Written by CT Moore from Gypsy Bandito on November 2, 2007

A demonstration of how images make video blogs better…

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Written by CT Moore from Gypsy Bandito on October 19, 2007

For the last few weeks, here, at BloggingTips.com, I’ve been giving you video blogging advice on a wide range of things, from technique to equipment. Well, I learned everything I know from watching others. This week, then, I’m pointing you in the three directions of my favorite video bloggers. After all, sometimes you can learn best from watching, well, the best.

Name: Loren Feldman
Site URL: 1938Media.com
This tough talking New Yorker calls it like it is. Although he’s made a name for himself covering primarily tech, he doesn’t shy away from touching on larger…

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Written by Michael Martine from Michael Martine on October 18, 2007
  1. Drink water before you shoot and during if you can edit it out later. You don’t want to be seen licking your lips like a freak or coughing, or clearing your throat in the middle of your video as though you were about to lose a lung.
  2. Record several takes. We’re all familiar with the comedy gag in movies of the picky Hollywood director doing hundreds of takes for a single scene, and everyone rolls their eyes. You don’t have to take it that far, but do several takes and edit the best…
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Written by CT Moore from Gypsy Bandito on October 12, 2007

Just because the root words of “vlog” is “video” and “blog”, that doesn’t mean that vlogging shares any of its fundamental principles with either of those media.

Since blogs are not mainstream media content, they conform to an entirely different set of standards than print media. Well, the same is true of video blogs: they’re not made-for-TV clips, and are governed by entirely different rules of quality.

A couple of weeks ago, I went over hardware and software basics for video blogging. My point was that you don’t need fancy euipment to…

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Written by CT Moore from Gypsy Bandito on September 28, 2007

The shaky cam is now seem as the most trusted form of media.
John Kerr (Director, Edelman Asia)

Despite what so many people think, the barriers to entering the world of video blogging is nearly non-existent. In fact, there are fewer barriers to video blogging than there are to podcasting, if only because you don’t have to worry about bandwidth.

The barriers that video blogging does share in common with podcasting, however, pertain to (1) hardware, and (2) editing software. You see, at the end of the day, you still have to capture the…

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