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Corporate Style Video Editing

  • 09-11-2011 1:29pm
    #1
    jayj224
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭


    Hi Everyone,

    I am doing a project for college in which I have to make a corporate style video about myself. Basically it will be a two/three minute piece showing my strengths, a video CV of sorts.

    I have plans to show me in various settings sports, work and college etc. However I would like to have graphics appear in the video such as company logos, and professional looking text. I have looked at Windows movie maker and it looks quite amateur.

    Is there any enthusiasts or individuals who would like to help. If there was expenses occurred I would try and support. Alternatively any advice would be greatly appreciated. Mods please delete etc. if you feel this inappropriate.

    Any help would be great. Thanks


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  • #2
    Ballyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Ballyman


    Do the college not have access to video editing software? If not could you purchase Adobe Premiere or something like that under a student licence?


  • #3
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    jayj224 wrote: »
    I have looked at Windows movie maker and it looks quite amateur.
    Should be ideal for a corporate video so. Most of them are horrendous. It's the information contained within that's considered more important.


  • #4
    jayj224
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭jayj224


    Ballyman wrote: »
    Do the college not have access to video editing software? If not could you purchase Adobe Premiere or something like that under a student licence?

    I am not a media student, I have contacted the relevant department also. I was just trying to get as much advise as possible.


  • #5
    golden virginia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 572 ✭✭✭golden virginia


    For something like this 2-3 min try Animoto. Here are some samples. Try play with a free theme for 30 seconds,, if you like it then join for I month - about 5 dollars i think.
    I'm not so sure you need much video footage to present this kind of information in such short time - just use stills and it will animate these for you.

    Important tips are that people find it difficult to concentrate on moving text and image the same time - it called cognitive load - just google it - google scholar. So my advice is think of the viewer - Keep it simple.

    But like the poster above - movie maker is grand for this too.

    remember for video - have a beginning, a middle and an end.
    http://animoto.com/sample-videos


  • #6
    jayj224
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭jayj224


    golden virginia wrote: »
    For something like this 2-3 min try Animoto. Here are some samples. Try play with a free theme for 30 seconds,, if you like it then join for I month - about 5 dollars i think.
    I'm not so sure you need much video footage to present this kind of information in such short time - just use stills and it will animate these for you.

    Important tips are that people find it difficult to concentrate on moving text and image the same time - it called cognitive load - just google it - google scholar. So my advice is think of the viewer - Keep it simple.

    But like the poster above - movie maker is grand for this too.

    remember for video - have a beginning, a middle and an end.
    http://animoto.com/sample-videos

    This looks like the ideas I had in mind. Thank you


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