Ed Robinson's Diving Adventures Blog
December 19, 2011
Video & Photo Presentations: 5 Putting it All Together
The next best thing to diving itself is sharing a diving experience with others. The easiest and most interesting way is by using our photographs and video sequences to tell our story in a presentation form, which will usually follow one of four styles; instructional, documentary, docu-drama, or humorous. ...more
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Tagged Underwater Photos, Underwater video
December 19, 2011
Video & Photo Presentations: 4 Music Choreography, Transitions and the Edit Room Floor
Appropriate choices for your music is important to your presentation, and can make or break it. For the normal diving video that shows pretty reef scenes and divers gently interacting with marine creatures, your music should be upbeat and easy to listen to. The use of the “Jaws” theme would only be appropriate when showing dangerous animals like sharks and barracudas, or dark and foreboding shipwrecks, where danger lurks at every turn. ...more
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Tagged Underwater Photos, Underwater video
December 19, 2011
Video & Photo Presentations: 3 Basic Shot Types and Their Uses
So far, we have established you as the presenter, a length of your actual presentation, its storyboard, and basic lengths of individual shots depending on the importance of those shots to the story. This month, I’ll discuss the use of long shots, medium shots, close-up shots, and direction of action as I’ve learned it from reading over a decade’s worth of articles in Skin Diver magazine written by the venerable Jim Church. ...more
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Tagged Underwater Photos, Underwater video
December 19, 2011
Video & Photo Presentations: 2 Assembling Your Presentation
Last month, I talked about your audience and the organization of your presentation, including its basic format in somewhat of a logical order, or your storyboard. This month, I’ll continue with the storyboard, and address more specific things about your presentation such as some of the shots you choose to use, and how long you should allow them to be viewed. Admittedly, much of this discussion is geared more towards video, but will be applied to slide presentations as much as possible. ...more
Posted by admin at 19:46 PM
Tagged Underwater Photos, Underwater video
December 19, 2011
Video & Photo Presentations: 1 You and Your Audience
Many of us delight in the opportunities to share our videos and slides from our dive vacations. Not only do we present our underwater images to other scuba clubs and photo societies, but we may be invited to do presentations in schools, senior citizen centers, and even professional organizations totally separate from the diving industry. ...more
Posted by admin at 19:45 PM
Tagged Underwater Photos, Underwater video
