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Lorraine Grula - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Lorraine Grula is an award-winning video professional who has worked for three decades in all phases of Television and Video Production. She specializes in writing, editing and concept creation. Her blog, Video Production Tips dot com is an internet leader for teaching people the art and science of video production.
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- What Makes a Video Go Viral?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Whenever a new viral video sensation hits the internet, it might seem a bit random and unpredictable. Why, out of the 60,000 videos uploaded to YouTube daily, does this or that one become super popular? Susan Boyle is over 9 billion views.
- Online Video Technology Takes a Leap
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] The newest technology for online video makes a great thing even better. Discover how the viewer can now interact with whatever video they are watching.
- How to Make a Great Video
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] If you want to make your own original video, you'll want to start thinking about how to get unique and unusual camera angles. Here are some tips to do just that!
- How Unique Are You?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Online video viewership is growing exponentially. Everyday, more and more people are using video online. How do you fit in with all the video being watched? Are you a watcher or a doer? Find out!
- Video Trumps SERP Results
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Google loves video now more than ever. As Google refines it's search engine, video is scoring higher and higher. What does this mean for your website?
- How to Set Up a Simple Video Studio
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Making video in a studio is the fastest and cheapest way to do it. Here is some advice on how to put together a simple, but complete TV production studio.
- Making Videos in the Studio - Using Virtual Sets
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] One of the cheapest and easiest ways to make an incredible-looking environment for your video production is to use a virtual set. A virtual set relies on chroma-key, or green screen effect. You actually videotape your host in front of a green background and then replace the green background with anything you wish... a still picture of Mt Everest or a digital image specially designed to look like a large television studio.
- White Balancing and Color Temperature For Video Production
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Have you every shot video only to have it turn out a yucky blue or green? It was probably a white balancing problem. Discover everything you need to know about white balancing and color temperature when making video.
- What To Look For When Buying A Video Camera
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Electronics] Which video camera should you buy? The answer depends on several things. Here is a list of video camera features to keep in mind when shopping for a new video camera.
- Lighting For Video - Using Compact Fluorescents
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Would you like to know about one of the BEST ways to add light to your video production? Cool-light compact fluorescent light bulbs are a fantastic tool to add to your arsenal of video production equipment. Compact flo gives a nice, soft, diffused light and the fixtures don't get burning hot. Plus, they use less electricity. Discover the exciting advantages of compact fluorescent lights for making videos.
- Making Video - The Sequence
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Video sequences are how you tell a story with video. What exactly is a video sequence?
- Video Production - How to Get Great Slow Motion
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Slow-motion video looks fantastic if you do it right. Discover how to get fantastic slow motion video easily.
- Video Production Basics - What's Easy?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Gain some perspective on how much video you need shoot to get in order to create a video masterpiece. How much video do you have to shoot in order to make a five-minute video? Some people would answer, "five minutes." Others would say, "fifty hours." They'd both be right. How can such disparity be true?
- Why Jon Stewart Deserves an Emmy For His Smack Down of Jim Cramer
[Arts-and-Entertainment] The world is abuzz with the smack down of Jim Cramer by Jon Stewart. How could a trusted financial news network have gotten it so wrong for so long? EASY! Corporate news does not want real news, it pisses too many people off. Discover the dirty little secrets of the TV news business from an insider who fought the system for years.
- Wireless Microphones For Video Production
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Streaming] Using a wireless microphone in your video production can give you much greater freedom of movement. However, they are not perfect for every situation. Learn more about how to use a wireless microphone in this video production tips article.
- How Bad TV News Let the Financial Collapse Happen
[News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Can the financial collapse be blamed on the sorry state of TV news! YES! says an industry insider.
- Video Production Jargon
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Visual-Graphic-Arts] Knowing the language used in video production will help you communicate with video production professionals. Here is a list of commonly used jargon. B-roll: B-roll is a term indicating the video pictures used to illustrate a story.
- Audio For Video - Tips to Make it Easy
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Want to record decent audio for your video production? Worried that you can't get good audio because all you have is the microphone that comes attached to your camera? Discover how to make that work just fine with these tips.
- Making Videos and Appearing On-Camera - What Should You Wear?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Need help deciding what to wear when you make that online video? Here is some practical and expert advice.
- Online Video Marketing - How Good Does Your Video Have to Be?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] A Video Production Tips reader recently wrote to me expressing confusion over how good a video has to be in order to be acceptable. He said he had read conflicting things. Some people were arguing that quality didn't matter much, any video was better than no video.
- Video Editing Software - What's the Best?
[Computers-and-Technology:Software] What are you going to edit? How much experience do you have? How complicated do you want to get?
- Video Editing Software - Camtasia Studio
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Camtasia Studio is one of the most popularly recommended video editing software programs. For what it is, Camtasia is a great program BUT (and this is a very BIG BUT) it is absolutely NOT the right software for most video editing projects. To hear some people recommend it though, you sure would get the impression that it is the be-all and end-all for video editing. It's NOT.
- Online Video Hosting and Storage - What's the Best Option?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Where should you have your online videos hosted? Is You Tube the best option or should you look elsewhere?
- Online Video Production - Aspect Ratio, 3 X 4 and 16 X 9
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Have you ever wondered what those black bars are doing on the sides (or top and bottom) of your video screen. Here's you answer!
- Online Video Marketing - How to Easily Make a Simple, Yet Effective Video
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Online video marketing is booming. Everyone recognizes the vast opportunity, the question is how best to develop the art into a practical, profitable adventure for us all.
- Online Video Marketing - Hurt More Than Help?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Does a crummy web video hurt your online marketing more than it helps? Some people think so. I read an article the other day, "Most Web Videos Stink, Articles are Better."
- Video Production - Taping a Talking Head
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Discover how to make your video look great. Tips for videotaping a talking head shot, the most common in all of video production.
- Online Video Marketing - Monetizing Your Video
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Discover the fascinating new technology at the forefront of online video marketing. Monetize your videos in a whole new way!
- Online Video Marketing - Does it Work?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] If you have an online business, no doubt you have heard that video should be part of your marketing strategy. Is this true or just a bunch of hype? Read the results of an important marketing survey to find out.
- Online Video - What Do Viewers Want?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] What do online video viewers want out of their video viewing experience? Their requests may sound simple, but as of today, not always possible.
- Online Video Marketing - How to Get Your Video Seen
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Online video marketing is the hottest trend going. But what is the best way to get viewers? The answers to this survey may surprise you!
- Converting Digital Video Files
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Incompatible digital video file formats can be a royal pain in the tush! Discover a free way to solve the problem.
- Video Production - We'll Fix it in Post
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Post production is the phase of video production where mistakes are corrected. Right? Wrong! Well, let me put it like this. In the video production world, the line: "We'll fix it in post," is a common utterance for field crews.
- Learn Video Production - Watch TV With the Sound Down
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] If you want to learn how to produce your own videos, try watching TV with the sound down. This will help you concentrate on the visual storytelling aspect of TV.
- Online Video - Making Money on You Tube
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Online video is the modern equivalent to the gold rush. Everybody wants to rake in the dough but few really are. Discover what it takes to make money with You Tube and online video.
- Christmas Video Production
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Tis the season to produce Christmas videos! I love Christmas, I love producing videos and I love history, so combine those three things and I am in hog heaven!
- Online Video Production - Using Royalty Free Music
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Music is one of the easiest ways to spice up your video and make it more entertaining to watch. But you can't use just ANY music. Discover how to avoid being sued by making this common mistake.
- Video Production Online - Using Characters to Tell a Story
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Storytelling is the heart of any video production. Discover how to create characters that will make your videos come alive!
- Online Video Viewers - A Fickle Bunch
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] How long should your video production be? Some shocking statistics from one of the webs leading video sites will have you hitting your delete button!
- Video Production Tips - Close-Ups, Your Most Important Shot
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] In video production, shots are classified as wide, medium, or close-ups. A wide shot shows the entire scene, the close-up concentrates on a small detail and a medium shot is somewhere in between.
- How to Make a Motivational Mind Movie
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Enjoy this spectacular, inspirational Mind Movie. Then, discover how to make your own just like it!
- Video Production - Top 5 Mistakes
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] To get results, your video must stand out from the crowd. Discover the Top 5 Mistakes video producers make and how to avoid them.
- Video Production - Quality Audio For Video
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Quality audio is critical for the success of your video production. discover all you need to know about how to get good audio for your video.
- Creative Ways to Shoot Video - Tripod Substitutes
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] Creative ways to enhance your video production skills. Learn from the video shooting techniques of a life long pro. The Lazy Man's way to get great video.
- Video Production Equipment - Where to Buy
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] One of the largest and best places to buy video production equipment is B&H Photo. B&H has long been a favorite among video professionals. They sell home equipment too.
- Video Production - Storytelling
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] The best videos tell a story. But how do you weave a good story into a video production on a boring topic?
- Video Production Lighting Basics
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] For many novice video producers, lighting causes lots of worry and seems very complicated. Lighting for video production CAN be complicated, but it certainly doesn't HAVE to be. I specialize in making video as easy as possible while still maintaining a professional look. I can sum up everything you need to know about lighting in just three bullet points:
- Online Video Marketing - Make Your Videos Clickable
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Video Marketing on the internet is hot, and it just got hotter! Explore the amazing new technology that lets you monetize your videos in a whole new way!
- Green Screen Technique For Video Production
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Visual-Graphic-Arts] When making a video using green screen technique, how far away from the green background should your on-camera talent be? The answer might surprise you.
- Script Writing For Video Production
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] What makes a good video production script? It's not what you might think!
- Video Stock Footage For Free
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] I just discovered one of the greatest resources for video producers I could ever imagine. FREE stock footage. Yup, FREE. As an independent video producer, having access to quality footage is essential. I can not edit together a great video with out great raw materials.
- How to Outsource Video Production
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Do you want to jump into online marketing with video but don't know where to start? YOu might want to consider outsourcing your video production.
- Internet Video Takes a Leap
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Online video becomes more and more like regular TV every day. Now, a new "TV Series" is being produced for the internet only.
- IMovie Video Editing Software - A Breeze to Use
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Does editing video on a computer leave you scratching your head? Video editing programs can be very confusing for the novice user. There is so much stuff crammed onto your monitor, it's hard to know where to start.
- Video Production Techniques
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] The best way to understand video production is to think of it as a process. Whether the video you want to make is simple or complex, the basic process is the same.
- How Long Should My Video Production Be?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] One of the most common questions in video production is, How long should my video be? While shorter is almost always better, the answer really isn't quite that simple. Read the advice of a thirty-year video professional.
- Making an Internet Viral Video Using Chroma Key Technique
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Chroma key is one of the most popular digital video editing effects. Using chroma key, you can make virtually ANYTHING happen in your digital video. Want your video to take place on the other side of the universe?
- Using Stock Video in Your Internet Videos - What You MUST Know
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] WARNING! Discover what most people do not know about using stock video images. If you do not know this one simple fact, you could waste a lot of money and get into tons of trouble.
- Popular Internet Videos
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] What makes an Internet video popular? When you examine which videos make the most popular list, it's clear that there are certain characteristics they tend to have in common. It is not easy to stand out in such a crowded marketplace.
- Make Web Videos - Overcoming Camera Anxiety
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Performing-Arts] Do you want to be a web video star? Discover how to overcome camera anxiety so you can make the best web videos ever.
- Acting on Camera For Web Videos
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Performing-Arts] Become a web video star! Discover tips and tricks from a genuine Hollywood actor. Appearing on camera scares lots of people so they put off making a web video. Here is some practical advice to help you become a sensation on camera web video star.
- Lights For Video Production
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] The biggest difference between professional video and amateur video production is usually the lighting. Here is a quick simple lesson in professional lighting equipment and techniques.
- Professional Video Techniques - Triangle Lighting
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] Lighting your video properly is extremely important. Poor lighting turns viewers off. The best way to light a talking head is with triangle lighting. Learn how in this easy to understand article.
- Online Video Marketing - What Style Of Video Works Best?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Wondering what style of video to use in your online marketing efforts? Does style even matter?
- More On Digital Video File Formats
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Streaming] The next enhanced codec developed by this consortium is the H.264 standard, also known as AVC and MPEG-4 part 10. It was completed in May 2003. This version is the most up-to-date and H.264 provides a significant improvement beyond H.263. Most new videoconferencing products now include H.264 but remain compatible with H.263 and H.261.
- Digital Video File Formats Explained
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Streaming] Internet video intimidates lots of folks because there's so much technical jargon. It's like an alien language. Fear not video enthusiasts! Here is a helpful guide.
- Digital Video File Formats And Other Technical Mumbo-Jumbo
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Streaming] The wonderful world of digital video is drowning in a sea of alphabet soup. Do you get frustrated not knowing an .avi from an .flv? To help you master the world of Internet and digital video, here is a series of articles giving you a comprehensive, yet easy to understand list of all the different digital video file formats.
- Digital Video Compression Explained
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Streaming] Does the techno mumbo jumbo of digital video compression leave you scratching you head? Here's a simple explanation from an expert.
- Which Video Sharing Sites Should I Use to Market My Business?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] As an Internet marketer, you need to get your videos in front of potential customers. There are lots of free video hosting options, but not all video sharing sites are created equally. Which ones can help your business and which ones are a waste of time?
- Internet Marketing With Video - Which Video Sharing Sites Should I Use?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] If you're trying to find an audience for your internet video LiveLeak is a great site but they fiercely defend their right to only accept videos they feel fit with their mission. So if you're too commercial, chances are Live Leak will reject your video.
- Marketing with Video on the Internet - Video Sharing Sites
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Video marketing is a great tool for internet business owners, but not all video sharing sites are equally useful. Why waste your time uploading your informational video on retirement to a site that caters to teenage heavy metal fans?
- Net Neutrality and Video Sharing Sites
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] The worst thing I can think of happening to the Internet would be if the giant media corporations shut out all us little guys. You know they'd love to do it, but there are too many of us fighting to keep the Internet a free and open community.
- Zooming with Your Video Camcorder
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] Video Camcorder salesmen often brag about how long of a lens a camcorder has. Discover why a long zoom might not be the best feature to look for when buying a video camera.
- Video Cameras - How to Tame Auto Focus
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] An auto focus lens on a camcorder is supposed to make your job easier. Truth is, auto focus can be a royal pain in the tush if you don't know how to use it right. Here's how to tame auto focus and make it behave.
- Lighting for Video
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] Discover the basics of lighting for higher quality video. Light comes in two forms, diffused and direct. What's the difference and what does it mean for your video production?
- Tips for Using Available Light to Shoot Quality Video
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Photography] As a TV production professional, no matter where I was sent to shoot, (everywhere from the bottom of a cave to the governor's office) the first thing I did was assess the light available to me. Windows, lamps, wall scones, anything already there. Being able to shoot without adding artificial lighting saves TONS of time and trouble. Today's cameras do a remarkable job in low light, however, merely relying on a low lux camera in a dark area will give you grainy, unprofessional video. Quality is improved remarkably if you learn how to take full advantage of available light, and usually there's plenty.
- Computer Videotape Editing Basics
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Videotape editing on a computer is tons of fun, once you know how. Using video editing software can transform you and your video into creative visual story-telling wonders. Editing video is quick, exciting and fairly cheap. Unfortunately, the steep learning curve of most video editing software programs intimidates lots of folks and they give up in frustration. I'm here to help... stick with it! Once you know the basics, frustration will be replaced by self-satisfaction and you'll be having more fun than a toad in mud. As a lifelong professional video producer, I think the biggest thing that confuses people when they first open any video editing software is the window-laden interface. No other computer program genre packs as much onto the screen as video editing. Window Movie Makers is a basic program with a relatively universal interface. In other words, virtually all video editing programs share WMM's basic on-screen layout.
- Lighting for Professional Quality Video
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Quality video production takes a bit of lighting know-how. Learn how to light for video from a longtime video professional.
- Top Five Tips for Interviewing an Expert
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Need to create some content quickly? Interview an expert. Learn tips and tricks for interviewing anyone from a long time video professional who has interviewed everyone from the gal next door to psychopathic mass murders.
- Computer Video Editing - An Overview and Software Review
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Video-Marketing] Computer video editing revolutionized the industry and puts lots of creative power into the hands of the little guy. Learn to take advantage of this wonderful technology.
- IP6, What Is It?
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] What if there were a natural way to prevent cancer? Although it sounds to be good to be true, IP6 might just be such a miracle supplement. IP6 has been written about in all the top medical journals because scientific research has shown IP6 to have remarkable properties. IP6 might just be the most important thing you can do in the way of preventive, natural health.
- Learning the Glycemic Index Saved My Life
[Health-and-Fitness] Are you tired all the time? It could be what you're eating. Read the harrowing tale of one woman's battle to discover the cause of her chronic fatigue.
- 5HTP Side Effects
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] Are you one of the hundreds of thousands of people who take medication for depression, eating disorders or sleep problems? Often, these problems are caused by a low level of serotonin, an important hormone. Pharmaceutical medications like Prozac and Zoloft boost serotonin levels, but so does a natural supplement called 5HTP. Although not completely without side effects, 5HTP is generally tolerated much better than pharmaceuticals.
- 5HTP Benefits
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] A wide range of health problems can occur when a person is low on the hormone serotonin. Depression, sleep disorders and out-of-control-eating are some of the most common. Thousands of people take pharmaceuticals like Prozac or Zoloft to boost serotonin levels but a little known natural supplement named 5HTP might be a better choice for many.
- The Costs of Raising Kids - Controlling the Expense
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Books are one of the best educational presents you can ever give your child but they can be expensive. Discover ways to shave the expense and still get all the benefits of reading to children.
- Reading to Infants - The Benefits of Starting Early
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Reading to your baby is not as crazy as it sounds! Even though she won't understand a word, a baby gets a tremendous benefit from listening to stories. Discover why reading to your child is the single best thing you can do for them.
- A Head Start for Children - Educational Benefits of Reading to Kids
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Reading to children is one of the joys of being a parent or grandparent. Not only is it fun for you, but the little ones get so much out of it. Reading to children is one of the best gifts you can give because it helps foster a life time love of learning.
- Glycemic Index, What Is It?
[Health-and-Fitness] The glycemic index is revolutionizing the way people think about their diet. If you worry about weight, eating too much or developing diabetes, you owe it to yourself to discover the glycemic index really means. There's lots of misinformation out there, so be careful! The glycemic index is the most important nutrtional information since the discovery of the calorie.
- IP6 Cancer Research
[Health-and-Fitness] Discover the perfectly natural substance that can boost your immune system and possibly even cure cancer! IP6 is a remarkable substance with dramatic implications for your health.
- 5HTP, What is It?
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] If you suffer with depression, sleep problems or an eating disorder, you owe it to yourself to discover 5HTP. A natural substance with fewer side effects than pharmaseutical medications, 5HTP is nature's way of boosting serotonin levels and helping you feel better.
- Good Fats, Bad Fats
[Health-and-Fitness] Confused about dietary fat? Discover what you need to know to improve your health. It's not how much fat you eat, it's what kind that makes the big difference.
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