Step 5: Tips and Recommendations
So now we’re got good light and its in focus, what next? Composition of course! Even as video technology advances to point where it sometimes becomes difficult to distinguish between an image shot on film and an image shot by a camera there will always be ways to tell home movies from feature films, composition. This is where those how to film books get really worthless. Composition is how the image looks on your camera. Composition takes years to master, but this is a just a basic guide to filming, so here’s a few pointers.

There are five basic shots. Extreme long shot (ELS), Long Shot (LS), Medium Shot or Bust Shot (MS), Close-up (CU), and Wayne and Garth’s favorite, the Extreme Close-Up (ECU).