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Destroy Distractions With These Easy Camera Tricks

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Leaving lots of people or things or lights or miscellaneous movement in the frame can help a movie the same way a magician uses her hands or props to distract her audience while doing a magic trick. It’s a big part of movie magic. Depth of field is the amount of space that stays in focus through your camera.

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The Importance of Script Writing in Video Presentations

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CAMERA RETREATS BACK, BACK, BACK, until we have the tiny, silhouetted figures of Gerald O’Hara and his daughter gazing over the lands of Tara, beautiful in the sunset, to the thematic musical accompaniment which we will use for Tara throughout the picture. It includes dialogue, as well as actions for the characters and what the camera sees.

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Six Behind the Scenes Photos and Videos at eLearning Brothers

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In this image you can see that our boom mic (a Zoom H1 Handy Recorder) has it’s line out cabled around and down the boom pole, and then directly into the camera. Also, our sound guy’s headphones are tied directly into the camera so that he is hearing exactly what is being recorded. Blocking and thorough planning will help with this.

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4 Tips for Improved Video in eLearning

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Just get a video camera and record the beetle so everyone can see a blown up image of that lil guy. That’s why it’s important to get your thoughts organized before you sit down in front of a camera. Unless you’re a professional improviser, it shows when you try to wing it.

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Adobe Character Animator and eLearning

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Using your camera and microphone, you can control the animation. Then, with the boom of relatively cheap camcorders that followed, any kid with a camera could make a movie in his backyard with a couple of friends. Were all of these movies good? Do you have a voice and a face?

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Freebie Friday: 3 Stock Video Templates

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That’s not to say you treat it like a cheap 3D movie and throw objects toward the camera just because you can. All the while, pictures encased in a futuristic frame of light slip towards the camera. When it comes to video eLearning, it is a cardinal sin to not take advantage of the medium.

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What can Hollywood teach you about making your Elearning AWESOME?

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Ever wondered why movies are so expensive? Ever sit through the credits at the end of a movie? We probably all have, now that every superhero movie puts a teaser at the end. Why do they need so many people doing so many “strange” jobs to make a movie? I’ve been working in movies and television for 2 decades.

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