Tips to help you create better videos
1. Eye Candy.
Think about some of your favorite videos, ask yourself, what interesting shots and b-roll need to be captured to make your video entertaining to watch.
2. Good Lighting.
The main difference between amateur and professional videos is the quality of the lighting. Poor lighting creates graininess and poor quality videos too. (*Hint* In most studios, the lights and the cameras can be adjusted up and down to get the correct amount of light.)
For your home studio make use of fluorescent light bulbs. These bulbs produce a nice soft light with no harsh shadows. You can buy fluorescent light kits or you can save a lot of money and make your own fluorescent light box. It is best to use a three point lighting system which is fairly standard in most studios.
3. Tripod.
Use a tripod for shake free shooting. Tripods come in all sizes and quality. Most camcorders used today are only small and weigh very little so there is no need to buy a tripod to suit a heavy professional video camera.
4. Microphone.
The built in microphone on your camcorder is not the best to use if you can avoid it. Buy a directional one that can be mounted on top of your camcorder. Otherwise mount the microphone on a boom or support just out of view of the camcorder but close to the subject. Another option is to use a microphone that clips onto your lapel and as used by newsreaders on television. These are very effective and can be purchased for less than $50. No need to buy a wireless unit, but you need enough cable to run from the camcorder remote microphone, up the inside of your shirt and to your lapel. Bear in mind that you will normally be seated within six feet of the camcorder so the microphone should have plenty of cable.
5. Avoid Zooming and Panning.
Avoid zooming in and out and panning from side to side as much as possible. It is recommended that you set the zoom prior to recording.
6. Pre-Roll and Post-Roll.
Allow a few extra seconds after starting and before stopping the camcorder and the actual start and finish of the action you want to record. This allows for better editing once the shooting is over. Not allowing for the pre-roll and post-roll can make editing difficult. If you are filming yourself then start the camcorder recording with the remote control, wait six seconds before you start talking and at the end let the camcorder run an extra six seconds before stopping. This will give you plenty of time when editing.
7. Remember It is A Small Screen.
When shooting videos to add to your web site, normally the player will be 320 x 240 so avoid wide scenes, keep it close to see the detail. If you are filming yourself talking, you should be within six feet of the camera and preferably from the waist up. Keep the content simple and uncomplicated, do not have much happening in the video and keep it quiet-on-the-set.
8. Think Like a Photographer.
When shooting a video, do it like a photographer taking individual shots. Plan your video shoot, record for a short while from one position then stop recording, reposition the camera or yourself then shoot again. This will reduce excessive camera movement in your video.
Using these tips will ensure that you can shoot and produce quality website videos of a better quality than most people. Remember, practice makes perfect and soon you will be getting great results on the first take.
9. Look at the Details.
Sometimes, you are so focused on your subject that you do not notice the surrounding elements of the scene. Only later, when you are reviewing the footage do you notice an unsightly trash can in the background or a tree sticking out of your subjects head.
I like to scan the video screen carefully before shooting to make sure there is nothing in the shot that I may have overlooked. You may be surprised what you find!
Use our search feature, at the top of the page, to find videos about your favorite topics. There are tons of videos, for example, type in "Bikini contest", "Body building", "Guitar lesson", or "How to (anything)". Search for "Commercial", you will see cool ads and funny commercials. Notice the video techniques used to capture each video, you may very well find many helpful tips and tricks to use as well as many techniques to avoid when making your own videos... have fun.
´m not quiltin the spanish people of today of that, and i´m not saying, oooohh the damn spanish people!! ohhh!.. no dude, i´m not agree, but they are not quilty of the past errors of they culture, so, learn to live with that, and in place to be chering like an angry baby, learn to live with other
ones, because if you didn´t read in my last msg, ALL OF WE ARE BROTHERS IN GOD, u are not anyone to judge anyone..
WHICH FVKKKING GOD U R TALKING ABOUT?.
UR EVIL WHITEY'S LORDDD GAUDDD, JESUSHIT KKKRIST BASTARD SON OF BITCH VIRGIN MARY, WHO FAKED HIS OWN DEATH, TO LIE ABOUT HIS RISING FROM DEAD?.hahaha.
DO U LIVE IN THE WHITETRASH HOMELANDS IN EUROSLUMS?.
WE ARE LIVING IN OUR HOMELANDS OF THE AMERICAS, FROM ALASKA TO ARGENTINA, FOR TIMER IMMEMORIAL, U IGNORANT JESUS FREAK.
EVIL WHITEY ARE "ILLEGAL ALIENS" IN OUR LANDS OF THE AMERICAS.
HEVENT U LEARNED UR WHITEY CRIMINAL HISTORY?.
you live in Gautamela and call it whitey people world?.hahaah.
R U A SICKKKO WHITETRASH LYING KKKLAN?.
OR A HOUZE SLAVE OF UR WHITEY SLAVE MASTHA?.
NO WHITEY LANDS IN OUR HOMELANDS OF THE AMERICAS, DUDE.
WELCOME TO 21ST CENTURY NEW FREE WORLD ORDER.
WHERE, EVIL WHITE RACE WILL BE DISARMED , DEPRIVED OF THEIR STOLEN LANDS AND LOOTED WEALTH, HUNTED DOWN, ROUNDED UP, AND SHIPPED BACK TO THEIR HOMELANDS IN EUROPE, FENCED IN"NUKED TO EXTINCTION"WITH ,WHITEY'S OWN NUKES.
´t have your time, how to been felling shame for myself as you , and been a freaking racist weardo as you, just DON´T EVEN, DON´T EVEN, TALK ABOUT MY GOD OF THAT WAY, YOU STUPID PICE OF TRASH, u are like the people that most i hate A BREATHER WASTER, if u want to kill ur self being an idiot witho
ut cause, ok, fuck your own! but leave the otherones alone, and please, use another words, ure like a recordmachine, and YOU ARE THE ALIEN!!
WHITETRASH DUMBED DOWN SPANISH TRIBE FROM SLUMS OF EUROPE,WITH DUMBING DOWN LYING VIOLENT CRIMINAL TERRORIST"GENES"R SAME EVIL KKKLAN OF REST OF EVIL WHITE RACE TRIBES, INBREEDING,ILLEGALLY IN OUR HOMELANDS OF AMERICAS,FROM ALASKA TO MEXICO TO BRAZIL TO ARGENTINA,LIKE COCKKKROACHES.
EVIL WHITEY SOUNDS JUST SAME IN"ALL"BIG" letters,OR ALL small.
DID U SAY WHITEY DONT INBREED LIKE"COCKKKROACHES"?.
1492=ZERO WHITEY.
2008=OVER 500MILLION WHITEY.
COCKKKROACHES LIKE?
´t reply my coment cause i wont anwer ur stupid words again, i just´ll pray 2 GOD 4 one day, give u a big punch in that stone head u have, and can rescue some brain of u, if is that u have still one, because at this time, my friend i think u lost it time a go.
U CANT DEAL WITH "TRUTH" weardo.
EVIL WHITE RACE FROM SLUMS OF EUROPE,INVENTED"RACISM",U DEAR ILLEGAL ALIEN IN OUR LANDS OF GAUTAMELA.
DIDNT UR PICE OF WHITETRASH KKKLAN DAD FROM EUROLSUMS,TEACH U THIS"TRUTH"?.
DO U KNOW THAT UR WHITETRASH KKKLAN LORDDD GAUDDD,JESUSHIT KKKRIST IS A BASTARD SON OF BITCH VIRGIN MARY,WHO FAKED HIS OWN DEATH,TO LIE ABOUT HIS RISING FROM DEAD?.hah.
R U THAT DUMB&STUPID,WANNBE SAVED BY BASTARD JESUS,OF UR DUMB WHITEY KKKALN?.
GO BACKtoEUROPE.
HERE R FEW FACTS FOR U.
1.EVIL WHITE RACE FROM EUROSLUMS R INBREEDING,ILLEGALLY IN OUR HOME LANDS,FROM ALASKA TO ARGENTINA,FOR OVER 500 YRS.
2.EVIL WHITE RACE INBREEDS MOST CRIMINAL&DANGEROUS TERRORISTS IN WORLD.
3.EVIL WHITERACE HAVE COMMITED,HENEOUS CRIMES OF"GENOCIDE&HOLOCAUT"ON RESTofFREE&CIVILIZED HUMANITY.
4.EVERY EVIL WHITEYisAN"ENEMY COMBATANT"& MUST BE HUNTED DOWN&DECIMATEDtoEXTINCTION, WITH OUT TRAIL,UNDER HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS.
WELCOME TO 21st CENTURY.
´t loose your time with colonialismevil, please, he has to see by his own self the big mistake in what he is, PEACE AND LOVE 4 EVERYONE! LIBRE XPRSION 4 EVER! ONEE-CHAN RULEZ
DID U SAY "u r GROUP thinking" WHITEY DITTOHEAD"?.
THAT CAN CAUSE U"serious mental problems".
WHY EVIL WHITE RACE IS"SICKKKO KKKLAN RACE", INBREEDING,EVEN MORE SICKKKO KKKLAN,AROUND WORLD,IN"STOLEN LANDS WITH,LOOTED WEALTH"OF RREST OF FREE&CIVILIZED HUMANITY,COMMITING SICKKKO CRIMES OF"GENOCIDE&HOLOCAUST",FOR OVER 500 YEARS&NOW IN IRAQ.
U R UNDOUBTEDLY SUFFERING FROM"WTKTSS=WHITE TRASH KKKLAN TRIBAL SICKKKO SYNDROME".
NO SHRINK CAN U CURE U.
THINK RATIONALLY.
evil bad new WHITEY race is a violent cancer to americas,from ALASKAtoARGENTINA.
EVIL WHITE RACE,INBREEDING,ILLEGALLY IN OUR LANDS OF AMERICAS,HAVING good life LIVING IN STOLEN LANDS WITH LOOTED WEALTH"WILL BE HUNTED DOWN TO TOTAL DECIMATION& EXTINCTION",FOR"OUR FREEDOMS,HUMAN RIGHTS, DECENTRALISED DEMOCRACIES&OURGREAT AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONSofTIME IMMEMORIAL".
U moronic fool,HAVE JAMMED UR DUMBED DOWN BRAIN WITH WHITEY HIS_STORIES LIES,TO hear such TRUTH about HISTORY.
U FORGOT TO MENTION EVIL WHITEY'S GREAT inventions OF"GENOCIDE&HOLOCAUST"OF REST OF FREE&CIVILIZED MORAL MAJORITY OF HUMANITY, TO ILLEGALLY INBREED,EVIL WHITE RACE, WITH"DUMBINNG DOWN EUROTRASH CRIMINAL PROSELYTISNG TERRORIST LYING GROUP THINK EVIL"GENES"?.
U R TYP OF UR EVIL WHITE RACE,LIVINGin DELUSIONS OF"CHOSEN SHIT WANNBE,LOOKING FOR PROMISE LANDS,NOW IN IRAQI OIL FIELDS".
WORLD PEACE=TOTAL DECIMATIONofEVIL WHITE RACEforUR 500 YR CRIME SPREE.
QUESTIONS?
DID U CALL UR LORD GAUDDD JESUSHIT KKKRIST, BASTARD SON OF BITCH VIRGIN MARY, FOR HELP?.
GET REAL WHITEY INBREEDING, ILLEGALLY IN OUR LANDS OF GAUTAMELA.
GO BACK TO UR HOMELANDS IN EUROSLUMS.
DONT U WANNBE IN UR OWN HOMELANDS FOR ARAMGEDDON AND SECOND COMING OF JESUSHIT BUSHITLER KKKRIST?.
DID U SAY JESUSHIT BUSHITLER KKKRIST CAMETH ALREADY AS THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS?.
hahahaah.
U R SUFFERING FROM "WTTKSS",KKKID.
WTKSS=WHITE TRASH TRIBAL KKKLAN SICKKKO SYNDROME.
SYMPTOMS R,GRANDOISE DELUSIONS OF"CHOSEN SHIT WANNBE,LOOKING FOR PROMISE LANDS".
CAUSED,BY EXCESSIVE JAMMING OF UR WHITETRASH KKKLAN BRAIN WITH"DUMB BIBLE STORIES LIES& WHITEY TRIBAL KKKLAN HIS_STORIES LIES".
NO CURE YET FOR "WTTKSS".
OTHER THAN HOLOCAUST OF EVIL WHITE RACE.
FOR THEIR 500 YEAR CRIME SPREE.
usaTOgautamala,canadaTOargentinam R OUR LANDS.
GET DA FVKKK OUT.
U R UNDENAIBLE PROOF,WHY U SHOUDNT JAMM UR DUMBED DOWN BRAIN WITH EVEN DUMBER BIBLE STORIES LIES&WHITEY'S HIS_STORIES LIES,FROM CHILDHOOD.
But there R two options,to remove delusions from ur dumbed down dittohead brain.
1.LEARN HISTORY THAT EVIL WHITEYS&THEIR HOUZE SLAVES ARE crazy sickkko kkklansmen&houze nigggers"NOT EVEN HUMAN",to HAVE FVKKKING FOUNDING WHAT SLAVE MASTHA FATHERSinOUR LANDS.
2.CHANGE IS COMING WITH HOLOCAUST OF JESUS FREAKY EVIL WHITE RACE.
QUESTIONS?
R U TALKING ABOUT UR HOUZE NIGGGER SLAVE Negroes,BROUGT HERE INTO OUR HOMELANDS,FROM SLUMS OF AFRICA,TO DO UR DIRTY WORK FOR FREE?.
WHY DID U EVIL WHITE RACE FROM SLUMS OF EUROPE,INBREEDING ILLEGALLY IN OUR HOMELANDS FROM ALASKA TO ARGENTINA,BROUGHT UR SLAVES FROM SLUMS OF AFRICA?.
NOW,WE HAVE EVIL WHITEYS&OBEDIENT HOUZES, WANNBE CHOSEN SHIT,LOOKINGforPROMISE LANDS OF IRAQI OIL FIELDS,R INBREEDINGinOUR LANDS LIKE COCKKKROACHES,COMMITING GENOCIDEinIRAQ.
WHITEYS&HOUZES GO HOME.