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6 Ways to Draw Attention On Screen - Film Composition Techniques There is a sort of a "secret language" that is spoken when you are shooting, editing and presenting a video to an audience. It doesn't really matter at what level you are producing videos because that language is always at work. At the pro level they know the language and use it to create a specific effect or … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Video Composition, Quick Tips and a Zach King Tutorial

10 Steps to Shoot Epic B-Roll of Anything I just realized going back through a few of the Friday Roundup posts that I do tend to included tutorials on B-roll footage quite a lot! I guess the reason I push it so regularly is that I figure most of the people following this blog are going to fit into the amateur or at least prosumer level of the video editing spectrum. I don't … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Hollywood Transitions, Musical Pace and Camera Angles

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Using Your Webcam like a Pro Recently there has been quite jump in the number of people using webcams as their primary means of creating videos as well as getting work done remotely. So much so that even Canon recently released their own app to allow owners of their DSLRs to use them as webcams. Most full image cams or even video cams are not really set up in such a way as to … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Webcam Tips, Advanced Audacity and Masking