To begin, the video is a masterpiece made uniquely by you-- It's your beautiful masterpiece, made of your footage and editing work. You make your own decisions of what goes where, what audio is used, and the camera angles. For example, I'll give you my advice on a series I have under my belt called, "Railfanning on Sodor".
For the footage, I usually consider an interesting angle to follow the sort of train I am going to film; I also consider which way the engine and its consist are going, as some of the engine audio I utilize goes from one side of the speakers to the other. I then ready the camera for filming, making sure lighting and angle are ideal to what time of day I would like my audience to see; once I'm sure everything is ready, I make a practice run(camera not recording) of the engine and train going through the shot to make sure I am satisfied with it. Whatever adjustments, major or minuscule, I would like to, or must, make are carried out, I then reset to have the shot and hit record on the camera; before letting the engine steam across the scene, I say the engine's name and train it is hauling before I activate the motor and watch the work happen. Once the end of the train has passed, and the motor deactivated, I give the camera between 3-5 seconds before ceasing recording for the sake of editing. Once I finish getting what footage I would like, I clear up the set and make sure everything is put away and ready for another day's shoot.
For the editing, I silence the original clips' audio and replace it with the audio of a real life engine to the locomotive and train; some engines, such as Donald, Douglas, Oliver, Duck, Murdoch, Hank, C57, have their real life's basis's audio for them while others, such as Percy, BoCo, Gordon, Mavis, Salty, have other real life audio of a diesel/steam engine with a consist behind it; once transitions, audio, and footage have been nicely assembled, I contemplate the sort of music I would like in the background for the "season" I have portrayed(If you are a bit confused, please view "Railfanning on Sodor: The Little Western" for clarity). Once I publish in whatever quality, I upload to YouTube and let my audience enjoy!
Long explanation short, your videos are your own creative mark-- choose whatever angles you wish, run whichever engines with a consist you want, and let loose whatever audio you desire; your own work comes from your own creative spark.
For the footage, I usually consider an interesting angle to follow the sort of train I am going to film; I also consider which way the engine and its consist are going, as some of the engine audio I utilize goes from one side of the speakers to the other. I then ready the camera for filming, making sure lighting and angle are ideal to what time of day I would like my audience to see; once I'm sure everything is ready, I make a practice run(camera not recording) of the engine and train going through the shot to make sure I am satisfied with it. Whatever adjustments, major or minuscule, I would like to, or must, make are carried out, I then reset to have the shot and hit record on the camera; before letting the engine steam across the scene, I say the engine's name and train it is hauling before I activate the motor and watch the work happen. Once the end of the train has passed, and the motor deactivated, I give the camera between 3-5 seconds before ceasing recording for the sake of editing. Once I finish getting what footage I would like, I clear up the set and make sure everything is put away and ready for another day's shoot.
For the editing, I silence the original clips' audio and replace it with the audio of a real life engine to the locomotive and train; some engines, such as Donald, Douglas, Oliver, Duck, Murdoch, Hank, C57, have their real life's basis's audio for them while others, such as Percy, BoCo, Gordon, Mavis, Salty, have other real life audio of a diesel/steam engine with a consist behind it; once transitions, audio, and footage have been nicely assembled, I contemplate the sort of music I would like in the background for the "season" I have portrayed(If you are a bit confused, please view "Railfanning on Sodor: The Little Western" for clarity). Once I publish in whatever quality, I upload to YouTube and let my audience enjoy!
Long explanation short, your videos are your own creative mark-- choose whatever angles you wish, run whichever engines with a consist you want, and let loose whatever audio you desire; your own work comes from your own creative spark.
Residential train-afficionado in training, and Thomas & Friends fan.
(This post was last modified: 05-14-2020, 01:04 PM by Super.)
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