How to Record Great Video Lectures and Presentations (5 Steps)
Hello everybody and welcome back to the channel!
Today, we will be talking about getting that video quality just right!
And to do that, I'll give you a few of my own personal equipment choices and recording tactics
I'm making it seem like its some huge deal haha I'm just talking to a camera
But some people get really nervous talking to a camera, so having all of the other boxes checked might help lessen that anxiety of putting your face in video form...forever D:
Ohh, and this video is sponsored by Type Studio, more on that later.
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Lets go from simple to complex, starting with video.
Video quality is a nice thing to have.
In focus, proper color correction and exposure, all of these are great traits for your videos to have if you don't want the viewer to be distracted.
Even slight changes in video quality can cause the biggest distractions.
Video recording suggestions are pretty simple from my side of things - I think as long as you hit these 3 quality checks, the type of camera you have is not important. You could use a phone camera, or webcam (mostly because most things shoot in full HD these days) and you'll be just fine.
The one thing that is really important though...is audio quality.
People tend to overlook this one when they first start out, but if there's anything that will pull a viewer away from the content, its annoying audio.
If you're looking to invest, even just a little bit into your recording setup, audio is always my first suggestion.
Your eyes can deal with a lot more annoyance than your ears can.
Having some crispy clean audio, or even just passable audio, will keep your audience's attention without offering them some UNEXPECTED DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW OF THE VIDEO that will take them right out of what you were saying.
But if you're looking to put some effort into this one, just take some time to do test shoots.
If all you have is in-camera audio, that's fine,
Just adapt the environment to make the whole experience a bit more pleasurable for your audience, and even you in the editing bay
Keep a quiet environment, turn off any fans, speakers, or even people, and go ahead and keep on recording.
Do some test shots to see where audio levels are at so you don't push it over the line and get that good audio distortion.
Next lets talk lighting
As 3rd on the list, we can see that it is rather important, but not essential, especially since most lighting packages are going to cost you a bit of money
But, thankfully there are budget options haha
What's been working for me, to keep both my face and surroundings lit properly is this ring light and my desk lamp I got from Ikea.
The ring light provides enough light for my face to be illuminated more so than the background which is what you want, and the ikea lamp doing its job as a practical light as well as a proper back light
As I briefly touched on a few seconds ago, lighting your face brighter than the background is typically the way to go, unless you're going for something aesthetic.
Alright, so now we have the technical of pre-recording figured out, now let's talk actual recording
Some people are very comfortable in front of a camera and can essentially just wing a video presentation or lecture,
So if you find your inner Jordan Peterson and wanna just rant for an hour and a half on camera and cut it down, then by all means
There have definitely been videos I’ve made that I kind of winged it and it worked out, but to be honest, that's probably because I’ve been talking to a camera long enough that the video structures are all but DEEPLY ingrained into my brain at this point,
With that being said, I started, as did many others, with writing and following scripts.
As time went on, I began using the script as more of a guideline.
For these videos, I kind of just write how I talk, a lesson my 11th grade Grammar teacher taught me, shout out Mr. Marsh
And then I break each part into small little pieces, and i record each of those pieces separately, so it turns the video making into short term memorization, which the American school system really prepared me for.
But I digress, once you have the video scripted out, however you believe will help you best, its time to record.
Don't be afraid to make mistakes and even play around with what you have written down.
Sticking to the script is a safe way to get the point across, but also feel free to monologue for a bit if it comes to you.
Some of the highlight moments from my past videos came from me just ranting for a few seconds in between script takes.
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