The SOLOSHOT2 Automatic Tracking Tripod Head keeps a camera pointed at a moving subject wearing a wireless transmitter from 200 ft to 2000 ft away. This robotic device does not require a camera operator. It can handle small cameras up to 5 pounds in weight and do 360°...
Nearly every smart phone today produces broadcast quality HD video. Smart phones used to be a last resort for news stories. Today they are used routinely. Consider the story below. It was shot entirely on an iPhone 5s at full HD 1080p. This version was downconverted...
$700,000 from a Kids' YouTube Channel "Sidewalk Cops 4 - The Car Thief " has had more than 13 million views This California family had an idea - why not make a video of our two sons trying out new toys. They call it the Gabe & Garrett Show. Their videos get tens...
Many of the video production trends for 2015 are technology-driven. And while the techniques themselves are nothing new, they are now available to everyone with an artistic eye. 1. Shorter, Shorter, Shorter A one minute video will be watched by 50% more people than a...
As I've discussed in other articles such as Screen Recording With VLC and Convert Video Files with VLC, this free video player can do a lot. Here's another trick VLC can do - Record Your Webcam. Even if your webcam has software to take pictures and record video, VLC...
Capturing the screen goes by various names such as screencast, screen recording or screen session recording. There are quite a few screencast programs around such as BB Flashback Express, Screencast-O-Matic, Jing and the standard - Camtasia which is a bit pricey....
I've written about the VLC Media Player before. See A Better Replacement for Windows Media Player and Apple Quick Time. I swear by it and I'm not alone. Many video producers consider it their primary video viewer. On the surface it is a straightforward video player,...
Shaky cam, also called queasy cam, is a cinematic technique used to give a scene an ENG (electronic news-gathering) or documentary look to persuade viewers that the subject or scene being filmed was happening live without rehearsal or any artifice. It is often used in...
Simplifilm.com produces motion graphic videos as book trailers and app demos. According to one source this is a million dollar video business. They have a great looking website with samples and a blog. Their blog posts were originally written to explain their process...
Smart phones have been making surprisingly great video for quite a while now. See this classy 4 Min “Doc” for Bentley Motors which was filmed with the iPhone 5s. So it's no surprise that the new iPhone 6 would be better. But the cameras in the new IPhone 6 and the 6...
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