Video School / Do It Yourself
Lessons
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Do-It-Yourself Follow Focus
A follow focus let's you get that smooth in and out of focus look you see in movies. Learn how to make one for less than the price of a good sandwich.
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Rigbuilding: POV Helmet for DSLRsFasten your camera strap, keeps arms and hands inside the frame at all times, and enjoy the point-of-view! It's time to learn how to make your own POV helmet!
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Scary Special Effects FeaturedIs your video lacking in the scary effects department? Think it's impossible to create convincing visuals on a budget? Well special effects aren't as hard as you think. We'll show you how to create three easy effects you can use to make your videos super scary!
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Drive-by Shooting: Using Your Car to Make Better Videos FeaturedA lesson about the most amazing piece of film equipment that you may have never thought to use, despite interacting with it on a daily basis: a car.
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Creator Q&A: Catch a snowflake on your camera, not your tonguePhysics major and time-lapse master Vyacheslav Ivanov mesmerized us with his video of magically forming snowflakes. We asked him to reveal his snowy secrets.
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Directing 101 FeaturedBeing a director is no simple task, but with a bit of expert advice you'll be donning a beret and yelling action in no time.
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McLaren's Workshop App FeaturedBring animation ideas to life with the National Film Board of Canada's awesome iPad app.
Tutorial Videos
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$.50 Follow FocusQuick description of a home-made follow focus A) Marking board 1)measure the outer diameter of your lens 2) cut a ring in a piece of cardboard. The inner circle of the ring should…
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DIY BodyPod for 550D or Canon T2i Lightweight CamsBefore this video will make any sense, you should know about my DIY BodyPod project found at http://vimeo.com/9635954 A BodyPod is not a tripod. It's basically a hacked up monopod…
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$209 Dollar DSLR LCD HDMI DIY power packWow I can't believe I ordered this thing and it came in soooo fast. Great quality too for such a cheap price. I've been wanting a very portable external LCD monitor that supports…
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Misty GlenThe first day out with my DIY IndiSlider, the Zaza-inspired design. I spent a late afternoon at the family cabin just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There is some…
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Cleaning a Focusing ScreenLooked everywhere, and nobody had any solid info on how to do this. The screen in my adapter has a few spots on it (as seen in my previous 'Apples' video). I looked up how…
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Steadycam DIYInduro tripod and a Manfrotto clamp DIY'd into a steadycam. Works pretty well for a light camcorder like the sd9!
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DIY SliderMade for less than $20. First part is a picture every three seconds of the construction of the slider (about 1,000 pictures). Second part is test footage. Inspired by this video: http://vimeo.com/3850515
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Drilling Angle iron for a Track DollyDIY Track Dolly needs to be lined up pretty good. Here I was using a hinge that happened to be a decent template. Repeated the same process around all the wheels and was able to get…
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