@richiebakez2918]

Sweeet. I really learnt a lot from this video. Thanks

[@AnimeBoyVFX]

This is freaking useful!!!

[@fagiography]

Great video, thanks

[@mmafsanam]

the technique told is very useful

[@Link3131a]

This helped. A LOT! Thanks :D

[@ChristianHayes]

@Smoogle Yeah I wonder about this too - What do you use to protect your camera in bad weather and such.

[@manjusinha551]

good information camera lens thank you

[@bygoneera9542]

this was a great video...really liked it it teaches you a lot...

[@petebuoy]

you look familiar, do I know you?

[@dmadmanoj2023]

Hey just a question,, for the full shot, when you switched between 50mm and 300mm lens in the end, did the subject had enough sharpness to look natural and focused when you used 300mm?

[@crybabyclassic]

Oh and you just addressed a confusion I have had for over 6 years now but never could place it

[@maheshchakravarthi.m4336]

it's nice ,very usefull

[@AliGh6990]

hey, mind if i ask what Lens were you using ?! what was your camera ?! and did you do any Editing on this video ( color correction or etc ) ?!

[@Smoogle]

curious there was a lot of snow in that video what did you use to cover your camera i've always wondered this?

[@bakerXderek]

5:55 lol I wonder what the neighbors thought when you were telephoto scoping the kid on the street

[@washman6044]

Thanks Tom, you are the bomb. I have a Panasonic hvx 200a with a Letus ultimate 35mm adapter with several interchangible lenses. does these techniques still apply?

[@TomAntos]

yes, this technique works with any camera

[@haadk1701901]

very good video

[@user-gb8ev8ez6p]

good work thank you sir

[@TomAntos]

@OCUBOX you... check out my channel... i got new videos every week or every 2 weeks. Im adding two more this week. On my main channel and a tutorial on my second channel TomAntosFilms

[@TomAntos]

@uglyrhinodotcom The T2i is an amazing camera. Even more so when you consider how cheap it is!

[@CrazyLassi]

Do lenses "apply" for a home camera? (Sorry I'm new)

[@leopadresnow]

poor child :)

[@candeniz3189]

Lmao i though u said ''my name is Tomatoes'' for a sec

[@Videoscape]

There are standard names for types of shots, they are as follows: Wide Shot/WS, Medium Wide Shot/MWS, Medium Shot/MS, Medium Close Up/MCU, Close Up/CU, Extreme Close Up/ExCU. These are textbook!