One of my favourite foods is Indian. I ate many different types of Indian food when I was cycling in India: from Punjabi, Rajasthani to my favourite vegetarian food in Gujarat. Now I like to cook Indian regularly and I stumbled upon this brilliant Youtube channel:
When I travelled to India I was able to get an insight into the lifestyles and culture there. I was struck by the role that spirituality plays in everyday life and it inevitably rubbed off on me as I stayed in numerous temples and ashrams. I have have read many western theories and philosophies as I have studied in the past two years and I have also found my way to a few predominant Indian yogis. One such yogi is called ‘Sadhguru’ who founded the ‘Isha Foundation‘; a non-religious, not-for-profit, public service organization, which addresses all aspects of human wellbeing. The organisation has special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. There are many videos online and information on the website.
1. Formulate complete sentences when speaking into the camera
2. Keep the audience in mind with what you say to the camera
3. The camera is not a confidant. Use your diary for that.
4. If you are going to do a travelling shot. Make it worthwhile.
5. Don’t shoot unless you are interested in what you are shooting.
6. Don’t try and be a presenter.
7. Don’t try to shoot Nat Geo documentaries.
8. Don’t describe, observe and shoot (unless it’s a video diary).
9. If you are shooting your own face, make sure your face is in the shot.
10. Keep soundbites down to under 10 seconds. Keep dialogue down to 10 shots of 10 seconds per piece. Keep complicated reflections for the written journal.
11. Look into the camera when you are talking into it.
12. Don’t say a place “is beautiful”, “amazing”, “I am in awe of it”. Instead shoot it.
13. Relax.
14. Learn from your mistakes.
15. Get close to the action.
16. Use a tripod when possible.
17. Let people speak if they want.
18. Whatever is the central subject matter- if it is a an object- get plenty of good shots of it. Less is more.
19. If you are shooting something with a name for research, get the name written down.
Self Shot Travel Filming Manifesto: by Andrew Welch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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