So you're new to filming or editing, well in this video I'm going to show you how
to absolutely crush it and get the best out of your video or filming experience,
these are my top seven hacks to get the best out of your video.
So get plenty of coverage for the story you're trying to tell and that's the first tip we're
giving here. There's nothing worse than going onto YouTube searching for
something and then finding a video of someone just talking forever, 20 minutes
just straight to camera about a subject or a product or a device that you're
looking for. Make sure to get loads of footage and coverage of the device so if
you're reviewing say a MacBook Pro, film the MacBook Pro from loads of different
angles round the front round the back the keyboard the speaker's the screen
show it all off and then you can play it over you talking and record it is almost
a bit of a voiceover, it just makes the whole thing much more interesting and if
you don't have that much B-roll think about some graphics you can add can you
add some stats or text or details and things like that
it really makes the whole thing much more interesting and trust me if it is
just you talking to the camera it's probably the number one way you're gonna
lose viewers from your channel, so get coverage is our first and major number
one tip. So the next tip is to make sure you film your subject or your story from
lots of different angles there's nothing worse than seeing just one standard
tripod angle for 20-30 minutes, think about shooting down low think of filming
up high using drones you know putting your camera down a drain if you've got a
GoPro just little shots that make the entire story much more interesting to
use and I think it shows off your creativity as well if you're just
sitting there with you know your camera on a tripod for 20 minutes it doesn't
say much about you as a creative so doing things like this will take you
from basic to boss in no time. So the next tip is sound quality, now most
people can get over a little bit of bad video footage but trust me no one can
get over bad audio quality, so really think about your audio what can you do
to improve it. Now microphones is the first obvious one there's lots of really
great microphones you know we use this lapel mic here and it really helps with
the room that we're in but you can also do some other things like improving the
acoustics in your room, so put blankets up if you can get some cheap acoustic
panels and they'll all just take out the rattles the hums the vibrations from
your your room which will really help improve your audio and also make sure
you turn off air-conditioning or radios and radiators in rooms as well and I
really give your video some really great audio quality so the next thing to think
about is the color and style of your videos how many times have you seen a
video and it just looks flat dull and lifeless or - oversaturated and a bit
unrealistic now sometimes that's a good thing but have a think about your video
and how your camera films. Some cameras film in quite flat profiles
which is that kind of gray flat profile it may have seen and they do that on
purpose so that it retains a lot more information and then you can bring out
the colors with your own color correction or nuts that are available
everywhere online so it's worth searching for some great nuts for your
video footage but just have a think about the color you know do the things
that you're filming like this top when you're wearing it in real life and you
look at it on your screen does it look how it did in real life or
can you enhance it even more to bring in the viewers more into your footage I
mean the more into your video and your content and it will really help to prove
the story you're trying to tell the next tip is to use your superpower
as the editor of the footage you're filming as the editor you can have the
Edit in your mind before you go out filming and really come up with some
creative ways of doing transitions and changing style up during the video so
Andy who does our videos or sometimes film transitions with the cameras a
sudden swipe down and then a sudden swipe up and that just gives a really
cool look when you're trying to go from one scene to another. It really kind of
throws the audience and it really impresses everyone who sees those types
of transitions so what can you do you know you can even speed up your editing
time by thinking about what you're gonna film how you're gonna edit and maybe
even speed the process up by editing in a certain order I think it also helps
you know you from forgetting things to put in your video which can really help
tell that story. So make sure to use your superpower as the editor!
So the next tips are for filming outside okay so you're thinking it's the middle
of the day it's nice bright and sunny and it's a perfect time to film well
your possibly wrong it can sometimes be the worst time of the day to film if the
Sun is super bright in the sky and there's no cloud cover you can be really
badly overexposed so your model or your presenter can have horrible light cast
over their face the perfect time in most cases is to film early in the morning or
later into the afternoon you get a beautiful golden hour where the Sun is
lighting up the sky and everything around it not such a harsh direct light
you may want to turn the subject around if you do have to film during the middle
of the day so they've got the Sun on the back which it really gives them a nice
highlight and sort of glow around them and that really helps give you a nice
style to your video finally make sure you learn the editing program inside out
there's loads of free tutorials on our Channel and other channels out there on
YouTube. There's things you can do to speed up your editing like using an
Editors Keys cover but just make sure you really learn how the editing
software works. There's nothing worse than getting some great footage and then you
bring it into edit and all the cuts and edits look terrible it can be ruin a
flow and the style of your edit so make sure you learn how to use all of the
tools have to put together a perfect timeline and how to export perfectly for
YouTube or other social media channels so I hope you enjoyed this video and I
hope those little tips are gonna help you get the best out of video I
know some of those are quite obvious but sometimes I think it helps just having
someone just reiterate the main points of filming so you can get the best out
of it let me know in the comments below what you're filming you know link me to
your YouTube channel so we can check out what you're doing and let us know what
you think of this video and certainly let me know if you've got any questions
because we get back to every single question that's asked to us thanks for
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