MyFlip.co.uk from jules.tv on Vimeo

This clip is over a year old, as it is the first ever footage I shot with My Flip, straight out of the box, insert batteries hit the record button and there you go. A minute later I was saving it into my Mac Powerbook via the Flip software.

I then took into Final Cut Pro, made a couple of trims, added some graphics I knocked up in Photoshop and uploaded the clip a few minutes later to Vimeo. Having just spent 6 weeks editing my last show for the BBC it was quite a pleasure creating some instant content even if it is only 10 seconds worth!

There are 3 points I want to make about this short example:

1. The Edit

This is not a continuous clip of footage, actually there is an edit, at one point my daughter took too long too reply so I made a cut on a pan which you can’t notice. The lesson is you can fool the human eye by cutting on fast movement or a fast pan without needing a cutaway shot to cover the jump.

2. Musical break

You will notice the music drops out under the word “Mummy” this deliberately gives the punchline impact, and is a common technique used in MTV/American style reality shows. You would think that only adding music would give impact sometimes just taking it away works well too.

3. Soft Light

All digital camcorders hate high contrast lighting situations. I deliberately shot with soft daylight though a window as the main lightsource, as you can see it looks fine and the Flip has done a good job with the tones. If in doubt and if you can move your subject to an area where the light works for you rather than just shoot in any situation. The Flip makes shooting simple, but it can’t control the light that’s up to you the Director.


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