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Hello! I'm Steve Kownacki and I have the privilege of being the production company to support New Birth of Freedom Council and this year's Friends of Scouting campaing video. I'm here to help you create your video segment to make you look and sound your best!
You will submit your videos to Mr. Brian DeBease at this address WHAT LINK DO YOU WANT HERE?
Please read through these aesthetic guidelines before recording your segment.
And some techinical guidelines
Your video should look something like this
You will submit your videos to Mr. Brian DeBease at this address WHAT LINK DO YOU WANT HERE?
Please read through these aesthetic guidelines before recording your segment.
- Avoid white or black, and deep, solid colors like red, green and blue.
- Fine pinstripes, patterns or checks are not pleasing to the camera.
- Staying with neutral or muted colors and designs works best.
- It's best to stand. Don't sit on a chair that swivels, rocks, or otherwise moves. Nervous movement reduces your professionalism.
- Be aware of ambient noise in the room. I’ve heard it all: dishes, kids, pets, construction. Do your best to work around that.
- The lens is your audience, maintain eye contact.
- Raise your camera to keep it at eye level.
- Keep the microphone as close to you as possible. It's probably located in your webcam/phone.
- Don't put a window behind you, this will cause difficult silhouetting. A window behind the camera is good.
- You can light yourself with a lamp placed 3' to the side and 3' in front of you. This will take some experimenting.
- Center yourself in the frame from left to right
- Keep roughly a fist-sized space above your head. Your eyes should not be in the middle of the screen.
- The bottom of the frame should be at your elbows.
And some techinical guidelines
- Set your video camera/phone/tablet to record a minimum of 720p HD. 1080p is better
- Be sure to record in HORIZONTAL/LANDSCAPE perspective
- Use a tripod and try not to move around too much.
- Level the tripod.
- Focus on the eyes. Once the camera is set, touch and hold the screen on your eyes to lock the focus.
- When recording, hit the record button, stabilize the camera, wait 5 seconds, give your message staring right at the lens, wait another 5 seconds, hit stop.
- Recording media is cheap. Missing the shot, painful. Let the camera run early and a few extra seconds when you are done.
- Editing will be done by Final Focus Productions
Your video should look something like this
