This is my quick guide to making a good diabolo (or any skill toy you want) video
There are 3 main things you need to consider: the tricks, the filming and the editing
This guide will cover all 3
the trickspracticeAlways practice you tricks so you can complete it, at least, 1/5 times
Also make sure you can show people your trick(s) if you drop it more often practice more and more
the "right" trickYou always have to consider if the cameras will see it, if you move around to much and you want an up close shot, it will be essential to practice more and more so you move less and less!
the filmingequipmentDon't splash your cash on a high quality camera, use what you have. I use my iPod and iPad as they have a camera in the front so when your filming by yourself you can see what is being recorded. Try and use a tripod if you have one as the video becomes much more stable and there great when filming by yourself
locationIf possible try to go to an interesting location (preferably outside), yes you can film in your garden, but at least consider going somewhere else. Changing location also makes the viewer more in to your video
the weatherIf the weather is rainy use this time to practice or film a little bit indoors (not recommended by me), if it is rainy people might think that your desperate and that you just want views for your video, (you may be thinking "more videos = more views" this is wrong as a good quality video = more views)
angles of filmIf yo use lots of angles it makes it easier to edit and shows the viewer what is happening from your perspective, for example. But always look after your equipment, especially when your doing shots from below!
battery lifeThese are my few tips to save battery life during filming
1 Try to charge up the battery in your camera before you film, this is always a good thing to do
2 don't look at what you filmed, you could be doing more filming and using up the battery on that, but it is still probably best that take a few films of your trick
3 turn off the film as quick as possible as you could be wasting battery unneserseraly
4 don't delete, if you delete things this just wastes battery, and you could use some of the bad points in a blooper (see later)
5 carry spare battery's with you (this is optional but recommended)
extra bits of filmIf you take extra bits of film (preferably with your spare battery life) it can turn your whole video in to a viewing experience not just a demonstration of your tricks, a good example is purple clock white prop by guillaume
Guillaume Karpowicz - Purple clock, white prop. - juggling videos hosted @ Juggling.tvthe editingThis is my favourite part of making a video but there are more things to consider...
softwareLike the camera don't spend to much on your software, start of with some free software, I used to use windows live movie maker, it has all the right things on for a beginner but not enough for "advanced" editors, after your "too good" for your free software upgrade to whatever you think is right, I now use "cyberlink power director ultra 11!"
trimmingAlways trim your videos down to just the trick or combo. You don't want the viewer to see you walking towards the camera to press the stop button, you don't want the viewers to see you celebrating and you knocking the camera to a rather nice shot of your garden fence
slow motionIf your doing a quick trick ,for e.g. Trashes web, it is a good idea to use slow mo as the viewers can actually see what your doing! If you don't use slow mo the viewers may just say "what the hell was that thing!"
speed upSometimes you have to use speed up, but not as much as slow mo! Use speed up when your doing something repetitive, for e.g. Accelerations, viewers don't like seeing you do acceleration for half the video so either trim it out or speed it up, the choice is yours!
effectsI normally don't use effects but I see a lot of people use black and whit for slow motion and a blur for speed up
musicTry to get a piece of music with no lyrics as that can be distracting to the viewer, also try to get a piece that is between 2 mins to about 7, definitely not to long though
creditsAt the end the end of your video add in the credits of who was in the video, who edited the video, some people put in who filmed the video, and who the music was by. If your publishing on you tube you may also want to put a subscribe screen on to your video
bloopersIf you had a good fail or 2 put them at the END of your video after everything else, make sure that it has NO music, just the original sounds, but always separate it by putting a second of a black screen to show that is isn't part of the video
you tube editorIf you did put a subscribe screen on you should go on to you tube, video manager then annotations, select label annotation, drag it over where you want your subscribe link to be, tick the box to show that you want it to be a subscribe link type in your Chanel name and also tick the box so it opens in a new window, as the video may not be finished
Sorry for the lengthy post but I hoped this helped a lot
Rob
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