Multi Camera Shoot - Syncing Sources

Multi Camera Shooting is a subject camthecameraman has had significant experience in, in this blog he answers a question from Matt about syncing sources

White Balance and Correct Framing

White Balance and Correct Framing are the topics of this weeks online video production vlog.  Thanks to Barry Schwartz,  @rustybrick on twitter, for letting me use his video as an example.

Lighting for Video

Lighting for videos and webcams is dissected and we look at a site submited by @carljoeseph from Twitter

Recording Sound For Video

Recording great quality sound for your video production or webcam is very important.  This week we look at some of the techniques involved

Online Video Production

Online Video Production is something I am very passionate about.  It is also something that this site doesnt rank for, that concerns me on two fronts: One, I should rank for phrases that I am passionate about and can offer value to organisations for and also I have been challenged to rank for phrases hard than the ones I have ranked for previously such as "Zappo the Clown" "Basane" and "Absolute Legend"

As an SEO strategist and video producer I thought it important to rank for a phrase like this and to make my details available for anyone who wants a video producer who fully understands the online space.  My work at industry leaders Stew Art Media allows me to pursue video production for the online space.

This challenge though is more about seeing if I can rank for this phrase "Online Video Production".  I do already rank number one in google.com.au for the phrase "video conversions melbourne" as a result of  an article I wrote on the adwords campaign of a company here in Melbourne.  I will keep the blog updated on this and other ranking attempts.  But his challenge maybe the hardest yet "Online Video Production"

This was dropped in the letter box this week.  I like wandering through my local Clive Peters, a big stores lots to look at.  Staff tend not to be too knowledgable on specific topics, I dont blame them for this as they have to deal with everything from washers, rangehoods to video cameras to home theatre systems.

When I started this blog my intention was to come up with original content, I intend to do that but I also feel it is important to highlight great answers written by other bloggers.  I dont want this site to become a pointer to other sites rest assured I will continue to comment and write my own articles.  One of the most common issues I hear when it comes to editing, shooting and encoding (in fact a student here at TAFE just said "Why is this still picture flickering on the monitor)  comes back to interlacing issues.

Problems present as "shimmering" still pictures, jerky or jumpy moving shots to footage that "doesn't look right".  Usually it is caused by multiple software packages treating footage or stills differently or more correctly interpretting the interlaced image differently.  I wont keep writing about this as a far more intelligent and eloquent blogger than myself has written an excellent page of information with diagrams etc on this subject.  Check out http://www.100fps.com

This is a guide to producing simple but good quality videos using easy to find, and cheap, equipment and software.  For this exercise we will be using a basic Mini DV video camera and Windows Movie Maker Software.

In this section I will answer the question, "which one would you buy?". I will give what is only an opinion, I would love for people to add comments and tell me which one they would or have bought.

 I must stress that this isnt a review site, I am not trying to provide a definitive list of the pros and cons of a particular camera, there are plenty of comparison site around and I would encourage people to check these out prior to any purchase decision.