Posts in the Production category, page 7

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.

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 ...

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!

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.

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.

Recording Audio for Business Video

Make sure your message is crystal clear by making your video sound as good as it looks.

Embracing the GoPro’s Wide Lens

Taking advantage of the GoPro’s wide-angle lens for unique shots.

Shooting a GoPro Timelapse

Shooting a timelapse of a scene or event in your workplace is a fun way to capture office life.

Meet the GoPro: A Whole New Perspective

This week, Wistia will be saluting the GoPro camera.

7 GoPro Lessons I Learned from Pretending to Be a Videographer for a Week

What faking it at a wedding taught Dan about shooting with a GoPro.

Shooting Stable Handheld Video Footage

Just because your camera isn’t on a tripod doesn’t mean your footage has to be shaky. Tips to keep handheld ...

Video Background Music: Getting the Volume Perfect

The most successful background music is the kind you don’t even notice. How do you get the levels perfect?

Hiring an In-House Video Producer

Why and how to form a video team within your company

Get Creative with DSLR Lenses

Learn how to get creative with interchangeable lenses on your DSLR. Chris covers advantages and disadvantages of a fast lens, ...

Get Loose: Being Yourself on Camera

For non-actors, getting on camera can be tough! The key to a natural on-screen performance is to not take yourself ...