Shooting Ratio: How Much is Enough Footage?
How do you know if you've shot enough for your next video project? Learn about the shooting ratio, and why directors always aim to waste footage.
Your Questions, Answered
Advice on shooting better video from Steve Stockman, writer/director and the author of "How to Shoot Video that Doesn't Suck
Toy Story: Learning to Use Video Tools
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Never use video tools (like a drone) without using your brain too.
Tricks to Storify Your Travel Video
Even when you can't plan your shoot, you should be able to find a story in almost anything you do. This post: how do we "storify" our vacation.
Shoot Just Enough and No More
Directors go off the rails by not knowing what they need to shoot. Often they do too much, or not enough. How do you know just how much to shoot?
Shoot Like a Pro: Crew-Free Video Production Tips & Tricks
Shoot Like a Pro but if you're shooting without a crew, can you still get great looking video? Of course Shoot Like a Pro
Wedding Video Blues: 5 Tips for Better Wedding Videos
Are you doing a wedding video? Here's how to use your knowledge of the ritual to plan your shoot. They even hand out a program to help you!
Shooting a Boxing Match Three Ways
The answer to how you shoot a video is embedded in this bigger question: Why are you shooting? Here are three ways you might answer.
How to Make a How-To Video that Works: Part I
How to do "how-to" videos, In which we cover the basic requirements for how-to-ing.
Should You Be a Film Major?
Do you really need to be a film major to have a film career? It may be a great idea for you, but do you NEED to? In a word, No.
Story as a Magical Organizing Force
Confused about how to shoot your next video? Story is an organizing force that magically makes your video better.
Can a Teaching Video tell a Story?
Can good storytelling help a teaching video? Does a high surface-area-to-volume-ratio help cellular function? (that's a yes!)
Video as a Collaborative Art
Video is a collaborative art. It takes a team—and a team leader—to make it work. Here's the secret to great performance:Give people space.