Nowadays, food short videos have become a series of "you can't brush in the daytime, but you can't escape at night". As steady as Mount Tai delicacy, tiktok, micro-blog and gourmet videos are all the same. Now the food short video is so popular that the time is not long or short. It can be fascinating and will not make people feel mental stimulation and fatigue. So, how to shoot a short food video? What are the short video shooting skills?

I. early stage of shooting: preparation of food materials

Before shooting a short video, we should first ensure that the food materials pass the customs, that is, the food materials to be photographed are bright, fresh and clean, and the colorful pictures should be used to stimulate the audience's eyes, so as to make the audience feel hungry and associate with the delicious food, which can give people a sense of visual pleasure. It should be noted that the freshness of some ingredients has a certain time limit, so if the time for video photographing is too long, it is necessary to prepare more ingredients at the photographing site. In addition, many people will ignore the details, such as the selection of tableware. When selecting tableware for food, they should combine the characteristics of food to enhance the beauty of the shooting picture.

II. Mid shooting period

1. Selection of shooting equipment

When selecting photographing equipment, the pictures taken by different equipment have different functions. For example, the picture shooting function of SLR camera is better than that of mobile phone, but the details should be selected according to the shooting conditions.

2. Photographing method

Different types of food have different photographing methods. Appropriate photographing methods should be adopted in combination with the characteristics of the food photographed in detail to ensure the beauty of the photographing picture. In the process of shooting, if there is appropriate movement. Compared with the static shooting all the time, sports can attract the attention of the audience and add vitality and interest to the whole video picture. But this kind of sport is not a random sport, but a sport with rules and exquisite skills. For example, when photographing drinks, it shows a slow motion picture of liquid pouring into the cup. Such detailed presentation methods can often arouse customers' interest in food and harvest a good harvest.

3. Grasp of light

Light distribution is one of the factors affecting the function of shooting pictures. Vivid and natural light can make food videos even more powerful. Generally, backlight and side backlight lighting methods are mainly used, which can make food materials appear more three-dimensional and show the texture of food materials.

III. post shooting

1. Proper color matching

If you want to make a successful short food video, post production is very important. After shooting the food promotional materials, you should color the materials and videos to make the food look more attractive, so as to stimulate the audience's appetite.

2. Harmonious accompaniment

Background music is also an important part of post production. Background music can make all short food videos fuller. However, it should be noted that when selecting background music for short food videos, it must be selected according to the content of the video and the tonality of all, which cannot be contrary to the video content.

The above are the skills related to shooting short food videos. In general, all the skills are around one purpose, that is, to arouse the audience's appetite and make people salivate and have thousands of thoughts when watching the video.

Article source: Jiangmen film and television production http://www.sjttv.com