WVU #61 – How To Create The Illusion of a Multi-Camera Video Using Only One Camera
Posted On: November 6, 2009
Posted In: multi camera, sony vegas, video editing tricks
Comments: 19 Responses
Posted In: multi camera, sony vegas, video editing tricks
Comments: 19 Responses
If you want to keep your videos more interesting to viewers (so they keep watching), one technique is to use different camera angles throughout your video.
But you don’t need multiple cameras and you don’t need to shoot multiple takes of your video to achieve this. In fact, you can achieve this effect with only a single camera and only one take. In this video I show you exactly how.
Very beautiful outdoor shot. Great ideas in this blog. I love the clarity and sharpness of your video.
I am transitioning, starting today, from PCs and Sony Vegas software to a Mac after being fed up with numerous repairs thanks to the inefficiencies in Microsoft’s operating system. I just bought the new IMAC 21.5. I hope it is powerful enough. Seems fast.
I wonder if Final Cut Pro will give me all the flexibility that Sony Vegas has built in to it because your videos actually have more ‘zing’ to them then the other courses out there that are using Mac editing software.
BTW: As far as lighting, are you using any special lighting or reflectors in this current video … or is it just the perfect overcast day?
@John – I use both Vegas and Final Cut for my videos on this site. Vegas is faster to work in but Final Cut offers more plugins. In the end, they both produce the same result though.
And the video above was shot on an overcast day with no additional tools used, just the available natural light.
Great stuff Dave!
I appreciate all the tips. I, too, just bought a mac with Final Cut Express (it’s a desktop workstation)
Is there a particular plugin that will do these zoom effects with iMovie or Final Cut Express you can recommend?
Thanks again,
Adriel
@Adriel – In Final Cut, just use the razor blade tool to split the clip where you want. Then for the clip you want to zoom in on, go into the Viewer window, Motion tab and adjust the scale. Optionally, you could also go into the Canvas window, turn the wireframe on (hit the W key) and just drag the edges to adjust the scale.
Dave, your video tips are the BEST! Can you tell me what video camera you use. I’m always impressed by the great quality.
Thanks,
Bruce
@ Bruce – I used a Canon Vixia HF S10. You can see my review of it here:
http://webvideouniversity.com/podcast/video/2009/06/08/wvu-39-review-canon-vixia-hf-s10-part-2/
Dave,
Thanks for the great tip. We are about to launch our new travel/adventure site “The Roaming Boomers”, and we will be shooting a lot of video with a stationary setting.
This is a great tip to bring interest.
Thanks!
Dave,
I have learned a lot from you and your videos. The past two have stopped playing in the very last part. This one stopped at approximately 1:37 in the play time. Is there a reason for this?
Thanks
Terry
@Terry – Your browsers cache is likely full. See here to fix:
http://www.webvideouniversity.com/videohelp.html
Thank you so much Dave for your answer. Have a great week!
Sweet! Can’t wait to give this a try. Sort of mad at myself for not thinking of this myself…
Hey Dave… Your content is brilliant, as usual.
Just one question – your videos are HD, how on earth do you get them to load so incredibly fast?
Is it a combo of your server, plus compression? Are they .flv files?
I’m at the bottom of Australia – and even though I have the fastest cable internet available, your videos load just as fast as if the server was down the road!
All the best, Dave
p.s. am picking up a canon HFS11 next week… yeah!
@Dave – It’s a combination of the “recipe” used to encode the videos and the CDN (content delivery network) used to deliver the videos.
Hi Dave, you always impressing us with new stuff, I really like the look and effectiveness of the new flash player that your using in this video. Will you share the name of the player??
@Juan – It’s a player I had custom developed for my site.
hey dave,
just joined your monthly package. i would love to know your current actual encoding set up process for your most recent videos using the canon hf s10 to web. i just got the hf s10 and love it. however, i am having a hard time getting a good h.264 encode that does not show motion blur when i am moving my hands vigorously. if i am static there is no problem, but if my hands are in motion it shows “double hands” like a stromotion trail. i shot at 30p and shutter speeds at 1/100, 1/250, and 1/500 and enocoded with adobe media encoder trying many h.264 options such as hd youtube wide screen. Then took .avi to sorenson squeeze 5 and still no love. Could you advise as to how you produce your s10 videos with such clarity? could not find the exact specs on your site. Might have missed it some how. would love to know what codec to use and bitrate to encode at. Keep up the great work. We appreciate it!
hey dave,
just joined your monthly package. i would love to know your current actual encoding set up process for your most recent videos using the canon hf s10 to web. i just got the hf s10 and love it. however, i am having a hard time getting a good h.264 encode that does not show motion blur when i am moving my hands vigorously. if i am static there is no problem, but if my hands are in motion it shows “double hands” like a stromotion trail. i shot at 30p and shutter speeds at 1/100, 1/250, and 1/500 and encoded with adobe media encoder trying many h.264 options such as hd youtube wide screen. Then took .avi to squeeze 5 and still no love. Could you advise as to how you produce your s10 videos with such clarity? could not find the exact specs on your site. Might have missed it some how. would love to know what codec to use and bitrate to encode at. Keep up the great work. We appreciate it!
@Heath – The settings are listed under The Equipment I Use section of the club.