Techniques

Links to video resources on other websites.

Techniques

Pre-Production

Storyboarding

Print Free Storyboards
Storyboards ... An Unauthorized Biography
By Kyle Oliver - Posted Nov 14, 2005

Production

Action Shots, Low light
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Direction

Continuity

General Shooting Tips

12 Tips for Shooting Better Video with your Camcorder
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by Tara Wisnewski, Crutchfield, 2008
Good Video Tips
by Vincent Soo, CamcorderInfo, 2001
Home Video Hints: Camera Moves
by Jim Stinson, Videomaker, 2002
Home Video Hints: Thinking Like an Editor
by Garret C. Maynard, Videomaker, 2004
How To Make Videos For The Web
If you are making a video that is going to be displayed on the Internet, there are a few things you can do to improve the look on the computer screen.
Shooting Better Video How-to
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by Kris Boustedt, Eastern Washington University, 2004
Ten Tips to Better Video
by Robin Liss, Crutchfield, 2004
The 9 Classic Camera Moves
by Brian Schaller, Videomaker, 2005
Tips for Producing More Effective YouTube Videos
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Michael Miller, InformIt,Sep 2, 2008
Videoguys' Tips for Shooting Family/Home/holiday Video
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WonderHowTo: Shoot Videos
WonderHowTo is a wonderful site that tells you how to do many things. In this instance, I searched for "shoot videos" and turned up a lot of stuff.

Lighting

DIY Video: Add barn doors to a work light
Three Point Lighting
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Three Point Lighting Simulator
Three-point Lighting Tutorial
Video: Light Right-5 Top Tips for Lighting

Pull/Split Focus

Switching focus in one shot

Media College: The focus pull.
Peachpit: Pull Focus Shots
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Sets

Virtual Sets

Shooting a Green Screen

Create Green-Screen & Stop-Motion Special Effects on Your PC!
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Basic info from Popular Mechanics
How to Chromakey - Green Screen / Blue Screen
Editor-agnostic, general wisdom on getting good chromakey effects.

Video Illustrations

Illustrations of video technique.

Wellstone Tutorial: Pull/Split Focus

Post-Production

Editing, adding titles, captions, effects, voiceover, music, etc.

Top 10 Video Editing Effects
Popular editing effects and how to use them in iMovie and Windows Movie Maker, from About.com

Video Editing

Chromakey with Cyberlink PowerDirector 6
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Editing AVCHD
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This site is designed to help you quickly and easily find the latest Editing AVCHD Video reviews, Editing AVCHD Video tutorials, and Editing AVCHD Video videos and Editing AVCHD Video for sale. The
Moving Between Video Tracks
Bill Myers
Watching, Sharing, and Editing Your Home Movies
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Color Correction

General

Panning, Cropping, & Zooming

Windows Movie Maker

Distribution

The medium used to display your video to your audience.

Watching, Sharing, and Editing Your Home Movies
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Formatting for the web

Preparing video for web distribution

AVCHD transcoding using free tools
Use, for example, to transcode AVCHD for Vimeo, without buying a software editor.
Guide to Preparing Video for YouTube (Mac)
Formatting and encoding your Quicktime movie for YouTube
How to Embed High Quality YouTube Videos on Website
Append the &ap=%2526fmt%3D18 to the end of two instances of http://www.youtube.com/v/xxxxxxxxxxx&hl=en&rel=0 within the original quotation mark, where xxxxxxxxxxx represents the unique video ID.
How to Get Widescreen HQ on YouTube
This is about getting HQ for YouTube in a 16:9 aspect ratio
Tips for Producing More Effective YouTube Videos
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Michael Miller, InformIt,Sep 2, 2008
Vimeo HD exporting guides
How to export with popular video editing software for Vimeo's 720p HD service.
YouTube Encoding: Locked & Reloaded
Updated infor on encoding your videos for the highest quality on YouTube (e.g., 480x360, up to 1 gigabyte in size)

Home Media Server

Centralized storage and serving of media files for the home

Windows Home Media Server: Ars Technica Review
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Includes info about purchase of turnkey solution or roll your own for cheaper solution
Windows Home Media Server: Paul Thurrott Review
Description of the server being used in a real-life situation

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