Month: May 2018

video production durban has had a great few weeks and now we are filming a golf day next week.  What goes into a golf day?  You should have a 2 man crew, one person films while the other edits.  The best approach is to try get yourself around the golf course as quickly as possible so that you cover all the action.  Action is the golf, activities, player interactions and competitions.  Video needs to capture atmosphere, and quite often there is so much more going on at a golf day than just golf.

Speak to the coordinator, find out what time the golf starts.  A shotgun start means everyone tees off at a certain time on a certain hole compared to people teeing off at hole no 1 or 10.  How many players in a group?  Are the golfers walking or using carts?

Get footage of the golf course before the game starts.  In South Africa we often have wildlife roaming the course which is always nice to see.  Sprinklers with the sun low can look amazing and a view of the untouched golf course can look fabulous.

Please join us for part 2 to learn more about filming a golf day.

video production durban relies on the cutaway so much its vital to be included in a video.  What is a cutaway?  A cutaway is a video clip that is inserted into a interview replacing the visual but still keeping the interview audio.  Example…a policeman is interviewed regarding a car accident.  During his interview visuals of the accident are shown, these are often a quick succession of visuals.

Reasons for cutaway.  Cutaways are used to add substance to an interview.  Sometimes a talking head can get a little boring for the viewer.  The cutaway livens up the video.  Cutaways must always relate to what is being said in the interview.  Cutaways can also be used to cover a certain part of the interview you wish to remove ie the interviewee rubbing his nose.  Audio can be edited during the cutaway such as a “ummm” taken out.

Cutaways are very important for any interview and must be filmed before or after the interview.  Short video clips that relate to the interview.  No audio required…most of the time.  But always make people talk to each other naturally otherwise it looks fake.

The cutaway will save your interview.  Its very important you consider the cutaway for your interviews.  In the next blog we will show examples of the cutaway.

See you then.

video production durban is wrapping up the advert for tv we have been working on for the last 3 weeks.  It is looking great but I cannot show it just yet until the client has it broadcast on tv.

I feel it was smooth sailing.  We had a good idea of what we wanted going into the production.  That makes it much easier to get the shots you need.  Have them written down on paper available to read at the shoot as well as visual images .

Editing is all about timing of the visuals to the voice over.  The advert went from 30 seconds to 45 seconds but most of this extra time was made up of titles at the end of the video.

Please check with the broadcast company that you are delivering a final advert programme that matches the broadcast requirements.  SD, HD, MPEG, MOV, PAL, NTSC are all different broadcast requirements.  Some of these are no longer required with new technology

Update coming soon.