But you find that the end result is never the quality that you're really looking for today.

We're gonna talk about five.

Easy to fix videography mistakes.

Mistake number one is accidentally confusing your audience.

This can come from just turning on the camera and beginning to ramble.

If you don't have a script or a direction that your video is heading in, it is really easy to get stuck in your own head and just begin talking and talking.

And then you begin editing and your video doesn't really amount to much.

The way that you can fix this is to script out your videos.

Here it down like productions.

We write scripts, we collaborate.

We talked with seafood and we really come up with a plan of what we're gonna talk about.

This saves time on production and editing and creates quality work.

Now.

This doesn't mean you have to write out an entire narrative script, like for a feature film for a little video.

Just right now, I actually have a script with me.

It's got five points that I'm gonna talk about and a reminder to say a conclusion at the end.

Just having something that you can refer to and look back so you don't get lost can really help you out on your shoot day.

Second thing to talk about is lighting.

The easiest thing that you can do as a videographer filming yourself and filming other people is to make sure you're in an area with good lighting.

If you have access to lights that you can adjust, there is a three point lighting plan that you can follow.

This includes a key light, a fill light and a backlight.

So this is what my video would look like without a fill light.

And this is what it looks like without the key.

Now, as you can assume, this is our backlight.

So with a key light and fill this way, both lights are not causing harsh shadows on either side of my face.

Now, if you don't have access to professional lighting gear, you can just be resourceful in your own house.

Standing by a window is often a way to get even lighting across your whole face, even if you're shooting on an iPhone compared to a camera.

If you have a good lighting setup, the professional quality will still remain.

Point number three is using a single camera setup versus a dual camera set up.

So here it down Lock productions.

We always film within a camp in a B cam.

However, one of the most professional parts of having an A and B camp is that cutting between the cameras can actually fill the gaps in mistakes that you make while you speak.

So here's an example.

So today I'm going to be talking about video production, and video production is so.

Can you see how I made an awkward gap if you just see it on the single camera, but here will show the clip again, cutting from a camp to be camp.

So today I'm going to be talking about video production and video production is, it seems, a lot more professional, like there was a natural flow right.

The next point is to always make sure about your camera is in focus.

Watching a blurry image is just extremely aggravating, and it's incredibly distracting.

You always want to make sure that your camera settings are set proper and that everything is sharp and in focus, so setting the focus is one of the easiest things to do in a camera.

But if you're doing all of this by yourself, it can actually be incredibly difficult.

If you leave, there's no subject to focus on.

So a trick that I like to dio is bring something into the frame that will be at the same distance that you will be.

Then you leave, set your camera settings to this guy, and then when you come back, it'll be set for your face.

Tip number five is to do what is called storyboarding.

Now storyboarding is something that we often do a narrative filmmaking.

But even if you're just doing a video with tips like this, planning it out in advance by drawing what you think the next steps are gonna be can help you stay focused and on track.

Lots of times with Dan, we shoot in different locations around the house, so we planned out in advance for this point.

We're gonna be by the bar, and this one will be with Iron Man.

Having a storyboard can actually help you conceptualize what the video will look like before you even shoot it with having a visual plan before you go into production.

It can help you work out kinks beforehand and actually save you.

Editing time as a bonus tip for something that can easily make your videos look more professional is to use B roll.

If you watch a lot of Seafoods videos, you'll know that we use B roll a lot.

Having a visual aid is the best way to provide an example for a point if you can't act out the example yourself.

So, for example, if I'm trying to talk about how someone is really frustrated at work and I just say they were really frustrated, it's more powerful to actually show you a shot of someone frustrated at work.

This way, I can stay on script and continue talking, and I don't have to worry about acting it out or hiring actors afterwards.

Be rule is another very valuable tool that should be in every videographers.

Toolkit not only doesn't give a visual example for points that you make, it can help piece information together in a very clear way for your audience.

Using B roll can really add production value to your video content, and there's lots of free Web sites where you can download B roll and try it out.

So there we have it.

Those air five.

Easy to fix videography mistakes.

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