http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Lorraine+Grula Computers and Technology Lorraine Grula Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=420982&ca=Computers+and+Technology Lots of people think digital video file formats are terribly complex. All that confusing alphabet soup seems like Greek. Who can understand it? Actually, video file formats are NOT that difficult. Most formats are compatible with multiple players and will work in many situations. Lots of people thin... Computers and Technology Lorraine Grula Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=420984&ca=Computers+and+Technology I often have people ask me, "What's the best video editing software to use?" My answer is always, "It depends." What are you going to edit? How much experience do you have? How complicated do you want to get? What is "best" for one person won't necessarily be best for the next person. Personally, I... Marketing Lorraine Grula Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=420988&ca=Marketing Video is a proven online marketing winner. Over and over again, video has shown itself to be superior over other methods of online communication. So obviously, being able to email your list a video is high on many people's priority lists. Problems is, how do you do it? Video files are WAY to big to... Computers and Technology Lorraine Grula Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=420992&ca=Computers+and+Technology In the video production world, the line: “we’ll fix it in post,” is a common utterance for field crews. Make a mistake shooting out in the field and it’s no big deal, right? After all, we’ll just fix it in post. Post production is where mistakes are corrected, right? Wrong. Well, ok, I’ll be a littl... Marketing Lorraine Grula Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=420996&ca=Marketing Flashy videos sell better than boring, unspectacular videos. That might sound silly and obvious, but as a video producer, you always have to question what the audience will respond to so you can deliver. Should you spend extra time and money creating flashy graphics or just settle for the cheap and... Computers and Technology Lorraine Grula Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=420453&ca=Computers+and+Technology In video and film production, shots are classified as wide, medium, or close-ups. That sounds very basic, and it is! If you are learning to make videos, thinking about how to view scenes in wide, medium or close shots is about like someone learning the ABS's before learning to read. A wide shot sho... Computers and Technology Lorraine Grula Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=420456&ca=Computers+and+Technology Quality Lighting is one of the basic cornerstones of quality video production. Any picture, video images included, are really nothing BUT light, so how your light looks will largely determine how your shot looks. One of the newest ways to light your video production is to use the new, energy-efficie... Computers and Technology Lorraine Grula Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=420463&ca=Computers+and+Technology If the color of the video you shoot is messed up, chances are high that the problem is either with white balancing the camera or the "color" of the light you are videotaping in. These two things are a bit on the technical side when it comes to making video but they are not really that hard to unders... Computers and Technology Lorraine Grula Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=410385&ca=Computers+and+Technology If you want to make a lot of videos, setting up a simple video studio might be the most cost effective way to go about it. Making video in a studio is easier, faster, and therefore a lot less expensive than making video using field production method. Why? A studio is more permanent, so you don’t hav... Computers and Technology Lorraine Grula Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=410387&ca=Computers+and+Technology With the hundreds of different video cameras on the market, people can easily get overwhelmed when trying to make a choice about which one to buy. People often ask me which video camera they SHOULD buy, but of course there is no one perfect camera. Which one you is right for you depends on how you a...