Where do you get *legal* music to spice up your video?

There is a post at PegPoint.org which lists 5 places to get free music.

I also like Incompetech.com.

And although they are not free, I like Stock20.com as a source of better, but still cheap, music.

Do you have other sou… Continue

Especially during a 1-man interview, when I'm rushing to gather equipment and I have 20 things to remember to do, I forget some simple things which will make life much easier after I get everything put away and I start editing.

David and I came up with this list on a recent shoot. Maybe this will save someone else some grief.

1. Room Tone
2. Noddies
3. Get b-roll until they kick you out

Room Tone. is the sound of the room itself, with no one talking. This is so you can bridge a gap in… Continue

Hey everyone. I found out about the International Documentary Challenge.

The basic idea is that you enter a team in a contest, you get assigned a documentary topic, and you have 5 days to turn in a documentary.

If it sounds familiar, you may be thinking of the 48-hour film Project. This sounds similar but I like the concept better because

- You… Continue

Forgot to get talent releases? You DO get talent releases, don't you?

I just did a video in which some people in the background didn't want their faces shown. So I did some Googling and found this nice short-and-to-the-point video.

You use the "travel matte Luma" feature.

The video doesn't talk about moving the blur around, but that's easy to figure out--you just select the blur… Continue

"Black Level Setup" aka "Pedestal Setup" aka just "Setup" is one of those things you might hear bandied about. Here is a primer on this subject.

JVC Tutorial on Black Level Setup

Ultimately a commercial for JVC products, but a good visual explanation of what's meant by "setup.