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This is the moment that you've been waiting for: actually filming the foot scene! After all the preparation, arranging a date, familiarizing yourself with equipment and checking out the lighting, you're now ready to film!
The first thing we need to make sure, is that we prep the performers. It's one thing to just let them do their thing, but it's a bit nicer to let them know a few things. Directors for us normally tell the performers:
1.) NOISE IS GOOD! Sometimes people will just suck on feet silently, which is great and can come out nicely on film. But if the performers are more verbal, more vocal...that adds to the scene.
2.) WATCH YOUR HANDS! Some people instinctively guide and hold onto a foot they are sucking. Not good! Hands can easily get in the way of a foot video, obscuring our view of the feet we are trying to capture!
Once that's done, on to the filming! We can choose to either film the action with the camera on a tripod or with the camera handheld.
TRIPOD: Using a tripod means that you can set up your camera, hit "record" and let it capture the action! Because of this, you can even film yourself in the middle of the foot action! This may sometimes mean that the action isn't always centered and that close ups aren't possible, but it's a choice for you to make.
HANDHELD: Handheld shooting means that you can go around, capturing the best angles! It's a challenge, as you must constantly adapt to the performers moving around, while trying not to let your shadow fall on them, or make noise that is captured on film! This is a more challenging way to film, but is preferred whenever possible because you can get better footage out of it overall, through more camera angles, close ups and focusing in on the action wherever it is!
Now that you've filmed the action, the only thing left to do is edit it. This is optional for us, as we'll either do it for new directors or train them based on their resources. I hope this helps the next time you plan on filming a foot video!
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