About Israel Hyman

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What people are saying about Izzy Video:

“As the owner of a small production company in Kansas, I can’t tell you how helpful your site has proved to be… especially for training my new employees. It is mandatory now that all of my help review your tutorials. They are very concise and easy to understand. Thank you and keep up the great work.”
- Scott U.

“I kept telling myself, “okay, just one more episode” but I’ll be damned if I didn’t sit through each and every one of them. It’s now almost 4:30 am! Izzy–these videos are a God send. Thank you for taking your time to help a fellow video enthusiast!”
- PhishPhan79

“Izzy Video allows me to review my skills and reminds me of techniques that I haven’t used in years…These short tips should be used in film schools - he states in 3 minutes what some professors take 2 hours to present.”
- Tusconali

“These tutorials provide real world advice and examples that anyone can use to dramatically improve the quality of a production. The tips and tricks are things that the average person can pull off (some with a little more practice than others) without the need for expensive equipment investment. The time spent watching these tutorials will pay off with higher quality and greater awareness while behind the camera. Israel Hyman has nailed the style, content, and timing to make this series an award winner!”
- V73C

“Izzy obviously plans his videos to give the most information in a short amount of time. Each episode has given me a lot of insight in how to take good video. I can also easily review a topic because of each topic being in a different episode. In other words, I don’t have to shuttle through a long show to find the topic I need to review.”
- Rob

You can also read the 43 comments about Izzy Video in the iTunes Store, and see why it has an average rating of 5 Stars.

Included in the archives are tutorials on the following subjects:

  • The Rule of Thirds
  • Camera Angle
  • Panning
  • Dolly Shots
  • The Difference One Light Can Make
  • Close-Ups and Wide Shots
  • Cut Away Shots
  • Sound Options
  • Intro to Key Lights - Positioning
  • Hard and Soft Light
  • Channel Mixing
  • Prevent Audio Clipping
  • Light Modifiers
  • Spinning an Image
  • Working With Slow Motion
  • “Analyze Motion” and “Match Move” in Apple’s Motion
  • Behind the Scenes of Three Point Lighting
  • Comparing Hard and Soft Light
  • Travel Matte - Luma
  • Shooting for the Small Screen
  • Focus Using Blur
  • Louder Audio
  • Time Remapping
  • Bad Video
  • The Fourth Light
  • Fit to Fill
  • Pleasantville Effect
  • Energy and Movement
  • Interview Tips
  • Guerrilla Sound
  • My Sound Equipment
  • Single Frame Animation
  • Background Basics
  • Exporting for the Web
  • Capturing Fireworks on Video
  • Creating the Ken Burns Effect in Final Cut Pro
  • Outdoor Interviews
  • Transitions
  • Color Correction, Quick and Dirty
  • Film Look
  • F-Stop
  • Entrances and Exits
  • Interesting Lines
  • Continuity and Screen Direction
  • Three Point Lighting
  • Working with Text
  • Cutting
  • Capturing Better Color
  • Exposure
  • Opacity
  • Using Room Noise
  • …and many, many more!

More than 75 episodes available for immediate download once you’ve signed up for an Izzy Video Premium Membership!

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