There are a lot of different reasons why people make videos today and even more would be doing it if they realised how simple it can actually be. There are lots of websites where videos can be hosted such as YouTube and Vimeo and from here they can be shared all over the internet to millions of people. Some people produce videos purely because it interests them and they enjoy while others do it to help to advertise something and others do it as it is what they would like to do as a job.
There is something which a lot of beginners don't do but absolutely should do before they even leave their house to go and film anything. Everything should be checked to make sure that it is all charged and working as the most common beginner mistakes are sound problems, dead batteries and no tape or memory card. Setting everything up and doing a quick trial video before leaving is the best way to avoid any problems later on.
There are plenty of things which people can do to give themselves a head start when producing videos. The first thing to think about is the better the quality of the original footage the less time it will take in editing and it will also cut out the need to go back and re-shoot things. An extra take in the first shoot might take an extra 15-30 seconds but it might cost you half a day when it comes to editing your footage.
Sound is something which is often overlooked and beginners will often find that what they heard during filming is nothing like what they hear in the edit suite. A car in the distance during filming is very likely to sound like it is metres away once in the edit suite and so it is very important to take any background noise into consideration.
There are lots more things which beginners can do to get off to a good start and one other is to absolutely at all costs avoid zooming in and out. In home videos this is acceptable but for any video which is meant to be professional looking it will simply make it look poorly made and cheap.
There is something which a lot of beginners don't do but absolutely should do before they even leave their house to go and film anything. Everything should be checked to make sure that it is all charged and working as the most common beginner mistakes are sound problems, dead batteries and no tape or memory card. Setting everything up and doing a quick trial video before leaving is the best way to avoid any problems later on.
There are plenty of things which people can do to give themselves a head start when producing videos. The first thing to think about is the better the quality of the original footage the less time it will take in editing and it will also cut out the need to go back and re-shoot things. An extra take in the first shoot might take an extra 15-30 seconds but it might cost you half a day when it comes to editing your footage.
Sound is something which is often overlooked and beginners will often find that what they heard during filming is nothing like what they hear in the edit suite. A car in the distance during filming is very likely to sound like it is metres away once in the edit suite and so it is very important to take any background noise into consideration.
There are lots more things which beginners can do to get off to a good start and one other is to absolutely at all costs avoid zooming in and out. In home videos this is acceptable but for any video which is meant to be professional looking it will simply make it look poorly made and cheap.
