Talent

• The Right Reading: Finding Your Video's Voice

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Thu, 12/01/1994 - 12:00am

  

  Learn how an engaging voice over can add professionalism and impact to your videos. Whether you hire help or do it your self, it pays to find your video's voice.

• It's All About Direction

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Fri, 04/01/1994 - 12:00am

  

  When a video project fails, there's no one to blame but the director.

  That's the bad part.

  The good part is that when it succeeds the glory is the director's alone.

  We've all seen poorly directed films. They wander aimlessly, camera pointed at nothing in particular, actors sleepwalking through their roles. You find yourself wondering, "Where in the heck were they trying to go?"

• Kid Vid - The Delicate Art of Taping Children

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Tue, 02/01/1994 - 12:00am

  

  In many ways kids make perfect video subjects-they're lively natural and up front on camera These same qualities, however, can prove the undoing of the unsuspecting videomaker.

  Taping children-whether your own progeny or hired talent-requires patience, planning and above all, stamina. This article will reveal the tricks and techniques of the kid vid trade-from birthday parties to TV commercials

• Matching Talent With Your Needs

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Tue, 02/01/1994 - 12:00am

  

  What's the one factor that usually separates the video novices from the burgeoning pros?

  Talent.

  When you tackle the trials and tribulations of working with real live talent, you know you've become a pro.

  For the sake of this article and for most videomakers' purposes, we will define talent as any purposeful presence either on screen or off, of a person explaining, demonstrating, hosting, narrating or otherwise acting in your video.

• Fight Video Fright

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  Anonymous (not verified) - Tue, 01/01/1991 - 12:00am

  

  You know the feeling

  Walk into a room full of people, remove your camcorder's lens cap, and suddenly your would-be subjects are aswash in a sea of anxiety

  There they are: your relatives, your friends, eyes squeezed shut, heads lolling, muttering nonsense, primping neurotically, crawling with tics and twitches, looking and acting mor elike loonies on a day trip than people you love and admire. You hoped to catch them at their natural best; instead, you're accumlulating evidence for commitment.

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