My first ever client… I remember my very first client, I filmed and edited a wedding video for my best friend’s cousin. I was studying film and televsion at university, and I was absolutely over the moon at having a real videography job. A real, paying client! I filmed for about 10 hours on their […]
Author: Rachel Tapscott
How often do you post content directly to a social media platform compared to posting links? Did you know that only posting links to external content could be harming the reach of your posts? Today we’re going to look at some benefits of posting native video content to your social platforms, and explore a few […]
Editing isn’t just about cutting the footage anymore. Titles, graphics, music, sound effects and animations are in almost every video we see on the internet. But you don’t have to learn all of these skills yourself to create awesome videos. Here are some of the tools I use and recommend to beginner and even advanced […]
If you are new to the video-making game, or you’re still trying to find your stride on camera, I have an exercise and a challenge for you to help you feel more confident in your presentation. Today we’re going to breakdown a process called the Elevator Pitch Video Exercise. One of the first video projects […]
If you’re making any of these video editing mistakes it could be costing you lots of time or views on your videos. Let’s dive in and talk about eight video editing mistakes beginners make, and how to avoid them. The first video editing mistake actually starts in the filming process, and that is… 1. Filming […]
Unlike most social platforms you don’t need to post videos all the time to still benefit from them on LinkedIn. This post will look at how you can position yourself as an authority in your field by using video on LinkedIn, and how you can attract more of the right connections with a little edit […]
Do you find yourself hitting the record button and drawing a blank? Or taking hours upon hours to film one video and coming away frustrated because it didn’t come across the way you wanted it to? Let’s talk about how you can create a solid outline for your videos so you can save time and […]
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Captivate Your Audience
If you don’t believe in the content you’re sharing, your audience won’t either. If you don’t love what you’re talking about and feel compelled to get it out into the world, your message could fall flat. The greatest presenters in the world speak with such conviction and with such belief in the words they are […]
Video files can be massive, so it can take a long time to upload them and share them to social media platforms as well as put a lot of stress on your bandwidth. You can also save space in systems like Google Drive, the Cloud or Vimeo by compressing your video files, especially when you’re […]
Is time getting in your way of creating videos and getting your message out there? What if you could get a month’s worth of video content done in one day… potentially even more than that? I feel my strength lies in writing, more than speaking off the cuff, so I use a teleprompter (or autocue) […]