Video Tips From A Former Racer

Here are some tips on making videos for your blog from a former World Racer. I found these helpful and I hope they help you too!

VIDEO TIPS

 

1. Videos
   should be no longer than 3 minutes, 5 at the max. Super long videos deter
   people from watching.
2. I am a
   quality freak, so I usually only put music to my video clips because you
   can’t hear the sound very well. But there are times when you need sound
   from the clips because of the type of video. So I usually make sure who
   ever is being filmed talks loud.
3. Double
   check your video at least a few times before exporting.
4. Videos
   are a great way to share blogs so do it often.
5. Consider
   doing a series or videos on the same topic like my missionary living
   videos. It keeps people coming back for more.
6. Put
   yourself in the viewer’s shoes when filming/making videos. It is usually
   people who aren’t on the race so they might not understand all that you
   have in the video.
7. Keep
   away from talking for too long on a video. ie. Sharing a long story with
   the film just at your face.
8. Videos
   for blogs are important to share about life on the race so be creative.
   Support raising videos are awesome too.
9. As far
   as videos for churches back home or summing up a month or continent, make
   sure you tell the viewers about what you did with subtitles or certain
   ministry specific video. People want to know what you did.
10. Don’t
    be afraid to film people or places, sometimes it may look or feel awkward
    but you won’t regret it later when you have awesome footage. So make sure
    you film as much as you think of it. Bring your camera everywhere.
11. Depending
    on what type of camera you have. Avoid zooming when filming. You can
    always zoom when you make a video on the computer. For my camera it made
    the video quality go down (see quality freak).
12. I have
    a canon power shot SD1100 IS. I think it worked just fine for videos and
    pictures. But I would suggest getting an HD flip video camera. That would
    give you awesome video and in HD. But have another camera for pictures. I
    am sure you can get it on ebay or amazon very cheap. Time is running out
    though!
13. I also
    tried to avoid shooting portrait videos because it didn’t ever go in the
    movie-making program right. I prefer landscape.
14. Pick
    music for videos that are relevant to the type of video.
15. Macs
    usually have fun sounds that you can use too.
16. freeplaymusic.com
    is a place where you can get all kinds of sounds and music with no lyrics.
    I used it often. But look through it now because Internet around the world
    is a lot slower.
17. I
    think that is all for now but you can always ask more questions!