Shoot Video That Doesn’t Suck – Wired How-To Wiki.
- 1 Think in shots
- 2 Keep your shots under 10 seconds long
- 3 Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes
- 4 Zoom with your feet
- 5 Treat Your video camera like a still camera
- 6 Keep the brightest light behind you
- 7 Keep your video short
- 8 Turn off the camera’s digital effects
- 9 Use an external microphone
- 10 Find your story
Nobody watches bad video. Why should they when there are millions of great videos streaming on the web 24/7? Even your mother won’t watch bad video of your kids. She’ll say she watched it, but she’ll switch to Family Guy after 10 seconds—just like everyone else.