Filmmaking MISTAKES: 5 habits you should AVOID

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[CinecomCrew]

Mistake number 6: clean your lens before you start shooting. Sorry the stain 🤔

[JesusThings]

I actually made 2 huge mistakes that really marked my life :
1: Shot a Wedding in only one clip
2: Deleted that clip in camera cause I thought it was just a blurry picture
Yeah that sounds painful :(

[RidgeMallery]

My biggest mistakes
1: not respecting everyone else’s willingness to help me on my short films. Basically I was a jerk.
2: thinking I was so darn good at anything I did was awesome.. basically being lazy

[justreiable]

Always use ctrl+s when editing. Thats will really help when trouble comes

[JazMadeIt]

Filmed an interview without headphones/checking audio. The mic wasn't on...

[matthayesphotography]

bad habit #1: watching youtube videos instead of making them!!

[SudarshanAshiya]

Amateur : Forget to remove lens cap.
Professionals : Forget sometimes to clean lens or forget memory cards.
Legends : forget to take camera on shooting location. 6:50 🤣

[HitechProductions]

I made all the "standard" mistakes, including forgetting the camera. But the biggest mistake I have made is not having a good story/script. That is turning out to be the hardest to correct.

[pekaa]

filming not enough material and filming everything in wideangle were my biggest mistakes

[benediktsturm]

my biggest mistake was to believe that sleep is still a thing when working in media xD

[VinceSchilling]

GREAT video - My biggest mistakes were thinking I had to do some sort of stylized camera movement ... so many times I wished I had just held the camera super still and got the footage I needed.

[kylechristiancanoy]

My Biggest Mistake : lack of confidence

[AlAnkhra]

My biggest mistake: Thinking it´s gonna be easy...

[cerpujfilms]

One technical mistake that’s really easy to make (I’m still trying to get over as a young filmmaker) is not having the actors hold keeping the camera rolling for a few seconds before cutting - that’s one thing you definitely cannot fix in post

[coupletrippers]

Once I forgot to take additional SD cards. After every shot, I had to think if this is good enough or I should remove it to save a place for better shots 😉

[ClaireWhiteheadIrl]

I SO agree about monitoring .
This is probably the biggest barrier I find as a solo filmmaker.
I could do an interview setup that’s two cam two mic but I can’t monitor all 4, especially when I’m in the interviewer.
I’m trying to build up my portfolio and this is part of why it’s so hard to do on my own.

[timonfelbel]

I maked so much Misstakes when I started, but now I know more about filmmaking. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

[ericsvensson]

My biggest mistake was letting my friend edit

[tripackdroned]

3.22 Tip. Make sure that when you have light pouring into the lens, it doesn't illuminate the black plastic around the lens and create a visible ring (to the right of the subject). You can buy very black matt paint to cover this plastic. I was shocked that someone coming from film school wouldn't know the things listed in your guide. In my opinion ’educators’ haven't spent 25 years being a camera operator/director/owner, and therefore don't know all of the things that should be thought about. If they had and they are any good, they wouldn't be working as a teacher as the money differs so much. I worked as a camera op/dir for over 35 years. You won't believe how many things need to be seen before pressing record, only time teaches that. We need more peripatetic teachers with real-world experience offering their advice. Good luck!

[Leprutz]

Some very good tips, but the best tip was number 4. So true. Never change filming style just because we are running low on time. Improvising is good but instead of going handheld, just prioritzie the shot list and make changes to that list.