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How to Compress Video Files Without Losing Quality

by Internet Video Gal on 06/19/2020

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All of us prefer to watch High Definition (HD), Ultra high definition videos due to the clarity and quality the video. Nevertheless, these videos would require a very high bandwidth to stream the video output, they also consume a lot of space on your storage drive. Due to the huge video file size, it becomes […]

Categories: Video Conversion, Video Production Tips     Tags: converting video files, how to compress video, How to Compress Video Files Without Losing Quality, Online video compressors, QuickTime Player, Shotcut Application, video compression, video compression basics, video compression explained, video encoding, VLC media player

HELP! My Video File is Broken!

by Internet Video Gal on 07/11/2019

It can be every videomaker’s nightmare.   You click play on your masterpiece– you know, the one that took months and three tons of sweat to finish?  But instead of displaying your filmmaking genius, the video file sputters and dies. OMG, it won’t even play! Yes, digital video files can “break.”  They can become corrupted in […]

Categories: Video Conversion, Video Production Tips     Tags: does remo repair MOV work, how to repair a video file, how to repair corrupted video file, remo repair MOV what is, repair corrupted video, video file repair

Ten Pro Tips for Spectacular Wildlife Photography

by Internet Video Gal on 06/27/2019

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Nature is full of gorgeous, colorful animals that can make you gasp in wonder. Capturing the majesty on film is not always an easy task but it is vastly rewarding. The first challenge a wildlife photographer faces is location. A wildlife photographer has to go into the habitat of the animals in order to capture […]

Categories: Video Production Tips     Tags: animal photography, how to take great wildlife pictures, how to take wildlife pictures, nature photography, wildlife photography

Six Easy Lighting Setups For Shooting Exceptional Portraits

by Internet Video Gal on 05/30/2019

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If you wish to create a flattering portrait of someone, lighting is critical.  Often, that means soft, even, diffused, bright light. But  not every portrait should have that form of standard lighting.  Sometimes you want to spice it up. This post will give you some advanced lighting tips.  Most of them create a very dramatic […]

Categories: Lighting for Video     Tags: advanced video lighting, dramatic lighting, professional video lighting, professional-quality lighting for video, video portrait lighting

Visual Communication: Advancing a Story Using Pictures.

by Internet Video Gal on 03/21/2019

Projects For The Beginning Film Maker. One of the skills you need to develop to create professional-quality videos is the ability to think visually. Instead of words, you communicate using pictures.  What visual cues can you as the film director give the viewer so he or she “gets” it? You have to first think of […]

Categories: Elementary School Curriculum Film Studies, High School Curriculum Film Studies, Video Production Tips     Tags: teach kids filmmaking, tell story with pictures, visual storytelling

An Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking

by Internet Video Gal on 03/12/2019

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Documentary filmmaking is a subcategory of film and video production where the production crew creates a work of journalism rather than a fictional movie. Instead of making up fictional characters and creating a world of make-believe, the documentary filmmaker’s job is to document real life and real people by accurately and fairly telling their stories.   Journalism […]

Categories: Demand Real Journalism, Documentary Video Making, High School Curriculum Film Studies, Teaching Video Production, Video Production Tips     Tags: beginners guide to journalism documentary filmmaking, documentary filmmaking, high school video production documentaries, how to make documentary, learn documentary filmmaking, mockumentary, news and documentary videos, what is journalism, what makes a good documentary

Character Marketing: Why So Many Advertisements Feature Branding Characters

by Internet Video Gal on 03/08/2019

Take a look at these eight marketing characters used to advertise national brands.  How many of them do you recognize? Do you know what product they represent? Every single time I showed pictures of marketing characters like this to my media students, they instantly knew almost every single character  They knew both the character name […]

Categories: Business Marketing with Video, High School Curriculum Film Studies, Storytelling, Video Production Tips     Tags: advertising characters, branded characters, character marketing, characters tv advertising, charlie the tuna, energizer bunny, how to make a tv commercial, how to make a video commercial, jolly green giiant, Michelin Man, Mr. Clean, pillsbury doughboy, ronald mcdonald, tony the tiger, tv commercial characters

Let’s Make a TV Commercial!

by Internet Video Gal on 03/08/2019

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Now that you have studied character marketing, it is time to come up with a product, a character and a commercial! Guidelines for your TV Commercial Project Your assignment is to create and produce a TV commercial using at least one character. Your commercial will promote a product using your character.  Remember, your character should […]

Categories: High School Curriculum Film Studies, Teaching Video Production, Video Production Tips     Tags: high school video production, high school video production curriculum, how to make a commercial, how to make a tv commercial, make tv commercial, produce tv commercial, video production curriculum

Video Editing: Historical Perspective on Linear and Nonlinear Video Editing

by Internet Video Gal on 03/07/2019

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Computers completely revolutionized video editing. Before computers, video editing was more expensive and slow.  It took tons of expensive equipment, a whole roomful if you got into big-budget production. The skills and techniques used were completely different from modern computer editing.  For the most part, video editing on these old systems was only done by […]

Categories: High School Curriculum Film Studies, Video Editing     Tags: analogue video editing systems, computer video editing, history of video editing, linear video editing, nonlinear video editing, video editing systems

How to Create Original Characters for Your Movie

by Internet Video Gal on 03/07/2019

actress mayim bialik and her character amy farrah fowler

BUILDING CHARACTERS FOR A MOVIE When creating characters for a movie, consider the many different ways people behave, look and speak. Do you know anyone like this in real life? It always helps to follow the writer’s adage: “write what you know.” You can learn by imitating what has been done to create popular characters […]

Categories: High School Curriculum Film Studies, Video Production Tips     Tags: creating fictional characters, developing characters, how to develop characters for a movie, how to make a movie characters, movie character development, movie making techniques

Why Reality and Facts Matter. A Well-Functioning Media is Critical for Freedom in America

by Internet Video Gal on 10/23/2018

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“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”  Thomas Jefferson When he uttered those famous words, Thomas Jefferson knew if the brand new, innovative idea of a government run by “We the People” […]

Categories: Demand Real Journalism, Who Is Lorraine Grula     Tags: First Amendment, history of news media, media trends, news media and truth, news media critique, news media faults, news media U.S constitution, why is news media important

Thoughts on Fixing the News Media

by Internet Video Gal on 10/23/2018

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WHY IS THE NEWS MEDIA SO DESTRUCTIVE AND HOW CAN WE FIX IT? When I contemplate the full repercussions of the 24-hour, anything-in-the-world-goes information cycle, it scares me a bit.  In my observation, as well as shown scientifically, humans are alarmingly susceptible to succumbing their will to authoritarian information and directives.  It seems to be […]

Categories: Demand Real Journalism, High School Curriculum Film Studies, Who Is Lorraine Grula     Tags: high school journalism curriculum, how to fix news media, how to tell fake news, learning journalism, problems with news media, tv news media issues

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