Filming on the local backwaters

Bumblebees124 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-11-2011, 12:39 PM

Hello. For a while now I've had a Sony DCR-SR58 handy cam. I really want to start to film wildlife. I would like to start with the sd one I've got now and move on to hd when I get experience. It has 60x optical zoom. I would like to start on my local backwaters this winter to capture migrant birds and other water birds. It's also popular with seals. I would use a good quality tripod so I can zoom in without the image shaking. Any advice and what might I be able to film? Thanks.

Meta menardi · #2 (**permalink**) 12-11-2011, 04:50 PM

My video camera has a mode that will only shoot 5 second clips. Not a bad discipline. To get a good final result, planning is vital, know what you want to say and build your plan from that.

Bumblebees124 · #3 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 08:23 AM

Thanks. Will plan

andrewinpompey · #4 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 06:27 PM

Going purely on what I have read, rather than what I have done myself...

You could try 'story-boarding' a short film, and then try and get the short clips to make it up. For example you might start with some general views of the landscape as an introduction, then shots of the wildlife.