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  1. How to Use Cars to Add Motion to Your Video Documentary

    How to Use Cars to Add Motion to Your Video Documentary

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Before gimbals, drones, and sliders, documentary filmmakers used cars to capture dynamic motion. Today, cars are still a simple solution for adding motion to...

  2. How to Add Movement to a Video Interview

    How to Add Movement to a Video Interview

    Tutorial Intermediate

    There are a few ways to add dynamic motion to your interview shot, but the challenge is not ruining a part of the interview with too much motion.

  3. Documentary in Motion: Advanced Slider Action

    Documentary in Motion: Advanced Slider Action

    Tutorial Advanced

    If you've already brought a slider along to your documentary shoot, you can achieve more creative motion with a few slider adjustments.

  4. Documentary in Motion: Basic Slider Techniques

    Documentary in Motion: Basic Slider Techniques

    Tutorial Beginner

    Sliders can introduce dynamic motion to documentaries in many ways, including establishing shots and slides over static photographs, but portability is...

  5. How to Use a Jib to Add Motion to Your Documentary

    How to Use a Jib to Add Motion to Your Documentary

    Tutorial Intermediate

    A jib can add a lot of production value to your video, but when does it make sense to use one on a documentary?

  6. 15 Top Audio Tracks for Drone Videos

    15 Top Audio Tracks for Drone Videos

    Tutorial Beginner

    We've put together our 15 favourites from Envato's AudioJungle to help you find the sound that's right for your drone video

  7. How to Add Motion to Your Documentary With a Timelapse

    How to Add Motion to Your Documentary With a Timelapse

    Tutorial Beginner

    One of the simplest ways to add motion to your documentary is actually by leaving your camera alone for a few hours, while it captures a time lapse.

  8. How to Broadcast Live Streaming Video With Telestream Wirecast

    How to Broadcast Live Streaming Video With Telestream Wirecast

    Tutorial Advanced

    Macs are well-known to be excellent at working with graphics and video and are especially well-suited to live broadcasting due to their overall stability and...

  9. How to Add Acoustic Treatment to the Floors in Your DIY Video Studio

    How to Add Acoustic Treatment to the Floors in Your DIY Video Studio

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I'm going to show you the simplest way of adding acoustical treatment to any empty room: putting carpet on the floor. This is by far the...

  10. What to Wear (And Avoid!) On Camera: Accessories

    What to Wear (And Avoid!) On Camera: Accessories

    Tutorial Beginner

    Accessories can pull a look together and add polish, or be a visual distraction. Learn what works on camera and what doesn’t in terms of jewelry, eyeglasses...

  11. How to Record 360 Video With a Multi-Camera Rig

    How to Record 360 Video With a Multi-Camera Rig

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial you'll learn the workflow for recording a 360 video using a multi-camera setup, plus some special at some tips and production tricks for...

  12. How to Use the Five 'W's for a Fantastic Documentary Interview

    How to Use the Five 'W's for a Fantastic Documentary Interview

    Tutorial Beginner

    Who, What, Where, When & Why: we may have all heard of them, we may understand the reason for them, but how do we best employ them? In this video you...