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Trimming a video is an important part of keeping the attention of your audience. Getting rid of parts of a video at the start or at the end is an essential step because you want your first five seconds of a video to grab attention. You can use simple tools in any video editing software to trim your video easily but remember this is different from splitting or cropping. Key … [Read more...] about How to Trim a Video

The use of backgrounds in photography and cinematography is an art and it is necessary to utilize your background as much as possible. If the subject is moving, you will want to pay special attention to the background. You can frame your subject with just the right amount in the background. You can also isolate your subject by making your frame smaller, or larger, if you want … [Read more...] about The Art of Using Backgrounds in Photography and Video

When people are first starting out with filming they tend to want to start off with film shorts. Eventually they try to work their way into the big screen and be a big name movie maker. What they tend to notice pretty quickly is that they need to have a good camera to do this with. You will need to have a camera that is ready to go in any situation and during any weather … [Read more...] about 5 Principles of Documentary Filmmaking to Use on Your Next Film

Movies have adapted over time to the need to have two characters from the same person in one movie.Body doubles are often used, and a lot of times, camera techniques have been used.There have been challenges with filming this way, they have learned to combine different techniques to give them the effect that they want.There are often times that a body double is … [Read more...] about To Split-Screens and Beyond: The Art of Creating Doubles

It's no big secret that Instagram has grown exponentially in popularity over the past few years. Thousands of people who are interested in creating and sharing content are using Instagram for just that purpose. There are no  firm requirements when it comes to picture or video size. However given that the platform will resize or re-render to suit their needs and for the sake of … [Read more...] about How to Upload Your Videos to Instagram from PC and Mobile