Notes from Wista taking video tutorial

Basic setup tips

• camera in eye hight and about an arm length distance
  • just above eye-line and slightly pointing down
• light in front of you
• standing position for video seems to be a good choice
  • actually in the camera video it was suggested to take a seating position when you are not in a studio environment
  • more personal and casual
• get hyped and pump yourself up
• cover lens with hands when you got a good take
• check if I can start/stop the recording via stream deck…

Preparing material

• just take some shorts with the Handy camera

About backgrounds

• office background is more authentic
  • for testimonials
• remove any background clutter
• try to have consistent, ambient light
• paper background
  • muted tones
  • different colors
• create gradient with a light pointing to the middle of the paper

Camera

• a camera setup with an external monitor is great

• a tripod is great too

• soft flattering light

Audio

• get mic as close to subject as possible
• use an external microphone

Lightening

• put the light behind you to remove shadows from the background

Editing tips

L-Cuts

• Hear video before audio - makes it a little bit snappier and timing & pacing gets easier
• work with many layers

  Trim dead space

• helps with overall pace

  Stabilisation

• remove shakening hands
• there are several settings in tools e.g. Adobe Warp Stabilizer

  Being critical

• remove fluff

  Framing

• rotate and scale when necessary

  Keyframes

• starting and ending point of a smooth transition

  Time & Pacing

• add beats and breathes in between

  Too much b-roll

• remove unnecessary clips

  Audio levels

• leave final audio tweaks to the end
• listen on several devices

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