Tavel tip video

[kiawill]

Hi guys,

I want to make a home video talking about what I took with me on my 5 week Interrailing trip around Europe to help other travellers.

I have a decent compact camera which has HD video. Camera cost me £400.

I have a tripod.

Shall I shine a desk lamp on me?

I also have Final Cut Pro for editing.

Any tips that can make my video the best? I'm pretty new to all this.

Shall I just ramble on and edit on final cut. Would I use Jump cutting? Think that's what it's called

Regards

 

[EJRicketts]

Use you camera and tripod of course, then use your lamp to shine on you in a way which gives you good light, but in terms of lighting, the best way to do it if you don't have lighting is to use a big window even if it's not great outside. The video will look a lot nicer and more natural and it won't look forced.

If you can ramble it out without the need for jump cuts then that's impressive! I use cuts as it gives me some time when filming to think about what I want to say, but also redo the take if it messes up, makes it look more professional in the end.

Hope this helped!