The Most Common Mistakes of the Novice Videographer

1. Headhunting–placing every subject in the center of your frame.

2. Motorzooming–overuse of on-screen zooms.

3. Rooting–staying in one spot instead of looking for interesting angles.

4. Firehosing–panning all over the scene.

5. Upstanding–shooting everything from standing eye-level.

6. Snapshooting–taping only two or three seconds per shot.

7. Backlighting–too much light falling on the background instead of on the subject.