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Barbershop

Old-school chairs, hot towels, sharp lines. The most cinematic small business on the block.

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30
SHOTS
Smartphones
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What's inside this guide

Eight pages of training, then 30 shots for barbershop.

Every guide opens with the universal training. Then we get specific.

01

Phone Basics

Ten things pros do that amateurs skip.

02

Camera Settings

Specific menu paths for iPhone and Samsung.

03

Lighting on a Budget

Five Amazon picks under $110 + the 90° rule.

04

The 2× Lens Trick

Why faces look bad at 1× — and the 30-second fix.

05

Tripods & Placement

Five heights, five tripods worth buying.

06

Music & Sources

Free + paid platforms. Music by business type.

07

Editing in CapCut

Eight-step quick-start. Auto-captions in 30s.

08

Pro Tricks

Fifteen production rules collected on one page.

Sneak peek

Six shots from inside the guide.

Each shot has a title, a one-line instruction, and a phone tip. The PDF adds a vertical phone-frame sketch you can copy on set.

SHOT · 01

Barber pole spinning

ECU. The red-white-blue stripes turn.

PHONE TIP60fps. Spin in slow-mo is hypnotic.
SHOT · 05

Cape billowing on

MS 60fps. Cape comes down, settles.

PHONE TIPBlack cape on black chair = bad. White cape on dark chair = good.
SHOT · 11

Comb-and-scissor combo

MCU. Scissors cut hair held against a comb.

PHONE TIPOld school. Looks better than clipper work for top sections.
SHOT · 17

Aftershave splash

MCU 240fps. Aftershave hits the face.

PHONE TIPHave the client lean back. The drops catch light.
SHOT · 23

Hand mirror behind head

MCU. Showing the back to the client.

PHONE TIPMirror in mirror = inception composition. Looks high-end.
SHOT · 29

Empty chair, leather worn

MS. The chair, dim ambient light.

PHONE TIPOld chairs have character. Hero them.
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