Comments on: 17 Video Tips, Learned on the Fly

By: Get your video training on | News Videographer

Get your video training on | News Videographer — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:36:12 +0000

[...] Video shooting tips from a beginner Mindy McAdams published a guest post from Sue Robinson, a journalism professor who attended video training at the AEJMC conference. She’s listed “gems” that came from her training. This is a great explanation of the bare-bones basics of shooting video. [...]

By: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Tuesday squibs

Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Tuesday squibs — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:23:22 +0000

[...] BBC video training guide and the 5-shot rule. From the tech side, a link to BBC’s video tutorials. Related: 17 Video Tips, Learned on the Fly. [...]

By: Electric Fishwrap » Blog Archive » Video on a budget

Electric Fishwrap » Blog Archive » Video on a budget — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:26:30 +0000

[...] 17 video tips, by Sue Robinson, guest blogger on Mindy’s Teaching Online Journalism. [...]

By: Mindy

Mindy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:58:40 +0000

Nice tip, Patrick. Thank you!

By: patrick yen

patrick yen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:56:14 +0000

I meant to say, “It makes it much easier and quicker to edit your footage.”

By: patrick yen

patrick yen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:55:34 +0000

Great list Mindy.

I would also suggest setting the date and time in your video camera, especially if you are using a miniDV video camera (though I would not suggest superimposing the date on the video).

Final Cut Pro in particular has a “DV Start/Stop Detect” feature that will analyze the date and time on your tape’s timecode to automatically split your captured footage up into separate clips for everytime you hit the record button.

It makes it much easier and quicker your footage.