How to make an interesting video using an action camera? Let's look at a few tips that will help you not only shoot an interesting video using your favorite action camera, but also post it on the Internet, such a video made according to my recommendations will collect a bunch of likes from your friends and acquaintances on the Youtube channel.
You probably understand yourself that making a regular video on a camera will not bring any result. The work should be at least both meaningful and contain a situation that will keep a person until the end of viewing. Such situations include a video with a plot, a unique case with an animal that you don't often see in life, a sensation beyond the bounds of possible human action (for example, you climb on a tower crane and hang out making an offer to your girlfriend with the fact that she will refuse, then you jump down (just kidding, of course)).
So, as you already understood, one action camera is not enough to shoot a fascinating video for the Internet, although even if you buy a camera for a lot of money, it will not give positive effects. Therefore, we read my recommendations on how to shoot video using an action camera!
The plot or story must take place
Take any interesting video, it will definitely follow the storyline or a short story about the character's action. now take a ‘cut’ from fragments of travel that folk craftsmen love to do and see the number of views, in the first case the result will please you, the second case after the first viewing will be forgotten and lost in the network.
A little advice to you on this point, shoot a video where there is, albeit a small, but a plot with a history of development, you do not need to shoot only the result. For example, if you want to make a video for the Internet about your jump from a mountain into the water, then start filming with preparation for the jump, then the jump itself and at the end you are filming your impressions, here's the storyline, I think, not the first stage, everything is clear ...
There are a huge number of programs for video processing, but I recommend using them at the very last moment, in order to shoot an interesting video, you first need to work with the shooting modes, if the video is not interesting at the first stage, then its effects are unlikely to be extended.
Of the shooting modes, especially dynamic ones, where, for example, you are going downhill on a bicycle at great speed, the slow motion mode (mode of slowing down a dynamic scene) is suitable, by the way, my favorite mode. You need to use the mode only at a frame rate of 60 frames per second, otherwise you will get ‘mess’ with a floating picture.
Did you shoot a video at that frame rate? Go ahead to the computer, process the video and make the slow-motion effect, which gives a stunning effect when watching and carries the viewer along to the end of the video.
What programs should you use to make an interesting video for your archive or your Youtube channel? I recommend using the standard software packages that come with your action camera. Of course, this does not concern advanced users, they use professional video editing utilities, bought for a lot of money, but if you need to make several ordinary effects, then standard programs will help you.
In addition, it is much easier and faster to master all the points here than when you open a professional program, you will only figure out for a month how to start a video and where to click next. In addition, standard programs for processing video from action cameras already have all the main modes and editing effects.
Use camera accessories and boxes
To make a good video for Youtube or family archives, remember to always use a tripod and a variety of boxes. for example, when shooting a long scene, it will be much more profitable to use a tripod, and for shooting video underwater, use a waterproof box. Regarding the second point, I will dwell specifically, use such a box only for its intended purpose and not constantly, you do not need to wear it in sunny weather, fearing that your camera may fall into the water.
With this attitude to the camera, you can save it, but you can miss and capture an important moment in life, for example, some scene where dialogue between people is important, the boxes close the microphone, and then you will be left in the red, because such a video will not even save overlay track. We also do not forget about a stick with cameras fastened at two ends, they are also called a meter pole, you probably already saw such a pole among skiers who like to shoot themselves when descending. To summarize, only use accessories and boxes for their intended purpose!
Another very important point in terms of the duration and shooting of an interesting video with an action camera, well, here, as in other paragraphs of this article, it no longer depends on what you shoot, be it a DSLR or a regular video camera. It is important to understand the shooting time, all interesting videos should not be longer than 1 minute, I don't know why, but life dictates such rules and from the point of view of viewers' interest, such short-length videos are most in demand.
The second point of the shooting duration concerns the cutting of moments with which you will make an interesting video, all the pieces for a video designed for the Internet should be no more than 7 seconds in duration, so the moment of one piece of video will be much easier for the viewer to assimilate and captivate him until the end of the viewing.
I hope that my recommendations on how to make an interesting video using an action camera for youtube will help you and you will shoot a good and exciting video for yourself and your family. I would be very grateful for the clicks on the social icons at the end of the article, and just if you share this material with your friends.
