Video Production Tips

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Video Production Tips
Just as informative as our video tutorials, but bite-sized and served up fresh every day. These tips are sure to kick your videos up a notch and get you thinking like a pro.

Panning
A pan is a basic camera movement that involves swiveling the camera horizontally around a central axis (usually a tripod). [...]

The Standard 3-Point Lighting Technique

The Standard 3-Point Lighting Technique
The Three Point Lighting Technique is a standard method used in visual media such as video, film, still photography and computer-generated imagery. It is a simple but versatile system which forms the basis of most lighting. Once you understand three point lighting you are well on the way to understanding all [...]

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s … the motivated edit?

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s … the motivated edit? It’s a powerful editing technique, but to execute it well, you must consider the final edit when you plan the first shot.
One of our favorite words when we talk about editing is ‘conventions.’ You’ve read it in our mag or on our Website before, [...]