robint
Contributor
yeah, a storyline helps with all videos. Sometimes there just isn't one, so you have to make a story with the music choice or editing. A beginning (getting geared up or getting in water, etc), a middle, and an end are important to keep your audience entertained. Videos longer than 5 minutes need to be full of exciting clips or ... snore. :sleepy:
as far as the issue of "shoot like your audience is retarded"... yes, true. I say shoot like your audience is a 7yr old with ADHD. Make clips short, but don't speed them up unless it is smooth and works with story or music. Edit, edit, edit. You never need a clip longer than 30 seconds unless it is a whale shark giving birth (a tip given to me by another videographer when I first started out.)
I am not familiar with your editing program but the one I use has a "white balance" in it to help tweak each individual clip. I don't use it for every clip, but I do every now and then when a clip looks a bit dull. It seems to tweak it just enough, brighten the colors, to help immensely. Also, tweaking the contrast sometimes can salvage a dull clip. Play with some clips and see what you can come up with. I have spent hours just playing with my program to see what will happen, and I have yet to explore even 25% of it.
Also, I have an Ikelite housing and though I could white balance underwater, I don't. Several reasons, but mainly it is because I just can't dink with that little wand and scroll through the menu - big waste of my dive time.
I only watched the first video you posted so far. I will go and watch the rest shortly.
robin
as far as the issue of "shoot like your audience is retarded"... yes, true. I say shoot like your audience is a 7yr old with ADHD. Make clips short, but don't speed them up unless it is smooth and works with story or music. Edit, edit, edit. You never need a clip longer than 30 seconds unless it is a whale shark giving birth (a tip given to me by another videographer when I first started out.)
I am not familiar with your editing program but the one I use has a "white balance" in it to help tweak each individual clip. I don't use it for every clip, but I do every now and then when a clip looks a bit dull. It seems to tweak it just enough, brighten the colors, to help immensely. Also, tweaking the contrast sometimes can salvage a dull clip. Play with some clips and see what you can come up with. I have spent hours just playing with my program to see what will happen, and I have yet to explore even 25% of it.
Also, I have an Ikelite housing and though I could white balance underwater, I don't. Several reasons, but mainly it is because I just can't dink with that little wand and scroll through the menu - big waste of my dive time.
I only watched the first video you posted so far. I will go and watch the rest shortly.
robin
