How It's Made Videos

Tutorials are great, but sometimes what someone really needs is to watch an expert build something and learn from them. Since there may be a lack of experts on the subject you are interested in near you, the next best thing is a video tutorial.

Have you ever wondered how certain things are made? Look no further! We have collected a bunch of how-its-made videos from around the web.

This inspires interesting ideas concerning how a video like this is made. Perhaps they should have a how-its-made video explaining how to make a video just like one on their site. Do you know a little about something besides video? Create a how-to video. Watch and learn at How it's made videos - Vidly.

Creating Light Streaks

If you watch television much at all -- and I know you do -- you have probably seen the latest commercial from Apple for the iPod Nano. Here is the video if you need to catch up a bit.

You can also load it in a larger view by going to Google Video: iPod Nano. I don't know about anyone else, but this makes the Nano look a little bit like a Lightsaber and I immediately wanted to have one after I saw this commercial for the first time.

Then later that very same night, I stumbled upon this tutorial. I felt it important to share this interesting effect and how it was most likely done.

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer (VideoCopilot.net) demonstrates how to create light streaks as seen in the new Nano iPod commercial.

• Download the project files
• Watch the final movie

Launch the tutorial by starting at Creating Light Streaks.

Google Video

Here are some recent videos from Google Video.

Thank you to Dylan Parker for creating this Google Gadget.

Wedding Videographer Tutorial by The VideoChump!

For the bride and groom to be, choosing a wedding photographer has always been a last minute task that should be researched thoroughly. In more recent times, the wedding videographer has become almost as popular and should be given as much thought.

In choosing a videographer, one that would be working on my wedding, I'd be most concerned with one thing, experience. The person behind the camera would have to prove to me that he's not practicing his craft on my special day, that he knows what he's doing and is capable of being creative as well as detail oriented. Many amateur videographers or those that are trying to get into the business start out by working on weddings, and like in most things, you learn from your mistakes. Unfortunately they make mistakes on somebody's wedding day, a day that unlike TV and movies, cannot be recreated.

Get familiar with the recommendations in the Wedding Videographer Tutorial by The VideoChump!.

Critique of Pool Hall Videos

I've been mulling over the idea of making a short clip with a pool table as the central prop. This brings to mind ideas about angles and lighting for the pool table. Here are three short videos I bookmarked for inspiration and reference.

• The Railroad Shot
• Billiard Shot
• Sweet Pool Tricks

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