Monday, April 27, 2015

Tell your story aloud

Try to vocalise exactly what the story is. If you can’t instantly come up with something more significant about the scene than ‘it’s pretty’, then it probably won’t be a great shot. If, on the other hand, you can say something like ‘it’s a small, lonely figure exploring a wild, untouched landscape’ or ‘it’s an exhaust ed trekker expressing his joy at reaching camp aft er a long day out’, then you are on to something. This is an exercise I have found invaluable whenever I am considering taking a shot or making my select ion during the editing process.

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