If you are anything like me then what happens when you practice presenting a video to the camera, you look natural, approachable and someone worth listening to.
However the second you get in front of the camera, or at least the you become aware the camera is now recording, it all goes to hell in a handbasket!
From that point forward there are pretty much only two scenarios that follow.
The first is that you become stiff, unnatural and spend hours fumbling your way through the script only to end up looking like someone stiff, unnatural and fumbling through a script!
The second is that you end up delivering a lecture or like someone who is talking at the audience and not to it.
So to counter that here are a few tips for overcoming all of that and perhaps communicating to the audience instead!
This is a rather subjective experiment that Gabriel did on the most commonly recommended upgrades for creating social media videos.
Although the results are based on what he feels are important or unimportant, I can’t help but agree with what he is saying and the logic behind it.
See what you think.
OK! Well this is pretty much what it says on the box!
It is a good example of how you can control movement of objects in PowerDirector but I think the more important point is that you can save setups like this and apply them to other projects.
For that purpose make sure you check out that part of the tutorial.
To be honest I am still catching up on the recent updates to Filmora 15 as they rolled out pretty fast this time!
As I mentioned in previous posts on the subject, in this version of Filmora they have put the brakes on developing more A.I. driven features a little.
Instead they have been revisiting quite a few of the existing modules and either adding capabilities to them or as in the example below, totally revamping it entirely.
The one features this week is the subtitling module which on the surface may not seems so exciting.
However before you dismiss the need for comprehensive subtitling remember the number of users watching videos with NO AUDIO looks something like this:
That’s why you need to use subtitles and that’s why a good subtitling module is something you should be interested in!
This is another in the basic series of How to videos from the folks at Movavi.
If you are using Movavi or are thinking of taking it up as your video editing app of choice then these video give a good understanding of what the program can do.
Of course their market is international so it makes sense that they use their own A.I. voices to narrate the video so lets just overlook that part!
When you make the switch from shooting your videos in auto mode to manual there are a number of factors you have to understand.
If you don’t work these out the end result will be you thinking its all garbage because your auto footage looks better than your manual stuff!
One of those key points is the exposure triangle of ISO, Aperture and shutter speed as it all relates to video.
In this video you can see a good explanation of how it all works and if you are interested to learn more, there is a comprehensive article in the link below.
Many people start off with the possible goal of learning how to shoot and edit videos as well as creating an online profile in the process.
This often follows the path of creating a social media presence based on their own videos and building from there.
In reality those many people end up going nowhere on the whole process or end up becoming a slave to their own media channels!
These days getting started regardless of the intended outcome, is pretty easy.
The real task at hand if you have these intentions is to get a grip on the reality of what the day to day process really looks like.
The video below is a 20 min. or so discussion of what that reality actually looks like from a creator who is both successful in building a presence as well as getting freelance work.
As much as we have access to a whole bunch of fancy schmancy A.I tools these days, the reality is that a good edit will always come down to the little details.
Just before you go any further no, this is not about making soccer videos, it’s about making any kind of video.
Even if you have good looking footage and enough of that footage to piece together a cohesive video, that is still not enough.
Of course you need to cut it appropriately but in the end those little fine tuning steps are the nose that will set your project apart.
Here’s a look at that process in Filmora using the available tool to address those things.
If you are just about to fall into that old trap of thinking that the reason your footage doesn’t look as good as it should, so its time for an expensive camera, wait!
Check this video first because it gives an excellent rundown of how light works in a shot and how you can easily deal with it, no camera purchase necessary.
I always love it when the guys from Film Riot deconstruct visual effects from classic movies.
They started of this series a while back and dealt mainly with movies from long ago when there was zero SFX technology to fall back on.
In other words all the effects were pretty much practical in their nature and showed just how inventive the early film makers were.
These days they look at some more recent examples but its always fun to peek behind the curtain and see how they were done.
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