participants learned how to use a mobile phone to film like a professional cameraperson. Emphasis was placed on composition, camera angles and movements to tell stories in creative ways. The presenter started with PowerPoint presentation that explained what frame, framing, and shot are. He showed how to compose shots with good head room and look room, and how to use different camera angles to tell a story. The presenter screened two of his students’ works (PSA and news story) that were shot entirely with a mobile camera and discussed the production techniques used to achieve the quality work. He also gave out handout that contained information presented in his Power Point presentation. The presenter demonstrated how to hold mobile phone correctly and stand properly to shoot video professionally. Afterwards, each participant used their mobile phone cameras to practice different techniques that they learned, and the presenter critiqued each shot; participants got instant feedback on what is correct and/or wrong in the videos that they shot during the workshop. The participants had the opportunity to reshoot their shots until they got them right. These techniques helped participants shoot video shots that looked professional without spending a lot of money on expensive video camera.

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Using Mobile Phone to Film Like a Pro
Olaniyi Areke
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, MD 20646, USA
AFACCT ’19 Conference, Cecil College
Session 3.7. Thursday, January 10, 2019
1:55 PM – 2:55 PM, Room No. D305
oareke@csmd.edu

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FRAMING/
Composition
What is a Frame?
One still photographic image

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What is Framing?
 Framing refers to the way a shot is composed, and
the manner in which subjects and objects are
surrounded ('framed') by the boundaries or perimeter
of the film image.
 Camera angles such as low-angle and high-angle
shots contribute to the framing.
 Framing also refers to panning or tilting movements
of the camera to adjust to the character's
movements and keep them onscreen, centered, and
in the frame.

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What is a Shot?
A shot is a series of still photographic
images (or frames) that runs for an
uninterrupted period of time.
In other words, a shot is the moment
that the camera starts rolling until the
moment it stops.

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Head Room
 Head room – The space between the top of the
subject's head and the upper screen edge;
compositional space above a subject’s head.

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Head Room
 There cannot be too much space between the top of
the head of a person and the upper screen edge.
 No space between the top of the head of a person
and the upper screen edge is not acceptable either.

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Three Basic Shots
Close-up – a shot from the chest to top
of the head of a person.
Medium shot – a shot from the waist to
top of the head of a person.
Long Shot – a shot that shows the full
body of a person from head to feet.

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Composition
Extreme Close up – is the only shot
that is acceptable to cut off part of a
person’s head.

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Lead Room
Lead room or Look room – The space
left in front of a static or moving person
toward the edge of the screen.