Like with most emerging technologies and formats, the rules for telling stories with 360-degree video are constantly changing and evolving so while some best practices exist, a lot of the process has to do with experimenting with what suits your workflow best.
In this article on Storybench, Rachel Grozanick, a recent graduate of Northeastern's Media Innovation graduate programme, gives some recommendations for journalists looking to get started with this immersive medium.
Her first piece of advice is to interact with as many 360-degree and VR experiences as you can, both journalistic and fiction, which will "help reorient you away from standard video camera and storytelling techniques and toward specifically 360 camera and storytelling techniques".
Once you start gathering footage, remember to put yourself in the viewer's shoes (which includes shooting at an average head height), use a tripod if possible, and spend time deciding whether the story needs a 360-degree video or if a 360 photo would be more suitable.
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