by dwvideo | Sep 10, 2013 | blog
Ignoring lighting when shooting indoors can make your videos look dark.
Adding your own lights is ideal. If that’s not possible, check out the available lighting sources. If you’re shooting video of people, get as much light in their faces. But don’t be fooled by overhead lights. While they may be bright, they only light the tops of people’s heads, leaving their face in shadows.
Bounce Lighting – reflect available light onto a face with a white or light gray poster board.
Using Windows – putting your subject in front of a window will give a silhouette effect. There are times that this works. Using the Bounce lighting tips can work at times. Please note: you may have to set your camera to outdoor filter for best results. Re-white balance and now the image(s) will look good.
Lighting is experimenting – do not be afraid to try things. Try using a while sheet or shower curtain to reflect light or diffuse it.
To get proper lighting takes time, sometime hours. For example I was shooting a stainless steel car wash machine once. We were using the jib to start on one side and fly across the front and end up on the other side. The problem was when we came across the front hot spots from the lights showed up on the machine. We tried several light locations with no luck. I final took my white 12 foot X 30 foot backdrop and we place it 12-15 foot in front of the machine and pulled it out for about 20 feet. Now we took our lights and turned them onto the backdrop. Reflecting the light evenly across the machine. This provided an even look when we did our camera move. It took about 2 hours to set up this 4-6 second shot.
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by dwvideo | Sep 4, 2013 | blog
Plenty of things to do in Mackinaw City
Presenting Dawn Edwards from the Mackinaw Chamber with the 2-13 DV Award.
Producer Director Duane Weed, owner DW Video & Multimedia, LLC in Howard City was recognized for his work on “Mackinaw, Michigan’s Tourist Destination,” in the 2013 DV Awards. DV Awards is an international competition recognizing outstanding achievement in digital video.
DW Video was contracted by Sygnifi Networks and Greg Troin to produce the Mackinaw community tourist video.
According to Troin “This was a very exciting project and part of the collaborative marketing initiative, championed by Dawn Edwards, Executive Director of the Mackinaw Chamber. The video truly showcases the many great reasons to visit the area. Duane did a super job capturing the essence of why the Mackinaw region is a must see.”
“This was an exciting video shoot for many reasons,” states Duane. “For one, this video was to Promote Michigan, which I truly have a passion for. And two was able to have my son; daughter and dad help with the on-location digital video along with media producer Frank Krywicki.”
When Mackinaw Chamber’s, Dawn Edwards heard of the award she commented that is great recognition for Duane’s many hours of hard work, (Exploring the Great Up North).” Edwards continues, “This movie evolved into a year round snapshot of the area regardless of weather and other filming challenges. It captured the desire to travel north, relax with the family, explore real history and discover the many area recreational and business opportunities in the Mackinaw City Area.”
What is a trip to Mackinaw without some mouthwatering Fudge?
Duane continues, “What an honor, to be recognized for the work on the Mackinaw project. I would like to thank the Mackinaw Chamber and all the businesses involved with this project. We put in some very long days, met some wonderful people and captured the beauty only found in Pure Michigan.”
To view the “Mackinaw…. Michigan’s Tourist Destination” video go to www.dwvideo.com.php56-26.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com and look in the video gallery or go to www.mackinawchamber.com and click on the Video Button. For more information contact Duane at 231-937-5420.
Mackinaw… Michigan’s Tourist Destination. A year round destination.
by dwvideo | Sep 3, 2013 | blog
SEO or Search Engine Optimization if important for your website getting seen? After running a couple reports over the weekend I am happy with the results. We are pushing a national organic campaign for Thermal-Tec “78% exposure to Google is fantastic results for Thermal-Tec. There is only a couple of tweaks here and there needed to raise Bing and Yahoo. Nothing radical to do and most any changes will hurt rankings instead of help rankings’. This is why we monitor and make changes only where necessary.
For our International client Camp Bil-O-Wood “After 4 consecutive months of over 1000 visitors per month, the drop to 772 visitors in August was expected and slightly above last year’s 600 visitors (Summer Camp is over). The main surprise was the increase to almost 8 percent of visitors coming from Western Europe. This will be one of our main focal points over the coming months”.
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by dwvideo | Aug 22, 2013 | blog
The Circus is in town. Coming to Howard City Michigan. At DW Video we really enjoy promoting the area – it is our calling and heck… we get paid to do so – Love my Job. Promoting your business with video is key – promoting your good works is also important. Tell your story. Check out this video – ‘The Circus’ Sponsored by J & H Oil.
