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Split screen videos are basically the videos where more than one shot is put in one frame whether it is the subject of your video or any B-roll shots or something else you want to show in the video you can show all of these in frame and that will be called as a split screen video. Split screen is a great technique to show cause-and-effect or illustrate how one thing relates to another. Split screen effect is commonly used when you want to show two different parts played by one actor.
You can shoot a split screen video in one go, in order to shoot a split screen video firstly you have shot each shot separately and then at the time of editing you need to add and combine all the shots that you want to display in one frame.
When you are scouting location for the split screen then it will be good if you find a location which have some line in background as it becomes helpful for you to shoot different parts of the video and then later you can merge them while editing a video. If you do not find such locations then what you can do while shooting the video you can mark some straight lines in the background and on the floor.
It will be good to have the camera locked down on a tripod while shooting a split screen video. If you do not have a tripod or cannot lock the camera then the other way is to put some marks and sign for the actor not to cross over to help with the split screen. You can use tape, ground debris, cracks in the ground or that indentation in the cement.
Rehearsal becomes very important in such type of video to avoid any errors or mistakes while shooting the video. While shooting a video to make it split screen in the editing it will be good if you take multiple shots as it is something that you have to merge while editing the video and after the edit it should look identical not uneven because if it will look uneven then it will give a bad impression on the viewers.
When you are shooting at an outside location for a split screen video then it becomes very important for you to take care of the natural light effects that are coming in the video, like if you take one shot of the actor and while the actor gets ready for the other shot and in between the weather changes and due to which the lighting will also be changed then you cannot shoot the second shot in another lighting because it should look like it was all shot at the same time, at the same moment; under the same looking lighting condition.
These are some of the common and basic points that you need to consider while shooting a split screen video. Apart from this, there are many other points that you need to consider.
When we talk about editing a split screen video then there are many tools and software’s available in the market to edit a video and make it a split screen video. Every tool has its own pros and cons and their specific features, so as per your requirement you need to check what all features you need and which one will be suitable for you.
Each tool or software has its own interface and the user have to check while purchasing the tool for the steps to edit the video on that particular tool because it’s not something that one can explain the steps at one place for all the available tools in the market.
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