Hey, nice camcorder. And I hear you have a computer, too. Guess you’re in the video business!
Ah, but it’s not that simple. As many would-be photographers can tell you, its not the gear that defines quality; its the person using the gear.
Oh, you knew that.
Okay, what if I were to offer you, say, $5000 to do a history of my life? Would you know what to do? Can you visualize the end result? Or do you just hope that the button marked “Ken Burns Effect” will save your rear-end?
Sound cynical? Guilty as charged. But the proliferation of inexpensive, decent quality video gear has convinced many a consumer they can do their own business videos or wedding videos, and many a prosumer to make the fulltime leap into self-employment.
So here’s my offer. Read the next five paragraphs or so for my “video school in 5 minutes or less”, and you will be one small step closer to telling a compelling story, no matter what that story is.
FIVE MINUTE VIDEO SCHOOL… starting now!
1) Create an outline of your project. What do you envision it to be? Despite all the hype about interactive and non-linear...