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I hear from a great many photographers that they are interested in learning how to shoot video with their new video-capable DSLRs. They are willing to invest the time and energy to learn the technology and language of movie making. But, they're not quite sure what story to tell, because whether a documentary or a narrative film, and indeed even with still photography, it's all about telling a story.
Just before the end of December, 2010 (a couple of weeks prior to this piece) I mentioned a brief video shot with a video DSLR titled Idiot with a Tripod, by cinematographer Jamie Stuart.It was the visual story of a blizzard in Manhattan, shot in a single evening and edited and posted on YouTube in one day. Film critic Robert Ebert said that the film deserved to win the Academy Award for best live-action short.
This video has been viewed 500,000 times in two weeks. Now that's an audience!
No – we all may not be as talented as Jamie Stuart....

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