Confusing or Frustrating Techniques

It’s not difficult to confuse, frustrate or antagonize your audience!

The frustrated audience

Don’t leave your audience feeling that they are missing interesting subjects. It’s better to keep items out of shot than have the viewer tantalized at being unable to see them properly, Regular frustrations include;

• Subjects soft-focused, partly hidden (masked), or shadowed.

• Subjects that merge with the background.

• Shots too distant to see the subject properly.

• Titling or graphics that are not held for long enough for you to read.

• Occasions when book titles, or an interesting-looking notice in the background, are nearly sharp enough to read.

• Watching a cook, instead of what he is cooking.

• Situations ...

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