A common misconception on the web is that viewers watch videos from beginning to end. The reality is they often don’t…rather, they fast-forward though videos, jump around or watch the first few seconds and then leave. YouTube and similar sites have fueled this misconception with their “view” counters, which show how many times a video [...]
One of the most common misconceptions with web video is that you can sit down in front of a camera, record yourself talking for 5 minutes, upload it to YouTube and you’re business will suddenly flourish. Unfortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth. We’ll save the traffic portion of the above scenario for another [...]
I don’t watch much television. When I do, it’s usually of the educational-type. And if I can be entertained in the process, well that’s just an added bonus. Over the past year, I been both educated and entertained by a channel called Current TV (it’s on channel 366 for all you DirecTV subscribers). Current TV [...]
Sony Vegas has a lot of “hidden” effects buried within it. In fact, with some of these effects, people will swear that the video was made with After Effects or Final Cut…instead of Sony Vegas. Today I’m going to share with you one of these effects. It’s an effect that’s used quite often in image [...]
Every so often these days you’ll see a commercial done in black and white…but where a person or an object appears in color. For example, the commercial will show traffic in New York City with everything black and white. But then, a yellow taxi moves through the scene. In fact, the 1998 film Pleasantville (starring [...]
