Following the past entries about  video blogging, these posts are intended to increase the amount user generated content about Korea and to get more expats into making videos.

After discussing most of the technical matters in filming, we can finally talk about my favorite lesson, composition.  Please keep in mind that these are merely guidelines which can be followed and are by no means absolutes; sometimes breaking the rules will give you a better effect. Still, following some of these guidelines will provide your video with a more polished look and feel. This guide is a continuation of BV IV: Composition Basics.

Following the past entries about introducing vlogging, or video blogging, these posts are intended to get more expats into making videos to share with one another.

After discussing most of the technical matters in filming, it is finally time to talk about my favorite lesson, composition.  Please keep in mind that these are merely guidelines which are usually followed and they are by no means absolutes, as sometimes breaking the “rules” gives you a much better effect. Still, following these some of these guidelines will make your pieces a much more polished look.

Let’s start with a quick introduction regarding setup.

This is the third post regarding an introduction to video blogging, which covers: the basics of camera equipment, sound, editing programs, composition, angles, shots, cuts, and so on. This post will deal with some of the more important technicalities of cam equipment and although this section will be geared towards users with a camcorder, there is much overlapping with anyone who might be interested using a DSLR or any other type of recording device for the purpose of vlogging.

Everyone wants good looking video but the technical aspect may scare off a great deal of people from achieving greater quality when in fact, a boost in quality can be achieved with as simple as a touch of  a button.

You really cannot underestimate the power of audio; it is just as important to have good sound as there is to have good video and as I mentioned in my last post regarding cams, video is 3/4 audio.  Have you ever seen a video whose picture quality was pretty great, but for some reason or another you did not feel as if you would like to continue watching? More often than not, it may have been poor audio.

Although most cams, whether they be handhelds, phones, DSLRs, or camcorders, come with built in audio – no matter how much you may have paid for i investing in an external mic will ramp up the quality of your videos.  For this to be possible though, you should be sure that whatever you are using to record contains external jacks for microphones.  A slight inconvenience you may face while recording with anything but a camcorder is that most tend to record on mono tracks instead of stereo (more on this later). This can be an advantage though! If you are using audio editing software, it allows for cleaner cutting and mixing with background music, since you can change different levels of sound in case the background is too high.

It has come to my attention that the vlogging community in South Korea is much smaller in comparison to the amount of bloggers. I wish to offer some simple guidelines that can get people started in shooting video so that we may have a much larger community and information/entertainment for anyone interested.

Integration of video can be found on most any cell phone these days as well as cameras and even DSRL cameras come equipped for the ability to shoot HD video. Deciding on a camera can be pretty frustrating  and can get more complicated when dealing with things like  SD, 720 HD, 1280 HD, flash memory, hard drive camcorders, DV…

Here is a small post with information that may help you choose the camera that will fit your needs as a vlogger. Remember, just because someone uses an expensive camera to accomplish their needs does not mean you need it for what you may be doing.