March, 2020, marked Capture Video’s 20th Anniversary. Sadly, all the celebrations – at least in-person – had to be canceled. But we’ve survived, and I might say thrived, for 20 years because we have been fluid, flexible, and pivoted our business when we needed to. THAT is what many businesses and arts organizations are doing right now. In order to survive, people are taking their shows, their business communication, and their instructional or educational programs online and, in most cases, using some form of video to do that.
I’m not an expert on which online platform you should use, or how you should use it. But I do know a thing or two about video production. Over the past couple weeks, I have shared a few pro video tips for how to make YOUR non professional video calls, webinars, and tutorials look more professional, using only the things you have around the house.
Here is the playlist, which contains all 7 videos in this tutorial series.
I suggest you read each individual blog post for further information on each subject.
In order, you can read:
The Introduction
Mise En Scène
Lighting
Sound
Appearance and Performance
Editing
The Martini
These tutorials are, by necessity, very general. What platform you’re delivering your message on changes how you create your videos. Whether you are using a phone, a computer, a video camera, or an SLR, changes how you shoot your videos. There are different microphones and headsets you can purchase, depending on what device they would plug into. And, if you plan to edit your video, well, there are many, many different ways to accomplish that. So I’ve tried to share general rules of thumb – some tricks that can apply to anyone, right now, working on communicating through video with what they have at hand.
If you’d like to request additional tutorials, please contact me and suggest topics you’d like me to cover. Or, if you’d like to hire me as a consultant, or to create videos for you, we can discuss that as well.
Thank you for tuning in. I know I’ll see YOU soon!
Jessica Robinson is the owner of Capture Video, Inc., a media production company launched in March, 2000 in Northern Virginia. During Capture Video’s first two decades of business, Jessica has produced educational and promotional videos for such diverse clients as the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Academy of Sciences, Capital One Bank, Cisco Systems, and DC Superior Courts. Most recently, Jessica has delivered videos of five weeks of training led by Clark Construction, as well as a series of instructional videos for a language app produced by Blue Canoe Learning. An accomplished writer and storyteller, Jessica is the author of the urban fantasy novel, Caged, as well as co-author of the anthology Roar: True Tales of Women Warriors. Jessica is the founder of Better Said Than Done, Inc., a Virginia based storytelling organization.
