Portland Video Editing – Simple Steps to Take Better Travel Videos
Filming a vacation can be an incredibly rewarding experience. Here are some helpful hints that will help you take better travel videos on your next vacation.
Know Your Audience. Before you leave, you should ask yourself who you plan to show the video to. Are you going to make a travel series for Youtube? Are you going to send it in to the Travel Channel? Will you show your friends and family? Once you know who is watching, it will be easier to keep the same look and feel. You will also know what kind of things to film. If you’re looking to make a more professional video, you will probably be talking into the camera more, than if you’re just filming trying to capture the overall vibe of the experience.
Use a Tripod. This one is really important. There’s nothing worse than a shaky video, and most cameras don’t do well in your hand. A small tripod can make a huge difference in the quality of the video you are capturing. While most camcorders do come with anti-shake features, they can only do so much. A heavy camera is more stable, however most consumer cameras don’t have enough weight for consistent handheld use. Don’t forget to compose your shots using the rule of thirds.
Learn About Your Camera. If you haven’t bought a camera for your trip, do some research online to see how you can get the features you want, without having to break the bank. Once you have your camera, you will want to practice with it as much as you can so you know how it works.
Bring Memory and Power. Whatever kind of media your camera uses, bring lots of it. Whether it’s tape, memory cards, or something else, it never hurts to have too much. Don’t forget that you will need to charge your camera. A regular wall adapter should work, but you will want to check the specifications that come with the camera as not all batteries are created equal.
Have Fun! Don’t get so lost in filming that you forget to enjoy your vacation! There are plenty of picture perfect moments on every vacation. Once you return use a film editing program to sum up your vacation in one view. With a little practice, you will be making world class travel videos in no time.
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“The Blind Side” (my 0-10 rating: 
Genre: Drama, Sports
Director: John Lee Hancock
Screenplay: John Lee Hancock, based on a true story in the Michael Lewis book
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, Jae Head
Time: 2 hr., 6 min.
Rating: PG-13 (brief violence, drug and sexual references)
A just-plain well-made sports movie with superb audience appeal, charming personalities, a sprightly demeanor and totally entertaining.
“The Blind Side” is Sandra Bullock’s best performance ever. Her sassy and brassy character’s dynamics depend entirely on insightful, professional interpretation and she proves consummately skilled at every line, every nuance and a consistently on-target southern accent.
Director John Lee Hancock seems to perceive, at every moment, the dialogue, body language, story progression, photography and editing to keep his film stepping in a polished lively pace, with gripping, carefully delivered emotions and an unerring sense of audience involvement. It has a refreshing integrity about it, with sharp insights into the present-day South in relation to race matters. One may complain slightly that it could have used more volatile material here and there, but I’m totally satisfied.
Michael Oher was born among 13 siblings in the slums of Memphis, an African-American child from a broken home. He had never known his father who, in fact, was murdered, something which this child learned only after he’d entered high school. His mom was a crack addict, his brothers and sisters soon scattered everywhere. Oher (Quinton Aaron) was destined for NFL stardom. Bodily, he was huge.
Oher (Quinton Aaron), classmate of teenager Collins (Lily Collins), is invited by her mother Leigh Ann Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) to be taken under the wing of their affluent white family, with loving dad Sean (Tim McGraw) and smart-mouthed but football-savvy son SJ (Jae Head). Leigh Ann is a successful interior decorator and dad owns many fast-food eateries.
This is happening in Oher’s senior year at high school. They dedicate themselves to help the very withdrawn Oher rise by his own resources which, at first, do not impress the staff at the well-heeled private school. But the football coach (Ray McKinnon), who’s desperate at this point for some budding game force, gets Oher in as a student. How he’s to learn sophisticated history, literature and writing is another matter, even given over to the dedication of a special private tutor (Kathy Bates).
Oher shows excellent talent as a football player, much to the pride also of the Tuohy family who have a history of football playing. It is determined early on in the relationship that Oher’s psychology includes a profound and very deep desire to protect those about whom he cares. The coach, perfectly aware that in the game of football it’s the left tackle who’s supposed to protect the quarterback from blind side attacks, sees this protection aspect of the physically imposing Oher as invaluable.
Yet how is Oher, with a grade-point averaged of 1.5 (a “D”), going to qualify for the universities whose scouts are coming after him.
More than Quinton Aaron as Michael, Sandra Bullock throws herself into this role with a driving perfection. Her Leigh Ann’s feisty, no-nonsense energy proves to be an audience-captivating generator of appreciative emotional attachment.
With not even a hint of a dull moment anywhere, and lots of chuckle-worthy encounters, allowing only a carefully parceled sentimentalism, I’ll recommend this as one of the most engaging little dramas of the year.
Marty Meltz, http://www.martymoviereviews.com, was the 30-year films critic for the Award-winning Maine Sunday Telegram when it was budget-cut at the end of 2007.
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