Making Your Talent Shine

Make your Talent Look Good

Every director hopes to find a diamond in the rough when they're auditioning talent. Whether you're looking for star material among your friends and family or holding open auditions, you never know when you're going to run across the perfect person to fit a role. But finding the right actors is only part of the process, because even the best actor or actress needs help. If you want your audience to buy your actor's performance as much as you do, you'll need to make sure that every aspect of the production is spot on. No one can hear how well they speak their lines if the audio is too quiet to hear it. No one will care how dramatic their gestures are if the lighting is too weak to see it. Videomaker's Instructional Series is the perfect tool to make sure that every aspect of your production goes according to plan, so that your audience can enjoy the performance as much as you can.

Titles in the Instructional Series include:

• Light it Right! - Lighting can make an obvious difference between professional and amateur video. In this DVD the experts at Videomaker teach lighting techniques so you can set up the best lighting environment to light your video like a pro.
• Basic Shooting - Learn the basics to help you shoot like a pro! The experts at Videomaker have designed this DVD to assist you in your quest for producing dynamic video productions! With a few simple tips, you'll be on your way to creating top-notch videos while having fun in the process.
• Titles and Graphics - This DVD teaches you how to make perfect video titles, end credits, backgrounds and designs for better on-screen viewing, plus optimal colors and sizes to aid with readability of your video titles.
• Basic Video Editing - You'll learn important information about digital video editing software. You'll learn the tools you need to get started in digital video editing including valuable tips and techniques for creating titles, editing sequences and editing audio.
• Advanced Video Editing - You know the basics of editing, now learn some of the tips and tricks that can help you take your videos to the next level. The editors and experts at Videomaker have created this DVD to introduce you to the tools, techniques and technology you need to know to edit like a pro; including tips for top-notch titles, creative composites, cool color and speed effects.
• Advanced Shooting - In this DVD, the experts at Videomaker go beyond the basics and teach you to use stroyboards, camera angles and shots and camera stabilization techniques. Make more professional looking videos to tell a better story...
• Basic Audio for Video - Learn about the many types of microphones and how to use them wisely. Key insights for recording indoor and outdoor audio. Editing techniques to sweeten your audio by adding sound effects at the edit bay.
• Introduction to DVD Authoring and Design - We start with the basics of making a DVD. Then we cover the most common dvd authoring tools found in DVD authoring software followed by DVD menu creation and MPEG Encoding.

To learn more, check out Videomaker's Instructional Series.

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