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4 Videography Skills To Up Your Game In 2023

Posted on by Korede Fagbola
08
Feb

STAND OUT OF THE CROWD

If merely holding a drug makes anyone a pharmacist, then merely carrying a camera automatically makes anyone a videographer.

You get the point.

There are people who can carry a camera and take some footage…and then there are videographers.

It doesn’t end there.

Even among videographers, there are videographers…and there are videographers.

In this content age, the demand for videographers has skyrocketed and the number of videographers have also multiplied.

You can’t be lost in the crowd.

You can’t be the Plan C a client or production company would reluctantly reach out to after Videographer A and B have declined their offer.

For you to stand out of the crowd, you have to constantly develop your craft as a videographer and below are 4 skills that give you the X-factor.

  1. CREATIVE SKILLS:

Reed Morano said it all in this simple statement;

 ‘A lot of cinematography is intuition, it’s an art, not a formula”.

No mistake about it, you need professional equipment and tools and understand how to operate these equipment like you know your own middle name.

But here’s what; you can have all the cameras we have on https://holoceneinnovations.com/product-category/professional-video/cameras/…you can purchase the best lighting equipment with huge discount on https://holoceneinnovations.com/product-category/lighting/…but without this thing called intuition, without a creative mind, one may still not create breath-taking and stunning content.

Let’s say it in a way you’d remember;

Your first gadget is your creative mind.

As you take on your next or perhaps first project, here are the creative abilities you need to keep developing;

  • Ability to collaborate with other crew members in a production process.
  • Ability to interpret stories and ideas and tell them cohesively through your clips
  • Intelligent spontaneity in taking your shots and deciding your angles.
  • PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS:

While videography is essentially different from photography, they both share a central component which is the ability to use a camera to create footage. A videographer must possess certain photography skills that are fundamental and foundational to excellent videography. Some of them are;

  • Lighting and Sound
  • Framing and Shot Composition
  • Focus, exposure and Angles
  • Taking primary footage, background footage and live feed.
  • EDITING SKILLS

Just to be sure, a videographer is not a video editor and a video editor doesn’t have to be a videographer. But the two skills and production components are tangibly complimentary. With filming, you generate footage, with editing, you refine it.

As a starter in the creative space, your crew may not be large enough to accommodate a video editor, the next place all heads will naturally turn to is the seat of the videographer.

So, you might want to understand and learn basic editing skills.

Another angle is, what if you shoot a Netflix class video and the editor gives you a terribly edited video?

It’s like a good drummer playing with an untalented keyboardist.

Point made.

Good content is a joint effort and sometimes you cannot preserve the excellence of what you have done if you don’t have the basic understanding of the other stages involved in the process. 

This is why it’s good to know a little about editing.

Know how to spot a badly edited work and perhaps what advise to give to improve a good one. No rocket science, the basic editing skills you need are;

  • Understanding post-production techniques
  • Basic knowledge of various editing software (you can get started on https://holoceneinnovations.com/2022/11/14/easy-video-editing-tool-for-churches/)
  • Adding simple effects such as Music, Captions, Graphics etc

PHYSICAL SKILLS

The videographer must strive to constantly stay in good shape.

Strong arms, sound mind, a body that can stand firm for long, eyes in good condition, and of course…there’s the need to always get good sleep before a major project.

You honestly do not want to fall asleep while filming and end up crashing a Canon XF705 4K 1″ Sensor XF-HEVC H.265 Pro Camcorder.

So to avoid stories that touch, the videographer has to stay healthy and ready to work for long hours, handle equipment, move from one place to the other and undertake other physically demanding activities.

To be more specific, here are some physical skills that’d ace up your videography efficiency.

  • Camera (and other equipment) handling dexterity
  • Stamina to work for days (and nights sometimes)
  • Agility and ability to move freely around
  • Ability to adapt to new or unfamiliar environments

So who’s the next A-list talk-of-the-town videographer?

Who’s the one all content creators, SMEs, event organizers etc. will be willing to pay any amount just ‘to book for the weekend’? Level up on all these skills and be that kind of videograph

Korede Fagbola