CoolClaret wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:28 am
I appreciate that and I to have some work experience with filming stuff (music vids), not quite as moving and dynamic as a real world doc of course.
Thought good quality gimbals massively reduced that? I had a scene being followed in and out of a bar off someone with a handheld camera and the gimbal pretty much negated any wobble
A one man band isn't going to have the time to setup constantly or making lots changes to a full camera setup compared to a movie. Sometimes you don't know the shot until you get there, especially if its unknown filming day.
Normally with a doco it'll be one or two people (a soundie if budget goes that far that day) and generally a person will be directing and shooting at the same time. Your day might entail drive up to X location, get 10 mins with person A, drive to Z location, get 20 mins there, grab some B roll, oh change of plan, person C is available but an hour away, lets see if we can get them in, then drive back to your base. And that might be an organised day! But ultimately you get the shots as and when they happen for it to be as real possible with. Quality comes at that sacrifice.
When you can plan shots in advance, i.e the drone shots you need permits, weather etc, then you can pay particular attention to equipment. As the episodes go on, they might switch to a different setup for the sideline at games as they know what they are expecting at the point. So might see some more slow-mo or gimble shots at that point.
From a nerdy production perspective, I think it's been brilliantly filmed on episode one.
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I was looking forward to a 4 episode insight into Mormonism 
... can't be arsed if its mainly about The Football club 
