Tips and Tricks

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I think you will understand why I chose this picture for the blog if you watch all three of these videos.  It will only take you about twenty minutes, but the concepts are so important to good video production.

This first video is why the Rule of Thirds is so important.
Rule of thirds explained

This second video explains seven basic composition rules about video.
Seven Composition Rules

This last video, and the reason for the above picture, is about how to make your B roll professional.
Amateur vs. Professional B Roll Demonstrated

Keep working on your projects everyone (Assignment #3) and I'm going to keep posting.

Also, I was thinking, would you be interested if I scheduled a Zoom meeting with your class so we could spend a few minutes catching up with each other?  I would like to do that.  If you would like to touch base with each other in that way, let me know by email.  Lisa.watson@cobbk12.org.  I will send you an email invite to join the Zoom meeting when I have it scheduled. 

I thought it might be nice to spend a few moments catching up with each other and it might be a good way to go over some things and learn some new techniques in as close of a class setting as we can get.

Let me know.
Mrs. Watson

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