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A Video is Like a Work of Art
by ViníciusGreetings, my name is Vinicius Gouveia and I’m writing you, ExchangesConnect participants, to give you some tips for the site’s upcoming video contest, Change Your Climate, Change Your World. I was one of the winners of the last video contest, My Culture + Your Culture = ?, with my video Human Colours, and I hope I can give you some helpful advice! The first step in making your film should be to think about the story you want to tell, and how to tell it through video. It’s important to tell you… Read More ...Creating a Winning Video with Original Music
by Bijoy ThangarajI hope you are all excited about the new video contest, here at ExchangesConnect. Being one of the past winners (My Culture + Your Culture = ?), I would like to share some of my experiences creating my video. My 3-minute video, titled ‘My Culture + Your Culture = World of Wonder’ was done by a team of 6 people in about 3 weeks time. Here I share some of the techniques we followed. It will definitely help you prepare your video in your workflow. Ideation Before you start shooting, spend… Read More ...How I Told My Story
by Tim PetersI was one of the winners of last year´s My Culture + Your Culture = ? video contest. I was asked to give some advice on telling a story with video. Below is my response, along with some photos from when I was editing "A Friend in Nanjing". * * * I think the big, simple question to ask yourself when you’re making a video is: What can I do with this video that I couldn’t do in writing, photography, theater, etc? That is to say, what kind of story can I tell with video that I couldn’t tell in a… Read More ...