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Producing Your Own Vidcast for Video Sharing
Part Two - Production (page 2)

Quiet on the Set


You've now got your set in place, your crew in their positions and your equipment checked and ready. Are you ready to roll? Well, almost. As the producer, it will be your job to not to fall into the "it's-good-enough-for-the-Internet" syndrome. With the proliferation of video sharing sites, we all have become somewhat numb to the quality gap between "Internet" video and broadcast television. So even though you will be distributing in a reduced resolution online, keep in mind that good set design, camerawork, audio and lighting will be all the more important to help your production rise above the rest.

Contributing editor Brian Peterson is a video production consultant, trainer, and lecturer.

Next Month: Part Three - Editing and Distribution.

You now know how to create a show for the Internet; next month we'll show you how to launch your own vidcast.

Sidebar:
Virtual Sets


Getting a good clean key is critical to making a virtual set look believable. To do this, make sure you have very even lighting on your chromakey background. Video generally uses a green background, but it is more important to use a color that is not in your subject. And, depending on the software you use to knock out the background, you may not even need to use a large backdrop. Various companies make small to large paper and fabric backgrounds ranging in prices from about $40 to $400. If you can spare a wall, special chromakey paint is even available.

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