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It's time to learn the advanced techniques in Composition!

Manipulate your viewer into watching one portion of your movie, while other events continue in the scene!

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Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but a great photo is due to well-executed and thought-out composition. Take your seats, it's time for the Advanced Class in Composing.

How to manipulate the viewer into watching one portion of your movie, while other events continue along in the scene.

If you visit a Hollywood film production, or sit through its credits, you know it takes busloads of people to get the production in the can. But what if you don't have access to busloads of people?

Wide-angle and telephoto lenses render images differently from the way we naturally see things. Skilled videographers can exploit these differences to create effective shots.

The world is full of rolling stock, just waiting for you to ride it while you shoot amazing moving shots.

All the tricks and techniques of in-camera effects that take your ho-hum video from the ordinary to the brilliant with these savvy shooter's tips.

A basic understanding of the rules of composition will help you frame for maximum impact and ultimately enhance the outcome of your finished piece.

HDTV

Camera moves can make your project look super professional or incredibly amateurish depending on how well you use them.

High definition video gives more to the viewer, but it asks more of the shooter. What do you need to know to begin?

If better-looking video is your goal, maybe it's time you took control.

Put yourself in control of your camcorder's automatic features.

What do all those buttons do, anyway?

Making focus work to your advantage is a key part of producing good video.

Learn how to use your lens to create and control depth of field.

Six Tips (and a Few Cautions) for Shooting Video at Night

If your work will be viewed on the Internet, you need to shoot with compression in mind.

Focus is much more than just getting a technically sharp image.