Use mobile phones to design high-level travel VLOG?

VLOG, short for videoblog, can be understood as a video blog. A search for vlog on YouTube yields 101,000,000 results

More and more people are trying to use mobile phones, cameras, GoPros and other equipment to record and share their lives through vlogs. There are also many people who feel that the threshold is too high and that it is exclusive to Internet celebrities.

But in fact, vlog covers a very wide range of categories. It can be seen that food, work, travel, activities, random thoughts, etc., can all become the theme of a vlog.

In fact, a good vlog is not determined by your equipment, just like using a good mobile phone can take photos that are no worse than a SLR.

The most important thing about vlog shooting is that you must love life enough, be able to discover the beauty in the journey, and have the desire to record it.

The next step is professional skills. Ordinary shooting equipment such as mobile phones, black cards, gopros, and even cameras can be used to shoot and record vlogs.

How to design a high-level travel VLOG using mobile phones?

step1. A useful mobile video software

Editing videos on a mobile phone is actually not as difficult as imagined. Apple’s own iMovie can handle various editing and soundtracks. But if I need to do more advanced subtitles, special effects and multi-shot processing, I usually use one-flash processing. Of course, if possible, you should complete it on a desktop device. PR, finalcut, etc. are up to you.

step2. Confirm the vlog theme

Everyday themes include eating, drinking and having fun, going to work and school, unboxing a certain item after buying it, etc. You can vlog it. I took travel as an example and made it. The vlog is indeed very memorable and watchable.

step 3. Outline the video script

After determining the vlog theme, you need to roughly outline a script to determine the logical line of the entire video. This is the core of vlogging. Pay attention to controlling the duration. It is recommended that ordinary films should be limited to three minutes.

step 4. How to shoot

In terms of parameters or effect bonus, mobile phones and professional equipment are very different, but they are indeed consistent in terms of attitude and method of shooting.

1. Horizontal shooting, mainly in many cases, the source of Vlog material may be various devices. Considering that the camera defaults to horizontal screen, and some large-screen display devices are horizontal screen, Therefore, remember to avoid vertical screen shooting as much as possible;

2. Clear lens movement trajectory. Generally speaking, within a shot, the lens is either fixed and has at most one direction of movement; for example, if you shoot a For a film about traveling from Beijing to Xinjiang, the direction of all moving images should be from right to left (or left to right). If you carefully watch some excellent movies, whether it is the direction of the car's movement or the characters entering and exiting the screen, all the movement directions are basically the same;

3. Don't circle around if you have nothing to do. I have seen a few more professional videographers, and how many of them were running around in circles with their cameras on their shoulders? Hold your breath and condense, and of course you can also use physical anti-shake methods such as duck steps. If possible, you can use some anti-shake gimbal or tripod.

4. There is only one focal length in a lens.

In addition to this problem, there are some points to note when shooting with mobile phones:

Try to avoid moving shots. If there is a need for scenes and close-ups, use multiple shots, such as shooting a person. For the scene of getting into the car, first shoot the big scene: the person walks to the car, then walks in, and shoots a close-up of the hand holding the car door. Two shots are completed. Let the scene change;

If it is necessary to have a moving shot, the slower the better;

Unless it is a recording and explanatory shot, the duration of a single shot should not exceed ten seconds;

Unless it is necessary to record, hold back your words while shooting;

step 5. Post-production editing and soundtrack

The last part is editing. Vlog editing subtitles are very important. It can sort out the logical line and sense of ritual for the entire video. Be careful with those ugly transitions that come with it; use restraint in video coloring, unless you want to be a ghost or do TikTok; the most important thing is to find a suitable BGM. After all, no one can beat you in your BGM.

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