What equipment do you need to film a video of your cooking recipe? Here are some tips for filming a culinary recipe.
Which camera do you need? A DSRL or a mirrorless are fine. The important thing is that he has the opportunity to shoot videos!
I still recommend one camera with adjustable screene so that, if you are the chef, you can also check the shot from a distance (of course you will have put the camera in mode live view).
The camera she will be fixed in front of the work table to shoot the whole scene.
The camera must be placed on a easel to avoid movement and shaking.
To shoot the details of the scene (close-up example on the hand that cuts onions) you will need and'other camera maybe to the side, so you shoot the scene from another perspective and you can make the movie more lively and less monotonous in post production.
If you are not the chef, with this second camera you can have more fun by changing sides and perspectives. For this you will need a monopod kickstand, easier.
If, on the other hand, you are the chef, then I recommend that you place the second camera on a table tripod so that it closely captures what the chef is doing ( if you have a telephoto lens then you will also use a normal tripod).
If you want to shoot from above you will need one third camera! I have used one in some video recipes action camera. And the result was very satisfying.
And speaking of action cameras ... if you have one, you can use it not only to shoot the scene from above, but also by putting it in water (not hot of course) and then throw in the spaghetti, or on a surface while the chef throws the flour or still mount it on the chef so that the viewer has the feeling that he is cooking (of course only some scenes)…
Regarding lighting reflectors and diffusers are very useful for shooting. In general, continuous light softboxes are used but LED panels can also work well.
The sound. Try not to use the camera's internal microphone. Better to equip yourself with a unidirectional external microphone or a wireless microphone that records the chef's voice directly on the camera card without external noise.
An interesting take could be done with one slider. Watch the sample videos.
In the end, when the dish is ready ... place it on a turntable, take it back and ... that's it.
At this point I recommend that you also read the article “How to make a video recipe. The basics".
Example of shooting with a slider
Example close-up shooting with monopod tripod
Here is the equipment you need.
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Tripod and tripod monopod
The action camera and the stand
The softbox and the LED continuous light panel
The external microphone and the wireless one
The manual slider and the remote control slider
The turntable
