We recently got HDV video cameras at my newspaper. I’m being trained on using them and while I love still photography, I find the possibilities of storytelling that video offers fascinating.

It is, however, a different tool that requires a bit different way of thinking, seeing and editing. You need to tell an eye catching story in about 2 minutes (average length of a typical newspaper movie) and composing and thinking of sequences is a more “conscious” process while shooting stills for me is more intuitive. Anyway, I feel like I need to educate myself more about the wonderful tradition of movie making, particularly about how good documentaries and short movies are being constructed and shot.

Would you guys be so kind and send my way links to websites that you can recommend? Experimental movies, short or long, documentaries, good newspaper videos, how-to, editing tips etc. etc. I will be grateful for any piece of info. I’m sure others would benefit from that too.

Peace,
Marcin Szczepanski