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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...

Vik Boyechko • 28 Jun 2017
Documentary

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.

Vik Boyechko • 31 May 2017
Documentary

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.

Vik Boyechko • 17 May 2017
Documentary

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...

Vik Boyechko • 3 May 2017
Production & Recording

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?

Vik Boyechko • 19 Apr 2017
Drones & Rigs

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

Envato Market • 15 Apr 2017
Documentary

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.

Vik Boyechko • 25 Mar 2017
Livestreaming

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...

Andrew Minion • 15 Feb 2017
Equipment

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...

Adi Purdila • 12 Feb 2017
Cameras & Lenses

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...

Cindy Burgess • 31 Jan 2017
Workflow

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...

Charles Yeager • 30 Jan 2017
Documentary

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...

Mark Thorburn • 3 Jan 2017