Posts in the Production category, page 8

Improve Your Audio: How to Reduce Echo in Your Video

Learn how to optimize the environment you’re recording in, where to place your microphone, and what kind of microphone you ...

Remove Glare from Glasses: Video Tactics for Bespectacled Talents

Trevor and the Wistia Community share their go-to tips for lighting talents who wear glasses.

Why You Should Buy the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens

Video producer Chris Lavigne explains why this $125 lens is a favorite in his collection.

6 Quick Tips for Looking Good on Camera

Our video team shares their go-to tactics: lights, camera angle, makeup, and more!

6 Best Practices for Effectively Communicating with a Video Marketing Client

Freelance video producer and director, Ian Servin, shares his tips and tools for setting up a mutually-beneficial communication system with ...

How to Produce a Stop Motion Video

Trevor explains how to set up a DIY stop motion studio, shoot an animation frame by frame, and edit footage ...

How to Make a DIY Music Video

Dan Mills deconstructs four types of music videos that he’s created with his network: stripped-down live performance, one-shot, storyline, and ...

Shooting Your Laptop Screen

Learn our technique for making your screencasts more exciting by putting them in context.

4 Ways to Use a Drone to Enhance Your Business Video

Trevor walks through 4 use cases for our flying friend: group shot, handheld stabilizer, the reveal, and neighborhood view.

How to Animate your Company Logo

An in-depth guide on the basics to motion graphics in After Effects. In this video, Trevor covers animation basics using ...

360 Video Production Tactics: What We’ve Learned So Far

"I’ve had to rethink everything I know about how to make a video." Wistia’s video producer walks through everything from ...

Organize Your Gear with This DIY Camera Toolbox

How to create your very own rolling home for all your video gear essentials. Turn a Husky toolbox from Home ...

4 Lessons from Experimenting with a Canon 800mm Super Telephoto Lens

"Trying new gear, like new lights, new background paper, or a super-specialized $13,000 telephoto lens, can help keep things fresh ...

4 Ways to Animate Your Video with Keyframes

Trevor walks through four examples of ways we use keyframes in Adobe Premiere to create interesting visual effects.

How to Stitch GoPro Footage into 360 Spherical Video

Chris Lavigne breaks down our workflow for creating 360 spherical video. Bonus: Play around with our beta 360 player!

7 Adobe Premiere Lessons from Editing My First Video

Community manager Margot offers her time-saving, stress-reducing tips for Adobe Premiere Pro beginners.

Behind-the-Scenes Production Tips From a One-Shot Parade Video

Chris Lavigne breaks down the concepting, pre-production, and production tactics behind the most ambitious shoot we’ve done at Wistia.

Make Your Videos More Accessible With Captions

Julian Moiwai explains why ordering captions should be a permanent item on video production to-do lists.

How to Create a Visual Story with B-roll

B-roll footage will bring your next video to life! We outlined five tips for capturing B-roll shots that work.

From Sight to Sound: Composing Music for Film and TV

We interviewed a composer about everything from music’s influence on the viewer to the nuts and bolts of film scoring.

Storytelling and Authenticity at Sandwich Video: An Interview with Adam Lisagor

Adam Lisagor has become famous for his unique product launch videos. Learn more about his motivation, his process, and his ...

Conducting Great Interviews: A Meta-Interview with Sarah Green

Sarah Green of Harvard Business Review shares her tips for conducting a great interview!

What to Do with Your Hands on Camera

How to add energy to your video using your hands, and what to avoid.