Video Creation Process
Learn The Various Steps
create your first professional looking video on a DVD.
Though most of the camcorder manuals will have some basic information about how to create your video, here is a simple step by step process explaining you the details of video production.
You can use this process to shoot video of any special event that you wish to record, and store on a DVD.
Step 1: Buying Your Video Equipments/Software
For creating your own videos, you will need video creation tools like camcorder, capture card, computer, and editing software. You will have lot of choices, in terms of brands as well as prices.
For more information, you can go through my guide on selecting good digital video equipment.
Step 2: Shooting/Recording Your Video
Once you have video equipments in place, the next thing is the shoot/record video. You can go through this guide on shooting a quality digital video. It talks about basic video shooting skills (lighting, zooming, hand movement, etc.) that you need to be aware of while shooting.
Step 3: Capturing Your Video on Computer
So now your camcorder has the recorded video. Next step is to take the video onto the computer. For this you will need a piece of hardware.
If your video is in analog format, you will need an analog-to-digital conversion device to capture the video on the computer. If the video is in digital format, then you just need a Firewire card to stream video into your computer.
For more information, you can refer my article on selecting video capture equipment.
Step 4: Editing Your Video
Once you have the video on your computer, you have the option of polishing it further using video editing software packages.
There could be some frames within the video that you would like to delete or you may want to add a soundtrack. A software editor will let you do this. Besides, video editing software also let you add special effects, transitions and titles.
For more information, you can refer my article on selecting video editing packages.
Stage 5: Sharing Your Video
If you are satisfied with the final edited version of your video, it is time to put it on a DVD / VCD. Most of the editing software will let you write your final edited video on a DVD / VCD. If you need flexibility to write videos to VCDs / DVDs, you can even use DVD authoring packages like Roxio Easy Media Creator
Conclusion
This is the video creation process in simple steps which will let you create your own videos. Nothing much to it actually! Play around with the various steps for some time and you will be an expert in no time.Books: To learn more on digital video creation, I would recommend you take a look at one of these books.
DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish by Ian Aronson (Author)
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