3 May
2015
3 May
'15
8:23 a.m.
On May 3, 2015, at 8:17 AM, Lee Courtney <leec2124
at gmail.com> wrote:
Nice video, took me back to my mainframe operator days. When I make a video
I try to adhere to three rules that greatly increase the quality and
effectiveness:
1. Use a tripod - I use a couple of cell phone cameras and have tripods to
hold them steady and keep them on-shot
2. Make sure you have adequate lighting - nothing worse than "here is this
and that", but we just see black
3. Have a script - I write down what I want to show, sequence, and block
and time the shots. For example, when something appears on the screen I
make sure it stays in a shot long enough for the viewer to read.
And I would much rather a ?quick-and-dirty show-me-now? cell-phone video showing me what?s
going on right away, rather than wait for a slick professionally-produced correctly lit
video. This is this guy?s hobby, and I appreciate *any* output and would never dream of
criticizing his videographer skills.
Ian