Mastering Videography
By Marc Morris
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Podcast Description
Learn professional level video shooting and editing skills plus tips, tricks and techniques only hollywood filmmakers and broadcast professionals know. Also downloadable content and lots of fun. We are trying to add new information weekly that you can employ immediately. We'll also offer reviews on equipment and Do-it-yourself building projects for homemade equipment and so much more. Nuthin but fun baby, nuthin but fun!
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Video15 Natural Sound Up’s…NAT Pops | An NAT Pop is bringing in a natural sound burst into your video. Watch your morning or evening news and any story the photog. had time to edit will incorporate NAT Pops. | 4/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Video14 Lens Filters To Keep | Lens filters once allowed all sorts of special effects. Star filters made twinkly stars wherever a highlight appeared in frame. Gradient filters turned boring skies into brilliant sunsets. Even defusion filters to get that Vaseline smeared-on-the-lens dreamy look from your video camera. Of course for this effect a pair of nylons stretched tightly over your lens will do the trick too. | 4/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Video13 Keep it Clean Boys and Girls | I hate cleaning my lens. It scares me, damn things expensive, but I\'ve seen a lot of video ruined behind a dirty lens. Try and shoot a beautiful sunset behind a dirty lens and the beautiful sunset will be the second thing your viewers will notice. So keep it clean but CAREFULLY. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Video11 Creating a Fight Scene | Fight scenes in movies are just really long sequences. Since the last two episodes you should be shooting sequences all the time now. I\'m going to show you how you can make two people who have actually no idea how to fight, look pretty good in a fight scene. It all has to do with choosing specific angles that hide and enhance what you want the audience to see. And to prove it, I\'m going to use a nine year old and an eleven year old and I\'m going to do it in an hour. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Video10 Sequences and Effort | Last time we talk about shooting sequences to make your videos more interesting. This time I\'m going to show you the effort it takes to shoot a sequence. It takes time to shoot sequences but the end result is always worth it. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Video09 Sequences for Audience Appreciation | A sequence is a way of editing a group of video clips together so they make sense. Does that make sense? You have to really think ahead to shoot a decent sequence. They include different angles, cutaways and a lot of changing your scale; You\'ll see. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Video08 Screen Direction | Screen Direction is another one of those gotchas that can fool even the most seasoned reporters. Believe me, Ive seen it a lot. So here\'s another taste of the mastering Videography DVD. I hope it helps. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Video07 Action Move for Continuity | Action Move is a continuity technique. Its a very specific technique that should not be used all the time but its interesting if you have a reason to use it. So here is another tool for your toolbox. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Video06 Contrast Ratio | Contrast ratio has a lot to do with our last tutorial on the iris. You see contrast ratio is the difference between the lightest and darkest objects in a shot. Unfortunately video doesn\'t do very well with this and the iris we talked about last time is the tool that has to deal with it. Here\'s another excerpt from the Mastering Videography DVD. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Video05 Oh Mighty Iris | Every video camera has an iris. Hopefully your camera doesn\'t just offer and auto iris. Yeesh, I hate those things. Here\'s a little diddy about the iris and why its so important for your videos exposure. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Video04 Split Edits | Split edit are simply an editing technique. Picture two shots and a strait cut between them. .... No really, picture 2 shots together. Now picture that edit point and just before the edit from the first video clip to the second video clip the audio from the second video comes first. Just a split second before the video. This is a split edit and you need to start using them. Trust me! | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Video03 A Simple Instructional Video | Shooting an instructional video shouldn\'t be that hard. Here\'s a standard way to shoot a simple training video. Don\'t take this one lightly. This is how many types of productions are shot. Keeping these strategies in mind you could shoot all kinds of different video productions. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Video02 Zooming | All video cameras have a zoom lens. Well, maybe not some of those stationary security cameras. The problem is most people use this like its a ride at a theme park. Its so easy; just push that little lever and you zoom in. Push it the other way and you an zoom out ... in ... out ...in ... out ...WEEEE! Well stop this now please. Im getting nauseous just thinking about it. Think of a zoom lens as a composition tool not a video game joy stick. Next time you go for the zoom lever stop and think, why am I zooming. Can I get the shot another way. If you said yes to the last question get it another way. Zooming should only be done if you have a REASON to zoom. | 3/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Video01 Homemade PopFilter | Plosives are a real pain in my .. well, lets just say I make a lot of them. | 3/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 14 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Marc demystifies shooting video
Good solid information that will help those new to videography. This series covers important topics such as screen direction, shooting sequences, when to use the zoom, iris settings, proper exposure, editing tips and lots more. Definitely worth checking out...
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