Shoot What Interests You
Shoot what interests you. Focus your camera on a fascinating person or thing or story—and your video will improve instantly.
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Shoot what interests you. Focus your camera on a fascinating person or thing or story—and your video will improve instantly.
Discover "How to Shoot Video that Doesn't Suck: The Video Course." Transform your video creation skills with 22 lessons, hundreds of tips, and practical exercises.
Good video is like a sentence, with the same “noun/verb” structure you learned then. Here's how to take what you learned in third grade to make great video.
Most video cameras have bad microphones-- made worse by bad software. The secret to great video sound? Use a microphone that plugs in.
When it comes to video, the old show-business expression “Always leave them wanting more” applies. Here's how to keep your video short.
Unless you have a real design sense (and if you do, you know it already) take it easy on the graphics and titles. Here's why.
Turn off the digital effects in your video camera NOW. They only make things worse. Once you use them, you can never fix them.
Do your subjects sometimes look like refugees from the witness protection program? To prevent that, keep the brightest light behind you.
One of the fastest ways to make your video suck less: Stop moving the camera. Some of the greatest shots in movies are locked camera shots
Do you find yourself zooming in on subjects from waaaaay across the room? Bad idea. You'll get much better video if you zoom with your feet.
If people are the stars of most videos, faces are what you want to stay focused on. Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.
Short shots make us pay attention. Each new shot forces our brains to figure out what we’re looking at and what it means.