Shekhar Prajapati’s Post

If you want to be zesty bestie status, PLEASE stop zooming in with your camera lens ❌🍊 When you zoom in with your camera lens, you're actually doing your video a major disservice. Digital zoom is like blowing up the pixels on your screen until your footage looks like a fuzzy & distorted mess. Instead of relying on zooming in with your camera lens, take the extra step and physically move closer to your subject, aka, zooming with your feet. Back in my television broadcasting days, my teacher Stu was like a broken record-he'd hammer this point home at least ten times per class. ZOOM WITH YOUR FEET REECE. At the time, it felt like he was just nagging, but it turns out he was planting a seed in my brain. Now, every time l'm about to lazily zoom in, I hear Stu's voice in my head, and I remember to get up and move closer. Annoying then, but now? Total game-changer for my video quality. Zooming with your feet is the secret sauce to keeping your footage sharp and high quality. Your giving your camera the ability to show off its full potential, picking up all those fine details and producing a crisp, clear image. It's a small change, but it makes a world of difference in your final product.

Character-2 is live on Hedra with aspect ratio settings for landscape & portrait, plus improved quality:

If you are having trouble setting a tone, try using negative space. In art, that's a process by which an image is created by filling in everything *except* the subject matter. In dialogue, focus on what the characters aren't saying. In setting, how the weather doesn't suit the situation. Find ways to describe the scene by what it isn't and the reader will fill in what is left unsaid.

Struggling with video cuts? 🎬 Here’s how to nail them⁠ 👇 1. Plan Your Cuts ➻ Spot key moments. ➻ Decide where cuts go. ➻ Every cut should have a purpose. 2. Use Different Cuts ➻ J-cuts, jump cuts, match cuts, etc. ➻ Each style has a purpose. ➻ Use the cuts to enhance the video experience. 3. Cut on Action ➻ Switch angles mid-move. ➻ Keeps things smooth. Bonus tip: 🎧 Keep a check on audio ➻ Avoid jarring sound changes. ➻ Ensure smooth transition.

Cheat code for stopping the scroll: Double Hooks It's why all of our hook rates are above 30% for our clients. Here's why this one works so well: 1. Initial Scroll Stop + Curiosity The first hook uses motion and humor that plays with expectations. The word "knock you out" is not only said in the voiceover but seen as the creator throws herself into the bed. Remember: Using motion + an unexpected visual always stops the scroll. To keep this attention, we also leave the viewer wanting to learn more about the pillow (without actually showing it in the next couple of seconds) 2. Frustration + Show & Tell The second hook immediately relates to a universal frustration. The visuals and the voiceover work together to show this problem and set up the ad creative to present the solution later on while driving action.

Object Diaries. Stories About Human Connection Told One Secret Object at a Time. This is a teaser of my project, Object Diaries, and the stories we share. Hope you enjoy it! I'd love to hear what you think. Object Diaries is a multimedia project bringing a deeper version of childhood "show and tell" to communities and workplaces. DM me if you'd like to learn more. ---- Image Description: A man holds a tiny deck of cards in his palm, held together with a staple. An animated audio waveform moves up and down across the frame in the foreground, showing how the sound levels increase and decrease throughout the video. Closed captions are included.

Playing around with Runway's gen3 video2video tool is a lot of fun. To simplify splitting the source video into 10s chunks, combining the transformed chunks into the final output, and re-adding the original audio, I wrote a simple CLI tool: https://lnkd.in/ggcdaEAC

video quality should not be degrade

My plan is to tickle the algorithm today 🤭 This is just a test to confirm if no one is actually online at this time. Looks like "everyone" drops their update between 6a.m and 8a.m, then runs off to do other things. Oh dear, the rush hour is over, but a quick one in case you come across this update. If you plan to start your talking head video journey, here are three (3) things that will make it easier for you. 1. Write your script before you set your camera 2. Do a freestyle in front of your camera and watch it to see what you can adjust in the main one 3. Shoot in bits, you can always combine them later Shooting talking head videos doesn't have to be difficult. You can do it 👌🏻

Final Major Project: Video Experimentation 2: This is the same video however I experimented with slowing down both the visual video and the audio by 50% whilst it is all still in reverse. The sense of eeriness is multiplied by the slowness of the motions where it looks unnatural.