tips for creating better videos
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Simple Hacks to Make Your Videos and Photos Better
Why is this important?
Educators as story tellers. We have great stories but don’t work
hard enough to tell them effectively. Reaching the heart of the learner. Whatever you do, work at it with all
your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. Colossians 3:23-24
Story
Story is king! Almost every video tells some kind
of a story. Focus on your story first. Use storyboards As you are going through production of
your video keep asking yourself, “how does this help tell the story.”
Three Key Elements
Audio Lighting Editing
*We are not going to look at any of these elements exhaustively.
Audio
A movie that sounds good will look better Try to get your mic as close to the
speaker as possible. Make every effort to use external mics if
possible. A lapel mic costs about $30
Audio
Monitor your sound input if possible, if not, play back the video with your eyes closed.
Use background music to build emotion but don’t let it overpower. Music should always support the story. http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:15630#comment_1723756
Lighting
Good lighting can make a mediocre camera look good. Use light that you can control Three point lighting http://
www.mediacollege.com/lighting/three-point/simulator.html
More light is going to make your video look better
Example of an image without enough light
Lighting for still cameras
Again, more light the better. I prefer not to use flash unless it is needed. Bounce your flash
Editing Video
Tools Windows Movie Maker iMovie Adobe Premiere Elements or Final Cut Express
Tips Make your cuts shorter. (Longer is not better) Don’t use fancy transitions. Make sure that you edit angles, sound and zoom in
camera not in post. If you utilize still photos give them motion. (ken
burns effect) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNTiyRDhlRY
Editing Photos
Tools Gimp Picasa 3
Tips Take good photos (there is only so much
you can fix) Use a histogram to adjust lighting
Random Tips.
Megapixels aren’t everything And zoom isn’t either HD is the future but you can do great
things with SD Practice, practice and practice some
more Utilize online communities.