Understanding the principles of how to control your night vision camcorder is just about the best thing you can do if you wish to move up to shooting professional quality video. While there is no doubt that making an above average film or video takes a certain level of innovation and personal creativity, you won't get far if you don't also master the technical skills you need for film making.
The night vision video camera of today is plugged brimming with 'automatic' settings. This makes it easy for individuals to work with the cameras for shooting videos. But if you want to advance your video skills you'll want to learn to shoot with the automatic settings turned off. By developing experience manually setting the controls of your camera, you really understand the basics of how the camera works. By having the ability to know when you need to set a manual mode instead of filming on automatic you'll be able to produce a much more creative and interesting video.
Learn to use the basic aperture and shutter speed settings of the camera. By experimenting with the shutter speed you will find that you can get some very interesting results, especially on moving objects. And by changing the aperture, you'll see the difference that the depth of field makes in how the camera focuses. Interview type videos can be especially distinctive by using a large aperture opening together with a shallow depth of field.
Shoot some video in the different white balance settings if your camcorder will allow it. A lot of films and videos gain a professional look by deliberately using white balance set to a specific value to give a unique look to the scene. And you will need to set the white balance manually if you're filming video where exact color reproduction is important.
Learn how to use artificial lighting and supportive infrared lights or infrared floodlights to enhance the quality of your video. As everyone knows, extra lighting enables you to illuminate your primary scene, but experiment utilizing it for back lighting or fill light to obtain effects that you would normally not see. Remember that your infrared video camera will pick up light external sources as well as the light you supply.
Shooting in the dark is challenging to say the least. The more that you make use of your infrared camcorder, the better you will be able to make sure that you obtain the shots you want. Work with changing and setting the controls in the dark. Having a red filter covered flashlight can also help you see what you are doing without making you reduce your night vision.
And if you're using natural sound for your video, learn how to make the best use of your camera's microphone and be conscious of it's limitations. If the quality of sound is not up to par, think about using alternative microphones. Testing your microphones and ensuring that they work is extremely important. You don't want to capture a great video clip only later to find out the audio isn't acceptable.
Practice makes perfect for any skill set that you need when shooting with a night vision digital video camera. The obvious way to master the techniques and skills needed is to constantly shoot and critique your own work. Do practice shoots using all of the settings of your camcorder at one time or another and then try to discover how the results you achieve can be combined or used when creating your final film.
The night vision video camera of today is plugged brimming with 'automatic' settings. This makes it easy for individuals to work with the cameras for shooting videos. But if you want to advance your video skills you'll want to learn to shoot with the automatic settings turned off. By developing experience manually setting the controls of your camera, you really understand the basics of how the camera works. By having the ability to know when you need to set a manual mode instead of filming on automatic you'll be able to produce a much more creative and interesting video.
Learn to use the basic aperture and shutter speed settings of the camera. By experimenting with the shutter speed you will find that you can get some very interesting results, especially on moving objects. And by changing the aperture, you'll see the difference that the depth of field makes in how the camera focuses. Interview type videos can be especially distinctive by using a large aperture opening together with a shallow depth of field.
Shoot some video in the different white balance settings if your camcorder will allow it. A lot of films and videos gain a professional look by deliberately using white balance set to a specific value to give a unique look to the scene. And you will need to set the white balance manually if you're filming video where exact color reproduction is important.
Learn how to use artificial lighting and supportive infrared lights or infrared floodlights to enhance the quality of your video. As everyone knows, extra lighting enables you to illuminate your primary scene, but experiment utilizing it for back lighting or fill light to obtain effects that you would normally not see. Remember that your infrared video camera will pick up light external sources as well as the light you supply.
Shooting in the dark is challenging to say the least. The more that you make use of your infrared camcorder, the better you will be able to make sure that you obtain the shots you want. Work with changing and setting the controls in the dark. Having a red filter covered flashlight can also help you see what you are doing without making you reduce your night vision.
And if you're using natural sound for your video, learn how to make the best use of your camera's microphone and be conscious of it's limitations. If the quality of sound is not up to par, think about using alternative microphones. Testing your microphones and ensuring that they work is extremely important. You don't want to capture a great video clip only later to find out the audio isn't acceptable.
Practice makes perfect for any skill set that you need when shooting with a night vision digital video camera. The obvious way to master the techniques and skills needed is to constantly shoot and critique your own work. Do practice shoots using all of the settings of your camcorder at one time or another and then try to discover how the results you achieve can be combined or used when creating your final film.
