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Originally Posted by dyna mo
thanks paul.
hey, can you chat a bit about good communication- hand signals etc. while shooting video
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These are the ones I use the most.
Using the fingers and counting her in 5.4.3 silent 2 and 1 and then point to her.
Raising/lowering an arm to tell the model to stand up or sit down.
Rotating the hand to tell her to turn over, turn around, change position.
Doing the fingers and thumbs opening and closing to indicate it's time to say something.
Zipping my mouth when she talks to much.
Raising my fist in the air to tell her to raise the tempo.
Doing a silent fake moan to indicate I want more noise from her.
Just tell them before what you want, it saves talking to them and editing out the sound of your voice. Only good when you're shooting a scene where the models are looking at the camera and you.
I always found talking to them stops them doing what they should be doing and sometimes they even reply "OK" which means you have to cut. She/he should have a good idea of what to do and you discuss everything before you start to shoot. It's not fool proof but it works better than nothing. Remember you're the man with the money and you're the one who has to sell the product.
Saw some DVD content with the shooter telling the model what to do and doing it so badly she was stopping what she was doing to listen to him and then nodding. About as sexy as watching paint dry.