Episode 174 - Tips for Video Bloggers
Posted on 26 August, 2009 at 17:18 PM
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Today a nervous Natalie sits on the couch to share with you what she learnt at a 4 day course she attended in the past few days.
The course is held by the Media-Academy South Africa and is an intensive 4 day training course on how to become a Video Journalist.
Useful tips I learnt during the course:
- Five Shot Theory
- Angles - in an interview try keep your subject off-centre. i.e Golden Cut
- Use as many visuals as you can
- Try to keep your original sound bites
I'd like to thank Alila Hofmeyr for letting me use her story, and Dominique Vandenhoudt for the great course.
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User Comments
Dave 26 Aug, 2009 17:36:54 PM
Great post!
Nat, really liked your video piece. Alila's story was a beautiful one, I wanted to keep watching when the video ended!
The video is very fluid, I felt like I was watching a professional documentary. Great work.
Mark 26 Aug, 2009 17:56:23 PM
Awesome work Nat, a very captivating short story. You lucky to have her on your team boys!
Curious why your video format is almost square Nat? No wide screen format?
Nat 26 Aug, 2009 18:03:26 PM
Thanks for the great feedback everyone!
@mark - when I mde the video I did it in the wrong format. I was using final cut express for the first time and didnt know how to change it into widescreen:( also I had some difficulties during the export process!
Lauren Fowler 26 Aug, 2009 19:08:15 PM
Nice Nat! Your piece was nicely thought through and the narrative tied in well with each shot. Your subject matter was also a unique and personal story which kept me interested throughout. Well Done!
Mark Forrester 26 Aug, 2009 21:50:51 PM
Got ya. Same excuse as my brother-in-law for not shooting our wedding movie in wide screen :(
Rachel Bastarache 26 Aug, 2009 22:58:08 PM
@Nat to change to widescreen in FCE, first off what'd you shoot the video in? If you shot it in widescreen, FCE should recognize it as widescreen when put into a NTSC DV sequence (this maybe a PAL sequence for South Africa, not sure). That will automatically letterbox your video by placing the widescreen video onto a black box with the bars across the top. If it wasn't shot in widescreen, just go into the video filters and add widescreen video filter, OR in the motion tab in the canvas, crop the video 12.5 points on the top and bottom. ;) What camera and format did you shoot in? If you need more help, email me. I work with Final Cut Pro as a professional video producer, and I also vlog myself. Love to help you out!
@Marc you look so proud of Nat! :)
Marc Perel 26 Aug, 2009 23:03:18 PM
@Rachel - I am, and Dave too. We were so amped to get her on the couch this morning to share her thoughts on the course and show her video!
Well done Nat :D Make your brothers proud! #BOOM
Rachel Bastarache 26 Aug, 2009 23:10:09 PM
@Marc and @Nat that was some good information taught at that 4-day course! Incorporating that into FtC will step it up even further in the vlog-sphere. Thanks for getting on the couch and sharing them!
JBagley 26 Aug, 2009 23:26:23 PM
Awesome short video Natalie! Loved the story as well as the angles and shots.
plumber alexandria 27 Aug, 2009 16:16:29 PM
Very Cool the angels were quiet good, i was thinking To try Video blogging for My site I think These Tips Would be useful for me,
Aaron Irizarry 27 Aug, 2009 17:15:24 PM
Props Nat!
great job on the vid... stoked to see ya on the couch!
~ Aaron I
Julie 27 Aug, 2009 23:52:53 PM
Nat, thanks for sitting on the couch! The Alila video was really lovely :) Thanks for sharing her story. Brilliant job, hopefully we'll all get to see you more often on the couch ;)
NSF Lawyers 13 Nov, 2009 23:08:45 PM
I am looking into journalism right so I definitely appreciate the tips. Thanks!
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Mike Conaty 26 Aug, 2009 17:35:35 PM
Nicely done Nat! Interesting shot choices, and nice sound mix too!