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Training Videos
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Almost every camcorder is fitted with an autofocus facility. This means that you do not have to worry about making sure the image in your viewfinder is not out of focus or blurred. The camcorder will automatically ensure that what you are filming is sharply in focus.
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Most camcorders are good at recording in low levels of light and will automatically accommodate for it. Although the camcorder will record in low-light conditions, the definition of the pictures you collect may be poor or the colors subdued. Shooting outdoors during daylight hours, even on...
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Sound isn't everything, but it can make or break a video. Even if you have shot excellent visual footage it will very often be useless without good sound. Pictures without usable sound will only provide you with half the story.
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Whatever subject you are filming, the classic concerns of composition what is in your shot and where it is placed within the frame are as important to shooting video as they are to photography and painting.
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When you are filming you should be aiming to collect images that when they are edited together will create a credible continuity to events or a sense of direction which the audience will be able to understand easily.
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The camcorder viewpoint can be very informative for your audience. Depending on where you are, you are giving your viewers very different information. Via your camcorder you are giving your viewers an insight into what is occurring. You can dictate whom the audience will identify with by the...
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Almost every camcorder has a small red light that will come on every time you press the record button to verify that you are actually recording. Although this is a very useful facility while you are using the camcorder to ensure that you are actually laying images onto tape it may sometimes be...
