This video tutorial “Continuity and Screen Direction” is all about the one simple principle of keeping the screen direction of the subjects the same from one shot to another in a sequence. It’s one of those fundamental principles.

This is a members only video.

In this video tutorial, I demonstrate the “Ken Burns Effect.” Using this technique, you can use still photos to add interesting effects to your videos. It’s dead simple to do in iMovie. Of course, I use Final Cut Pro, and it works fine!

You can right-click here to save the video.

Unfortunately I’m not posting a video tutorial this weekend.

I ended up getting consumed in a lengthy video project this weekend that I finished last night around 10pm. The project was the new expanded version of RollingRs. Those of you who also subscribe to RollingRs, our Spanish video podcast, might want to go check it out.

Anyway, I’ll return next weekend with another Izzy Video episode.

In this Izzy Video, I give a general overview of “Three Point Lighting”. I demonstrate the effects of the key light, the fill light, and the back light.

If you’re looking to get started with some basic lights, I recommend you buy some work lights from Home Depot to practice with. Although they won’t provide an enormous amount of light control, using work lights is a great way to start teaching yourself the concepts associated with three point lighting.

This video tutorial is for members only.