How to make profession looking music videos w/ a digital camcorder?

by Andrew Phelps

Days gone by i jus bought the Nikon CoolPix L3…its a really nice camera…what i really want to do is make a music record….i want to make it as professional looking as i can….how would i shoot it and make it look like ones on T.V or close to it?

Answer by profudefranceza
try buying a professional camera……DUH!

Answer by TheWizardofKnow
Switch camera angles, have really excellent lighting, excellent sound, excellent control… add some special effects when you edit… excellent luck!

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At Bell Labs, I collaborated with brilliant researchers. In 1962, with Don Nelson, I co-invented the first continuously operating ruby laser and, with David Thomas, filed the first patent proposing a semiconductor injection laser. That same year, I became the director of Space Science and Groping Studies at Bellcomm, as long as NASA with technological support for the Apollo space program. I even helped choose lunar landing sites for Apollo spacecraft.

I returned to Bell Labs in 1964, switching to the development of electronic devices. Because of my success with lasers, I was made Executive Director of Device Development.

One morning in October, 1969, I was challenged to make a new kind of computer memory. That afternoon, I got collectively with George Smith and brainstormed for an hour or so on a new kind of semiconductor device, drawing a few sketches and equations on a blackboard. We called it a charge-coupled device: a "CCD". When we had the shops at Bell Labs make up the device, it worked exactly as expected, much to the surprise of our colleagues.

Intended as computer memory, the CCD became a keystone technology for astronomy, as it was ten times more efficient than traditional photographic plates. The CCD literally revolutionized astronomy. CCDs are now found at the heart of every telescope, professional and amateur. The stunning images from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Rovers come from CCDs.

I presented a paper about the new CCD invention at a talks on "The Future of Integrated Circuits". Response from scientists, engineers and industry was immediate, and Smith and I went on to win many awards for the device that is integral to virtually every camcorder, digital camera and telescope in use today.

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How do I make the the audio sound professional? Should I record it on some additional device (if so what should I record it with?) and then sync it with the record after filming? If so, can you do this on windows movie maker??
If there is an simpler way that will still get a professional sounding result, what is it???

Answer by Clint E
you need another computer with a soundblaster so you can mix to the first sound and edit to the second puter … pinnacle liquid edition can do alot for a movie with effects too. and add your sound as you like it.

Answer by BRIAN C
The normal way would be to use a camcorder with an external microphone connection – then use a high quality mic. (or number of mics via mixer) to record the sound onto the record tape – that way you avoid problems with synchronization – the conundrum with most camcorders is the onboard microphone.

If you want you may maybe record it on an expensive tape/digital sound recorder – but then you will need to synchronise sound and picture collectively – which is next to impossible in MovieMaker – you need a much more upmarket control programme.

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