On August 31, the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Education Bureau, and the Municipal Red Insurance Center jointly launched a practical activity with the theme of "Walking Ideological and Political Courses: Welcome the Twenty Red Landmarks I

On August 31,

the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Education Bureau, and the Municipal Red Insurance Center

jointly launched the

"Walking Ideological and Political Course: Welcome to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China" for teachers and students at all levels and types in the city. Red Landmark I Check-in"

Theme Practice Activities

An important content of the theme practice

is to pick up your mobile phone or other portable device

to participate in the theme practice The process and insights of the activity were shot and made into short videos

and uploaded to Gannanhong client

So how

should we shoot a

short video work that satisfies us?

The editor specially consulted video shooting professionals

hoping to give some inspiration~

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01

understand Requirements of the activity

The locations of this theme practice activity are red revolutionary sites, museums, memorial halls, exhibition halls, memorial squares, new era civilization practice stations and other places at all levels in the city. The content captured is for teachers and students to accept the revolutionary tradition The process and insights of educational and patriotism education. The exhibition works have the following seven requirements:

. In line with the theme, ensure correct orientation, clear theme, healthy thinking, unique creativity, and novel ideas.

. The short videos shot and produced must be original works , and no watermarks or commercial advertisements unrelated to the video theme are allowed.

. It is recommended that the duration of short videos be controlled within 3 minutes. There is no limit on shooting equipment. It is encouraged to shoot with mobile phones. It requires clear themes, rich images and clear shooting.

. The narrative language is fluent, the emotions are sincere and contagious.

. If the party flag or national flag appears in the video, it must be presented completely during shooting. No corners or edges are missing, and no text, symbols, patterns, etc. are allowed to be added.

. Relevant expressions must be standardized and accurate.

. All uploaded short video introductions must be marked with "Red landmark punch-in person: XX grade (name) of XX school in XX county (city, district)".

02

Conceive the shooting script

The script is the basis for us to shoot the video. Preparatory work, subsequent shooting, editing, etc. are all based on the script. Through the conception of the script, it is determined what scenes and people will appear at what time and place, how to use the lens, etc. To put it simply, it means planning everything involved in the entire short video in advance.

03

Know your own equipment

Currently, mobile phone photography has become the norm. As long as we have a smartphone, learn some shooting skills or use some auxiliary tools, we can all become photography experts. Of course, before shooting, we need to understand the related functions of our mobile phones and be able to skillfully find and set these functions. The editor specially reminds us that recording with a resolution of 1920*1080 can meet our requirements for video playback.

04

Keep the shooting steady

We all know that if the video shakes too much, the audience will seem dizzy, causing a strong sense of discomfort. Therefore, stable anti-shake is a prerequisite for shooting a high-quality video. When there is no tripod or , use your body to form a tripod and hold the phone with both hands at the same time to obtain relative stability.

05

Master some common sense about composition

Composition is an important part of whether a photographic work can attract the audience and guide the audience's attention better.When shooting videos, just like taking photos, the most commonly used composition method is the thirds composition method. It is the beginning of successful works for a beginner. You can turn on grid mode in the function settings of your phone. Some phones call it guide lines. In grid mode, the point where the lines intersect is a good place to place the focus point or photograph the subject. If you are photographing a person , you might as well place them at one of the points when composing the picture.

06

Learn to use light

Light is a very magical phenomenon. Before shooting, we need to know how to use the existing light, and know how to use it to be more beneficial to your work. In general, when outdoors, try to find a location with even sunlight. If some parts of the frame look too bright or too dark, try changing your position or looking for a new angle while developing this habit. In addition, we also need to understand the effects of some light angles. For example, the work taken with the forward light will be more plain, the work taken with the side light will be more layered, and the video taken with the backlight will have a more beautiful glare phenomenon. We can try various angles to enhance our experience of the effects of light at different angles.

07

Try to manually set the exposure and focus

When shooting videos with a mobile phone, the most commonly used and important thing is the automatic exposure lock function, which prevents the mobile phone from frequently changing the exposure and focus points during shooting. This often happens especially in indoor scenes with windows. Otherwise, the picture you take may be dark and bright, which will cause you more trouble in post-editing. If you are a novice, it is recommended to try to use locked exposure from the beginning, and learn to focus manually and to focus the camera's attention on a specific area through manual settings. Manual focus is now also very simple, just use your finger to click on the area you want to focus on on the screen.

08

uses different camera techniques

When shooting, experienced videographers will not only shoot one shot, but will try to shoot the same scene from multiple angles, such as our commonly used close-ups, mid-range , panoramic shots, and sometimes realistic shots. When shooting, the same movement state will be shot repeatedly to show it from multiple aspects and dimensions. No matter what your subject is, you need to think about what lenses you can use to enrich your main image and story. Therefore, any short video must be shot into a story-like effect, so that you can attract more viewers' attention.

Warm reminder

I would also like to remind all my friends that you should pay attention to some small details before preparing to start shooting, such as whether the storage capacity of the mobile phone is sufficient, whether the battery of the mobile phone is sufficient, etc. The Gannan Red client will also share with you some shooting and editing skills and experiences from time to time in the column of practical activities with the theme of "Walking Ideological and Political Courses: Welcome the Twenty Red Landmarks I Check-in" on the homepage. Friends, you can Search for "Gannan Red" in the mobile application market or long press to identify the QR code below to download and install the Gannan Red client. Follow our column on theme practice activities to keep abreast of the progress of the activities and related matters.

Finally

the editor also wishes everyone

can pass this theme practice activity

While receiving revolutionary traditional education

and patriotic education

also became a photography expert