10 Tricks to Make Amateur Video Look Professional : Indy News

Griffin reports on the RED camera price drop, Disney's purchase of Star Wars, 10 ways to smash a pumpkin, a DIY car-camera mount, and top 10 tips for faking it—making amateur video look professional! VIDEO LINKS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HbsUs-LU8U&list=PL-3mr0QREVv0rJM9JXHbjnu9jHL99GbHe&index=1&feature=plpp_video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jINmp7y5w1U&list=PL-3mr0QREVv0rJM9JXHbjnu9jHL99GbHe&index=2&feature=plpp_video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtAPAcqrrAw&list=PL-3mr0QREVv0rJM9JXHbjnu9jHL99GbHe&index=3&feature=plpp_video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUbH1SEsqiE&list=PL-3mr0QREVv0rJM9JXHbjnu9jHL99GbHe&index=4&feature=plpp_video TRICKS FOR FAKING IT—Making Amateur Video Look Professional: #1 Light your scene as best you can. #2 Use sunlight, especially during the golden hour. #3 Color correction can salvage dark or poorly white balanced shots. #4 Find or build a camera stabilizer—maybe a DIY string tripod. #5 Use a stabilization effect or slow motion to smooth a shaky shot. #6 High resolution video can be cropped to conceal jump cuts. #7 Zoom in a kit lens to maximize bokeh (shallow depth of field). #8 When using on-camera audio, shoot lots of close-ups. #9 Apply a noise-reducing filter to salvage quiet audio. #10 Re-record dialogue (ADR "automated dialogue replacement")