Camera Effects: 3 Tricks You NEED to Try!

Here are 3 camera tricks to make your videos more interesting, before even leaving your camera! These tricks are my absolute favourite, so I hope you make great use of them! Now I'm gonna show you how to make them.

#1: The Whip Pan
The secret to a great whip pan is to pull everything off inside your camera, not your software.
1.The first thing to do is take two shots for this to seem like a single fast camera transition. Whip pan out of one shot and into the next, while panning in the same direction for both.So if I’m whip panning out of a shot from left to right, then I need to whip pan into the next shot from left to right.
2. The speed of your whip pan is just as important as the direction you pan in both shots. You’ll need to take your shots at the same speed if you want a smooth transition. Keep in mind the faster you pan, the more likely you’ll have some nice motion blur. Motion blur makes the transition work even better since it helps to hide the cut you need to make between the two clips. For more motion blur in your shots,  use a slow shutter speed.
3. In addition to the direction and speed of the pan, try to match the colors and brightness of each clip at the transition or “whip” points. This will help to hide the cut and make your transition extra smooth. If I’m planning to transition into a shot of a lightly colored wall, then I should transition out a shot of something that is equally as bright—the sky, for instance, would be perfect. If you can’t match the colors or brightness, adding a short cross dissolve in post might make the transition less noticeable.
4. If you've taken your shots right your editing should be super easy. If your panning movements are in different directions or your speeds are different, you’ll need to reverse one of your clips or adjust their speed up or down in post. Also, if the transition’s not quite right, try adding a very short cross dissolve between the two clips. So to match the two clips inside Filmora, trim your first clip to where the motion blur starts. Then trim your second clip to where the motion blur is about to end. Adjust the ends of each clip until you’ve got your smooth transition between the two. Its that easy.

#2: Clothes Change Effect
The first trick, the clothes change, just requires a bit of planning.1. First, You ‘ll need to take two shots of your subject,  one with one outfit, and one with another. Find a spot where the subject can stand for both shots - you can make marks on the floor  to help with this. Then record the same shot where the subject is snapping their fingers twice in the same motion. The camera should sit completely still on a tripod for both shots, and make sure nothing changes in the background.
2. Ok thats the filming part, next comes syncing the clips together with your editor. For a simple editing solution, try filmora Video editor, which is what Ill be using for this tutorial. Match the two clips on top of eachother using the audio peaks of the snapping fingers on both clips. Then make the first shot cut into the second at the point where the snapping hand motion seems to flow in motion. I suggest using the audio for the snap from the first take so that the two snapping sound effects don’t interfere with each other.  You can make this trick even more convincing by adding some awesome audio or video effects! (maybe dont use this line)

#3: Vertigo Effect aka Dolly Zoom
This final camera trick has many names including the vertigo effect, push pull, and dolly zoom. It makes it feel like the video background moves while the subject stays still. You can use this trick to create a sense of tension or enhance an internal emotion of a character in a story. Although the vertigo effect is often made using a camera dolly, all you really need is wheels for your tripod and a smooth floor to slide on. Depending on whether you want the background to expand or compress, you’ll need to dolly towards or away from your subject, while zooming in the opposite direction. In our example, we dolly towards the character while widening the zoom outwards to have the background appear to expand. For this to work well you need to start with the camera physically distant from the character while zoomed right in on him. While moving towards the subject you should zoom away from the subject. If you want the reverse effect, start with the camera zoomed out while physically close to the subject, then simultaneously move the camera away while zooming in to the subject. Its really important to dolly and zoom at similar speeds in OPPOSITE directions to pull of the effect properly. If using a subject in the foreground try to keep the subject at relatively the same size and position as you dolly and zoom.

Hope you find these camera hacks useful. They may take a bit of practice but once you’ve nailed them, your videos will be even more creative. Please subscribe to our channel & Empower Your Inner Video Creator!

[gemlenz]

Definately going to try the snap tip....cool video....

[BoJanglesGaming]

I think it's fantastic that you guys give editing tips on your software. That's very rare for a different to take the time to do more than just provide the tools.

[SGFishing]

Learn a lot from it, thank you Filmora!

[divedeepinside-JK]

very good tricks thank you -happy filmora user

[Puddings]

I'm gonna work on that vertigo effect
good one George. Thanks

[MenMenRealTalk]

Love these audio detach options! Awesome way to play for fun cool add ons!

[oejhen]

I just downloaded Filmora today and still learning how I can maximize the features to help me makes better videos in the future. Well done guys! 👍🏻 so happy I found your app. I hope I can master all the features and tricks of your app. It is very helpful app! 💕💕💕

[NEPALVOICETV]

Filmora IS THE Best softwere for video Editing

[UnboxingSve]

This trick with audio I didn't know we can do in filmora! Awesome

[MC-]

Hi Filmora Team ! can u Optimize the Filmora Software ? because its lagging when put too many video or sound to the software.. its never happened on premiere pro.. so i think the problem is from the software

[JamieHines]

There are some fun creative ideas I might have to try

[IMDABROWN]

That rolling shutter really stands out.

[TeaJayPhotography]

I would call it the "rolling shutter pan" ;-) Anyways, nice tips!

[gerardshorticultureculture]

Filmora is awesome Just did the green screen for the first time!!! it was great!!!

[Haidek]

Thanks for this tutorial..
but I thought you will show the editing process for the third trick (Vertigo effect)

[Warden]

AWESOME tutorial, George and JJ! One problem I have is that on my 32 bit laptop, I can't update to the latest version of filmora, even though I clicked check for updates.

[LegalServiceIndia-lsi]

suoerb helpful video. i have one query no matter what i do i don't get good result from green screen can you give some tips on that please

[musicvideocreative]

hey man !!!when do you all team member will update filmora motion

[ACGDesigns]

Wow! This video is really helpful! Thanks!

[yahirfilms]

I loved filmora, but the lag and how slow it runs was just annoying so I switched to premiere and I am satisfied with my switch. I still really recommend Filmora because it's a great software! Cool video!