Let’s say we’re making a short video for a family bakery in Astoria. The owner sits down in front of the camera and tells the story of how her grandmother opened the shop and why they still do everything by hand after all these years. It’s a great story, but if all the viewer sees […]

Tilting the camera might seem like one of the simplest things you can do on a video shoot. You loosen the tripod head, rotate the camera, and start recording. But getting a Dutch angle to look right on screen takes more thought than most people expect. How far you tilt, which way the frame leans, […]