Any tips for shooting a buffer?

[kevinottawa]

Most of my camera exposure has been for eng type situations, where I would go and set up fast, take a few 20 second shots of various interesting things and people, and then boot it out of there.

But now as I am trying to dabble in story telling rather then information gathering, I find I cut myself short looking over the shots.
I jut get in the mode of, ok roll, shoot the pretty thing / action / subject, and cut, with out any buffer before or after the shot.

I havent cut myself off at the knees yet, but its close, to the point where I look over the footage and think, boy I could of had 5 more seconds of that shot and it would only add more.

Any one out there have the same problem adapting from run and gun to locked down scripted?
Any tips to keep in your head to get a littel extra play but not wasting time?

 

[ugafan]

I havent cut myself off at the knees yet, but its close, to the point where I look over the footage and think, boy I could of had 5 more seconds of that shot and it would only add more.

Any tips to keep in your head to get a littel extra play but not wasting time?

shoot for 5 more seconds.

 

[MikeWilkinson]

Think about the editing phase, and remember that you need longer shots.

Attach a sticky note onto your camera to remind yourself to roll for 5 seconds before starting your move and 5 seconds after your move. (this can be modified for the shot, for example: keeping panning for 5 seconds, keep zooming for 5 seconds, or even do slower moves so that you have longer shots)

 

[puredrifting]

If you are not doing the editing already, start editing more. There is nothing that will train you to shoot for the edit more.

I just do a silent countdown on every shot in my head and add an extra :05-:10.

Dan