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Adding insert angles with action cameras

Adding insert angles with action cameras

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Adding insert angles with action cameras

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- Jim, the advent of these action cameras, GoPros and others like them, have led to super cheap cameras. And, I've got to admit, as a director and a producer, sometimes it's really tempting to just say, 'Put them everywhere.' But, you do have to put some care into how you use these, right? - Yeah, I mean, GoPro, as all these small cameras, are becoming common, almost expected, on productions. So, you know, just throwing them in without putting thought into them is not really buying you much in terms of innovation or energy. I mean, it's almost expected that you have them. So the fact that they're that common means you have to be all that more creative in determining how you're going to use them. - Now, if people want to dig deeper into this, Jim, you and I actually did a Lynda.com title where we talked about using GoPro cameras and attaching them in and around cars, but those same strategies could transfer into any sort of set. We talked about a lot of different mounting things, using…

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