An array of cameras are placed in a carefully calibrated rig, allowing the video from each to be stitched together seamlessly. Here’s a variety of such camera rigs (Image from The Fulldome Blog)
The more cameras, the higher resolution. Certainly, there’s a huge range of quality, and some depend more on the wide view of a fisheye lens. A GoPro in full fishe...
(more)Let me know who I missed. I’d like to keep track of active Quora users who write lots of useful stuff related to making great films!
(more)The only shot you really need to think of for a scene is the “master shot”. Just show, with one shot, the entire scene. Start with that. In the end, as long as you have a master shot of every scene, you have a completed film. However, you likely don’t want to rely on just this, as the audience will be largely emotionally disconnected from your film’s story.
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