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Edit Suite: Plan for Better Editing

The first time someone edits a video, they often wonder how anyone can find the process fun. The equipment seems so confusing, everything moves...

Narration Writing

Is a picture really worth a thousand words? Maybe, but your video image alone may not convey your ideas in as much depth as...

How to Create a Storyboard

Hitchcock is "notorious" for having done it. Spielberg has been known to hire armies of artists to do it. Now, thanks to new technologies,...

How to Write a Script: Putting Words to Work in Your Videos

As creative individuals, we videomakers must wage a constant war between our artistic instincts and our need for order and direction. While it would...

Prompting Your Talent: A Look at Cue Cards, Paper Scrolls and Computer Screens

Do your videos include remarks that are pre-scripted for delivery on-camera? If so, then you need that ingenious gadget that lets TV politicians read canned speeches...

Honing Your Ideas: From Concept to Finished Treatment

If you're like most videomakers, you probably have more project ideas than you can shake a camcorder at. So with a little talent and...

The Art of the Edit

When Oliver Stone turned over the massive amount of raw footage that became JFK, editor Joe Hutshing knew it would be a challenge. "I...

Desktop Video: Scripting, Logging and More

Owning a desktop computer won't help you with standard video production techniques. Computer or no computer, you must still master the basics of camcorders,...

Matching Talent With Your Needs

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...

Shooting Without Shooting

A renewed interest in wildlife preservation has increased the frequency of animal "shootings." Fortunately, they're happening with video cameras! There's no better way to capture...