Online Video 101
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New LouTube: 5 Quick Tips for Making Your Videos Way Better
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )GET YOUR VIDEO ON THE WEB – QUICK & EASY! by Lou Bortone
Online Video is here to stay, so it’s time for you to join the party! Fortunately, with the proliferation of free video hosting sites like YouTube, Blip.tv, iFilm and Veoh, today anyone with a camcorder and an Internet connection can produce a video and share it with the world. Best of all, you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Online Video: The Next Generation
As a former television producer and video editor, I’ve got some deep-seated beliefs about video quality. After 20 years in TV, old habits die hard. To me, a “jump-cut,” or video where the scene or frame “jumps” or cuts without a smooth transition, is the cardinal sin of video. In traditional television, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cool Websites
Here are a few great websites you may want to check out:
GetEntrepreneurial.com – Online business newsletter with tips and trends.
Ubercool.com – Uber trends, marketing info, etc.
Trendwatching.com – Check out their 8 Consumer Trends for 2008
Basecamp.com – Project collaboration tool. I use it for my clients!
WebsiteGrader.com – See how your website stacks up!
52MotivationalInterviews.com – Just [...]
2008: The Year Web Video Grows Up!
If you haven’t been able to jump on the online video trend, don’t fret. There’s still time to figure out how to use online video to stand out and get noticed! Most people just don’t know where to begin, or they think adding video to their marketing mix is going to be too [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cool new device
Check it out!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/business/06novel.html?ex=1357362000&en=3c3de6b327d33925&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Novelties
What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You
By ANNE EISENBERG
Published: January 6, 2008
The creator of a new video recorder has invited skilled users to customize or “hack” its device and share the improvements with others.
You’d be amazed at how easy it is to add video to your website or blog!
Lou Bortone, The Online Video Guy, helps entrepreneurs create compelling video for the Internet. Click over to www.theonlinevideoguy.com now and grab your FR^EE Special Report “7 Secrets to Boosting Your Business Using Online Video!”
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VIDEO GUY OFFERS NEW E-BOOK FOR GETTING VIDEO ONLINE (RELEASE)
Veteran television producer Lou Bortone, The Online Video Guy, has released several new products and services to help entrepreneurs produce online video for their websites or blogs.
The Online Video Guy’s signature products include a step-by-step e-course entitled “Maximizing Opportunities with Online Video,” as well as a new, low-cost e-book, the “Webcam Buying Guide and Videotaping [...]
Flip Video
Just ordered the new Flip Video mini video camera that’s been getting a lot of positive buzz.
Here’s a link to the WSJ article about the Flip:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118955080803924331.html?mod=technology_main_promo_left
I’ll post a review as soon as I receive my Flip!
LB
Video Post Production – Part 6
Here’s our final post-production tip in this series:
Once you’ve edited your video, it still needs to be encoded and compressed to make it “Internet-friendly.” Video files can be enormous, but compression software shrinks the video file size so it plays more smoothly on the Web. Remember to save or export your file to [...]
Video Post Production – Part 4
Part 4 of our post production tips…
Avoid jump cuts! Use your B-roll.
Jump cuts are jarring, obvious cuts that appear when you’re shooting the same subject or scene and you cut during the same sequence. This is why it’s always good to get some “B-roll” or background footage that you can “cut-away” to. If [...]
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