From the course: Working with Actors & Non-Actors in Video Production
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Engaging your talent
From the course: Working with Actors & Non-Actors in Video Production
Engaging your talent
- This is a perfect quote to keep in mind when you think about how you go about working with your talent on set, whether they're professional or not. Photographer Freeman Patterson said, "The camera looks both ways. A photograph is usually as good a description of who's behind the lens as who or what is in front of it. The photographer as a person. Nobody can ever hide behind a camera." This applies to film and video, just as it applies to photography. How you approach your subject will help determine how and whether they open up to you on camera, and ultimately, how their performance will come across in your production. Like I said earlier, the camera looks both ways. How you approach your subject will help determine how and whether they open up to you on camera. Taking a positive approach will get you a positive performance. Be generous with your information. Be open and explain what is going on around them. They've probably never been in a situation like this before. Keep them…
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