The video capture, edit, and playback capabilities of iMovie are truly amazing. While iMovie is a model of simplicity, its speed and high quality make it an ideal candidate for putting together video material in a very fast and painless manner.
Who needs colored light these days, since your digital post system lets you dial in any hue you want? Digital color filters let you do some amazing things, but they can look, well, digital. There is still no substitute for soft, natural-looking, colored light in video production.
Are you abusing your camcorder? We don't mean dropping it on the concrete or leaving it in the car on 100-degree days. We're talking about using it to shoot bad video, the kind that makes audiences start looking for the exit or, worse, that fails to capture important moments. Hey, don't feel bad--camcorders are sophisticated, complicated tools, and some mistakes are almost inevitable unless you've studied cinematography. Sure, you could sign up for expensive classes. Or you could just keep reading and learn to avoid 10 of the most common camcorder gaffes.
vBlog Central is a service that makes it easy to post video (and audio and pictures) to your existing blog. We host your video content and display it in whatever format your users want. It's transparent and easy. Videos, even low quality ones, make a blog much more interesting. When you put video in your blog you get a videoblog, or vblog, for short. They are also known as vidblogs, vlogs, or vogs.
As part of a series of articles covering basic techniques, here’s an introductory set of features written by SimplyDV’s Colin Barrett and drawn from the many articles written for UK digital camcorder and general video-making magazines since the mid-1990s.
Ah, vacation, that time of year when one travels the world, broadening
one's horizons. Travel today often means packing along a camcorder so
you can relive your adventures later, and even share them with those you
know and love. But beware the dark side...
If you've been in the video field a while, you're used to swimming
in a turbulent surf of bells and whistles, more than you could ever ring
or blow. And if you're new to the profession, the foam and flotsam of
fancy features can leave you treading water, wondering which way is land.
As the tide of hype and jargon endeavors to wash us out to sea, let's
pause a moment and go back to the buoy of basics.
There is really no best time to do your Video Family History interview. Whenever your subject is willing to be interviewed and you can get set up is the right time. It is, however, a good idea to make plans in advance that are convenient for both the subject and yourself. Keep in mind that family events and holiday gatherings provide great opportunities to record Video Family History interviews.
Activists often do not have the resources or the time to produce, edit, and distribute documentaries. However, they continue to use video cameras in their struggles for change. Activists have found that video can influence behavior and keep the opposition on their toes. They want to demonstrate to their adversaries that they can reach a large audience with powerful video images. Video is a potent tool for advancing campaigns and building social movements. The following examples illustrate how a video camera can be a valuable, non-violent tool.
The quality of zoom lenses has improved over the years to rival the quality of fixed focus lenses and offer videographers great flexibility. This is of particular advantage for videographers who must shoot on the fly. If you are shooting documentaries, weddings, public events or anything else where you may have only one chance to get a shot, knowing how to make the best use of your camcorder zoom lens will be indispensable.
If you feel you can't afford a digital still camera, it may surprise
you to discover that you already have the most important part of the kit
already. It's probably been stuffed away in the cupboard since the last
family holiday in Torremolinos four or five years ago. Dust it off: a
little lateral thought could save you a small fortune. Your old camcorder
is already an electronic camera. Like its latest digital still camera
cousins, it has a CCD image sensing chip to convert light into electrons,
instead of using film. The only thing it doesn't have is the part that
converts the electronic picture to digital. We'll show you how to get
round this.
If you wanna tell tell the difference between amateur and pro films
its easy, just look for the one that's wobbling and making the audience
seasick (that's us, the amateurs). OK, so how do we get out of this without
losing the energy of handheld camera shots?
