Video Production

Now more than ever, it's possible for one person to venture into the world and capture great video. By following a few simple guidelines, you too can be an on-the-fly guerrilla filmmaker!

Computer Video Editing Terms

Having the Best Video Shooting Fun with the Videomaker Editors!

NewTek TriCaster Portable Live Production System

Lighting can be extremely complicated. Some movie and TV shoots use dozens of lights to assure proper scene lighting. Here's a primer to help dispel the mystery.

Lighting a scene using everyday lamps realistically is a skill that earns Hollywood gaffers top dollars. Here are some tips to using practicals in your next video.

Compression makes vocals easier to hear and volumes more consistent and brings out sounds that might get lost in a complicated mix.

Documentaries are about real people in real places doing real things. Documentaries were the first films ever made.

Getting the Most Out of Your Actors or Subjects

Voiceovers are the mainstays of advertising, instruction and promotional videos, television programs and feature films.

There are many reasons why audio from a telephone might be in a video. In a dramatic production, it lends an impressive verisimilitude. (Recall the audio from all those nail-biting phone calls in the newsroom of Redford and Hoffman's All the President's Men.) In a documentary, the audio from a telephone interview with an author or news source could be the underpinning of all sorts of footage. Or maybe you'd simply like to sync home movies of the good old days with an interview of mom and dad, to post on YouTube.

The art of infrared videography can produce an image that is ethereal, timeless and full of light.

We treasure our memories, but we can be easily overwhelmed. Fearlessly dive into your archives and uncap your camera lens for the holidays to create a video that will stand the test of time.

Video Sharing Surprise

Watching films is a classroom in itself, yet you really have to have the right tools to become a critical viewer.

For aspiring video producers, it's always hard to find some interesting subject matter. Are you looking for an audience?

When you think about lighting, you probably think about your lights and where to place them. But what about the shadows?

Even in blockbuster movies, continuity errors happen, and eagle-eyed viewers love to find the mistakes.