Dive Into Your Imagination

We wanted to capture a little bit of Jack’s personality on film. He needed a little bit of attention because all the focus has been on the twins for the past five months.

Everyone Wants to be a Moviestar!

Multimedia has exploded and everyone LOVES to see video! Between ipods and youtube, it is definitely here to stay! You can easily participate, all you have to do is apply the lessons from this site!

The following are all examples of video memories you can create, video is much morepowerful then one photo. When you shoot footage, you can use the same shots in a variety of ways. I combined various images and used them differently in all of my products: The Camera Coach, Visions of the Sea, and the Dive Into Your Imagination series.

HOW LONG SHOULD YOUR VIDEO BE?

The last ingredient of what you need to think about in creating your story is recognizing that on the internet versus in your living room, you can only hold your audience for around 2:00-2:30. Most of my examples will be around this length.Most of the videos that are longer than 3:00 on the DIYI site are actual chapters and excerpts from DIYI DVDs or from productions.

Realize that these steps are only challenging the first couple of times you pick up your camera to film.It becomes easier as you practice, always remembering shooting and editing go hand in hand!

In addition to various types of programs you can choose to create, the audio is very important because it gives you the FEEL of your story. Sound is a vital component to getting your audience FEELING a certain way. You need to think about the sound and what the audience will hear. Following are choices you can do depending on how you want your story to unfold. Deciding this before you begin filming will help you create your story and give it the mood you want it to have!

Create your story, keeping your audience in mind.

For your first attempt at shooting and editing, why not start with something easy, like: Why I Like to Dive. Or if you have kids, What happens when my children take a bath? You might have footage from a past shoot, or you might create and write the story before you shoot.

Storytelling

We are in a digital imaging revolution because of video cameras and small compact still cameras capable of capturing video, combined with easy to use desktop editing systems. The power of this technology was unleashed to all of us in 2005 when YouTube hit the Internet. The ability for each of us to share our productions and get published with the world via video portals has created a craze of forums for every camera person, beginner or experienced. So now, every single one of us can be broadcasters with a camera and personal computer. It’s fast, fun, easy and a powerful way to communicate…if you know the fundamentals of storytelling!

School Group

Editing and Shooting Tips:

We filmed a promotional DVD for Truth Aquatics to promote their island excursions for school groups. During the interview the lighting was so bad that we decided not to use the headmaster on camera, we just used his voice as the narrator. We captured so much B-Roll footage (that is scenes that tell the story from a production standpoint, watch television and you will start to see this filler type footage in every interview) from the trip that we just needed to make sure we had enough coverage of him not addressing the camera to tell the story so we could still establish him as a character in this short piece.