In Part 2, Drew shows you how to use special accessories with your smartphone to get BIG effects: Lenses, lighting, brackets and apps that take your video from average to awesome.
Youll learn about specialty lenses:
- The iPhone lens that creates massive, grandiose scale and drama
- Why you should use a 2X Extender lens for outdoor interviews
- Why the wide-angle lens is the lens to use for close-up detail shots
- Why you should NEVER use the digital zoom feature in your iPhone
. . . And lighting:
- How to get good 3-point available light without a professional lighting kit
- How to improvise the 3 types of lighting for an interview subject
- How to fill in shadows created by back light and overhead light
- How to make a cheap $20 soft light kit that saves you thousands of dollars
- What you should carry in your do-it-yourself lighting kit
One of the biggest problems Keller sees in smartphone videos is unstable video. A wobbly image distracts annoys, and tires viewers.
Learn all about low-cost image-steadiers: tripods and clamps:
- Tripods that let you shoot anywhere in the great outdoors
- The 6-inch-high desktop tripod thats perfect for interviews
- The $10 L-clamp that Keller relies on most to steady his iPhone video images
- The $3 spring-clamp that turns Keller's iPhone into a professional video camera
- Why you should carry a standard-size tripod everywhere your mobile device goes
- How to steady your light standard tripod in a stiff wind