Video Blogging

Everyone has got a blog these days. My granny, your dog and great Aunt Nelly. Some people even have two or three .

As a videomakers, you have a tremendous advantage. As the scripted word spirals round the bloghole, The access to HD camcorders recording devices means that this is a medium that could be used effectively in an educational setting or for marketing or as many do diary of every day life

Video on the Internet does two things it puts people on equal footing versus the top-down communication of broadcast media and it allows for direct talkback from the audience.Start with a punchy script-every line should make a point, or at the very least set the tone for the point to come a line later, Trim your script to remove redundancies it’s better to write a two minute script that people watch than a ten minute one that gets turned oft two minutes in, When you print your script, use a large, double-line spaced layout with the right margin set about two thirds of the way across the page.

This will look strange, but there’s a funny psychological trick to it-on average, when your eyes make it two thirds of the way along a full line you’ll subconsciously start reading the line below it as well. This will allow you to look directly into the lens while still being able to read your lines .

That’s not meant to sound rude, but the effect of a microphone, digital processing and a computer speaker system will all meld to rob your voice of its normal inflections, Speaking normally into the camera will result in a painfully flat, dull delivery lively you think you need to be, Pick key words in your script and fling them out whilst rolling yours, not quite looking to be a scenery chewing do need to over-egg the pud a simple trick is to put a big smile on to talk it not only looks engaging, but face into a shape that makes re expressive too.

This string of basic HTML makes it even easier to add videos to your blog than it is to add photos Instead of faffing around with upload boxes, you only need to create a new blog post on BlogSpot or Wordpress, then paste the entire string into it, YouTube and the blogging software will do all the work for you, and what was formerly a text based format will now contain your video blog in all its glory, You can even alter the display size and bordering of your video by clicking YouTube’s grey cog icon.

If you are looking for audience to your website you will want consistent videos delivered frequently. The Flip camcorders are a one stop video shop..

Pure Digital (the company behind the Flip) says the new software features an easier-to-use drag-and-drop interface and is compatible with both Mac and PC It’s compact and plugs right into a USB port in your computer to instantly upload and edit videos.

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