More great advice. Thanks Cotty! Coming from Pixar, one thing I do know is that story is everything--so I definitely agree!
j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.juanbuhler.com On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 3:28 AM Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21/3/21, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >The one thing I know, and especially for Youtube, is that the way to learn > >and improve is to just do it. It's super interesting to watch the first > few > >videos of any youtuber whose craft you respect--you often can see how they > >got better over time. > > Can't disagree with that. > > Pretty much, what I say to anyone making videos, no matter how short or > simple, is to tell a story. If you've never made a video before in your > life, but can sit around a table with friends, and tell a story - you can > make good videos. Technical ability helps, sure, but certainly not > essential. Even a 30 second shot from a phone (vertically!) can tell a > great story and be compulsive viewing. Yet some professional half hour > documentaries are so bad that I switch off within 5 minutes. I would rather > sit through an engaging film abut something I'm not interested in, than > bang my head trying to like an awful film about something I love doing. > > Even your lens review has a good story - from the outset the viewer wants > to know what you think - 'is this going to be a good lens or a bad lens'?? > The simplest story in the world. And if the images and sound are engaging > then we'll watch and wait til the end to find out. Job done! > > The hardest films to make are the short ones. I recently made a half hour > about a historic sailing ship. As part of the deal, the ship operators were > to get a 5 minute 'short' advertorial. That was not easy! But do-able. The > result is on this page, at right: > > < > https://www.dauntseys.org/life-at-dauntseys/jolie-brise?fbclid=IwAR1HyJq_PTQAsqvJ7-3bGBUj7261U5xribfnKFd6t5Xo1c2nBWwyCU6Zr6s > > > > So keep going. Presenter-led pieces are fine - but be confident about your > abilities. The voice is fine - buy a modest lapel mic (a small mic that > clips onto a shirt lapel) and plug it into the recording camera. Attach to > collar of T shirt and run wire down inside shirt. Your voice will transform > and the room echo will be gone. Practice and embrace the good things and > work on the bad. Get someone else to listen and critique - never critique > yourself. It's about how the rest of the world sees you, not how you sees > you :-) > > Good luck! > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers > Cotty > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
