Use This Formula To NEVER MISS A SHOT!

This 9 Shot Rule will help you get better B Roll for your videos.

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[DaBadNewz]

2x Establishing shots (0:57)
2x Wide shots (1:21)
2x Medium shots (1:38)
2x Close up shots (1:52)
1x Unique perspective (2:07)

Thanks for this video, great info! Gonna be interesting incorporating this into the car audio content I create

[cretivity]

I’ve been shooting TV News and other content for almost 30 years now and I shoot to edit meaning as an Editor I know the shots I will need to edit a sequence. There are a lot of camera ops that don’t edit and I you can tell when you look at their work. Once you start editing and editing on a regular basis, you will know what shots you will need. The unique perspective is one I am always using in my work in some way or fashion.

[heypressgo]

I guess I could practice just doing nine shots a day for 30 days and stitching them to learn the habit. Very cool idea

[jonathandempsey]

Solid advice. A phrase my dad taught me that applies across many areas of life…. “It’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.”

[gracerx]

What's really nice about this/these that you can watch something and start calling it out. I was watching a scene from Equalizer 3 and started calling out to myself: Establishing, wide, medium, close up, unique, medium, medium, close up, wide. It really helps cement the concepts.
Thanks for sharing!

[Vinogoy]

2x Establishing shots ( 0:57 ) - showing the scene where you're at.

2x Wide shots ( 1:21 ) - wide shot showing the subject from head to toe and what the subject does.

2x Medium shots ( 1:38 ) - showing whatever the subject is doing; a little bit tighter than a wide shot.

2x Close up shots ( 1:52 ) - showcasing "something" to fill the frame.

1x Unique perspective shot ( 2:07 )

Thanks for this idea! I will incorporate these techniques to my narrative video story telling ❤

[raduantoniu]

This is the video that has helped me the most in framing my shots. I now always keep this formula in the back of my head. Thanks a lot!

[IndependenceOverland]

I need to hammer this into my brain. Some days on my trips I’m really good about it, other days I fall off. Hoping to do better this year with this kind of stuff!

[KevinLongUSA]

The thing I like most about your channel is that I keep coming back to it as I evolve in the practicing I'm doing. Thank you!

[DanJammess]

Jeven this is genuinley one of the best videos about filmmaking I have ever seen. Just brilliant

[calebramey]

This has been the most useful video about filmmaking I have ever watched. Thank you.

[fcoker]

Love this rule!!! A great way to have in your workflow. Ive seen videos that explain the different view of taken shots but the way you explain it makes A LOT MORE SENSE!! THANKS MAN!!!

[AndreSlater]

Don’t know how I stumbled across this video. I was just thinking about what shots to put into my video I’m working on and your vid pops up thanks

[chorei]

Thanks for laying out this formula. I make travel videos/vlogs of my family trips as a hobby and it's always a bit disappointing when I find that I don't have a good amount of shots to set the scene. Sometimes I only have 2-3 shots that aren't long enough to make a nice musical sequence or even no shots. Just left with one linear boring sequence of events. That works if I'm just doing a simple log of the day, but the creative in me is wanting to have some fun editing and making cool videos. I just didn't know what else I needed so this will be very helpful.

[TwoWheelsLangley]

This was one of the more helpful videos I have watched so far from multiple creators.

[Mr_Kenneth]

Bloody love this guy. Always something fresh to learn and never up his own arse. Beven you're a star

[exposedpaths]

This was good advice! It's too easy to forget capturing enough footage when hiking solo, maybe in difficult conditions or when I'm dead tired (which is usually how I end up on my hikes 😂) I end up with footage with interesting or cinematic subjects but not enough footage to give context.

Making a mental checklist like this makes it a sort of automation. I'm going to try it on my next hike...

[toddgravenphoto]

I have an idea for a short film(my first one) and feel like I'm going to start shooting soon. This 9 shot rule has my juices flowing. Thank you for the inspiration!

[Imdeepakmp]

Thank you Jeven for educating us.. your videos are so much of a learning for somebody who liked film making but ended up being something else in life.

[janieisbored]

Great tips here, definitely going to use these whenever I go somewhere and don’t know what to shoot. Thanks!