Low-budget filmmaking

Use close ups

Bright Spark, Tech Tip Writer

Shoot closer than normal practice for television or video. Streamed video is shown in a window that is much smaller than a TV or computer monitor. The larger the image in the foreground, the clearer it will be. This leaves minimum of background image to overload the compression tool. The short depth of field also means that the background is blurred which has the visual effect of sharpening the foreground image.

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