Split edit are simply an editing technique. Picture two shots and a strait cut between them. …. No really, picture 2 shots together. Now picture that edit point and just before the edit from the first video clip to the second video clip the audio from the second video comes first. Just a split second before the video. This is a split edit and you need to start using them. Trust me!
Shooting an instructional video shouldn’t be that hard. Here’s a standard way to shoot a simple training video. Don’t take this one lightly. This is how many types of productions are shot. Keeping these strategies in mind you could shoot all kinds of different video productions.
All video cameras have a zoom lens. Well, maybe not some of those stationary security cameras. The problem is most people use this like its a ride at a theme park. Its so easy; just push that little lever and you zoom in. Push it the other way and you zoom out … in … out …in … out …WEEEE!
Well stop this now please. Im getting nauseous just thinking about it. Think of a zoom lens as a composition tool not a video game joy stick. Next time you go for the zoom lever stop and think, why am I zooming. Can I get the shot another way. If you said yes to the last question get it another way. Zooming should only be done if you have a REASON to zoom.
Here’s an excerpt from the Mastering Videography DVD with answers about zooming.
Plosives are a real pain in my .. well, lets just say I make a lot of them. Plosives are those annoying pops people sometimes make when talking into a microphone. P’s and B’s cause a lot of them. Its a burst of air hitting the microphone. Read the rest of this entry »
Well folks, the Mastering Videography web site is totally thrashed. I had to completely reinstall a new WordPress blog and nothing from the old is coming to the new. So I’m going to have to manually re-enter all the tutorials and rebuild this site.
If you’re looking for the Mastering Videography DVD it’s here. If you are taking this videography thing serious or plan to try to make money with your video camera I highly recommend the DVD. It’s packed with all the information you need to shoot like a professional.
