How to Video
A 'How To' video is an audio-visual instructional product (often shared on YouTube and other social media platforms) which can help the purchaser of a certain product (eg. camera/sound recorder) operate it without having to spend unnecessary time wading through a long instruction manual.
Good quality 'How To' videos rely on a certain mix of factors:
- Sound quality
- Visual quality
- Easy to understand voiceover/instructions
- Graphics which can help support the visual/audio content
We also have 5 key golden rules with a how to video
STAGE 1 - Start with a great ide
STAGE 2 - More 'How?'. Less 'Why?'.
STAGE 3 - Simplicity goes a long way.
STAGE 4 - When in doubt, retrace your steps.
STAGE 5 - Don't be afraid to have fun with it!
Before i started my how to video i decided to change location film in my living room area where my mum helped me record but i also decided to take some photos of the equipment.
additional things that happened before recording was cleaning our living room and making it a record friendly environment, then we had to find a good place to record.
These videos are all about showing what each feature does in detail the video however does not have any sound but the quality of the video makes up for it.
The How To Video
How To Video Re-Submission
For the how to video ( Resubmission ) we had to choose a video upon either one of three.
1) Camera Angles
2) Camera on a tripod
3) How to use a sound recorder
For me i chose how to set up a camera on a tripod and to do this i need to show how you set up a tripod and how to put a camera on a tripod to start off with you need to unclip the legs on the tripod to make it taller/ however tall you want it. Secondly you put the tripod wherever you want but this time you make sure its stable and that it isn't wobbling because otherwise it will affect your camera and therefore causing your picture to deteriorate. Anyways the next step then would be too attach the camera to the tripod shoe keeping the camera also steady and locked in place so the camera doesn't fall off the tripod. Then once you have done that your pretty much done.
However in this cut the quality of the video and the sound as not good enough and therefore i had to re do it. As seen below
Final Final How to video
In this version of the How To video cut the sound and picture has been changed the volume of the music is more level with the sound of my voice and makes the sound way better to do this we used adobe premier pro to change the level the music to make it more suitable for the video. To make the quality of he video better i had Jordan let me airdrop the video onto his mac and then he saved it too his SD and then put his SD card into my mac for me to get the better quality video and be able to edit and then apart from that it has just stayed the same.