# How to make a quality video.

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062>\
**Category:** Yo-Yo Videos\
**Created:** [June 28, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062 "2010-06-28T04:33:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![mattsk8nike](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattsk8nike/32/213_2.png) [@mattsk8nike](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mattsk8nike)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/21 "2010-07-22T08:21:25Z")

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Indeed.

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**Author:** ![BuddhaFusion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/buddhafusion/32/465_2.png) [@BuddhaFusion](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BuddhaFusion)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/22 "2010-08-06T10:02:09Z")

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STICKIE THIS ALREADY!!!  
bump for extremly helpful guide. 🙂

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**Author:** ![poon123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@poon123](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/poon123)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/23 "2010-08-06T10:51:33Z")

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Thanks! ;D  
But I dont have a camera to film with. :-  
Any suggestion?

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**Author:** ![mista8eight8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mista8eight8/32/559_2.png) [@mista8eight8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mista8eight8)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/24 "2010-08-06T14:01:55Z")

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![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/f/a/7fa2c079289acbd48401e4ffd5fb79aa4dbb5f81.jpeg)  
I see a big sticky…

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**Author:** ![mattsk8nike](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattsk8nike/32/213_2.png) [@mattsk8nike](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mattsk8nike)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/25 "2010-08-08T08:51:15Z")

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> [@poon123](#):
>
> Thanks! ;D  
> But I dont have a camera to film with. :-  
> Any suggestion?

Get a camera. 😛

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**Author:** ![connerleblanc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/connerleblanc/32/571_2.png) [@connerleblanc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/connerleblanc)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/26 "2010-08-08T09:05:28Z")

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sticky!

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**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/27 "2010-08-08T09:36:12Z")

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> [@Yo!It'sMatt](#):
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> I’ve been wanting to make a post about this for a while.  
> Making a video takes lots of work and effort, but following these simple guidelines can make your video sucessful!
> 
> 1. Location, Location, Location.  
> Bad example: A dark room, your closet. IN YOUR ROOM  
> Good Example: A dense garden, newly painted fence, a rooftop.  
> Have plenty of space when you film, find new and unique places that would look good on a camera.  
> Have the sun behind the camera to maximize the claraity of the shot.  
> Explore new places!
> 
> 2. Have a plan!  
> Already have an idea of what you are going to film.  
> How long is your video going to be? How many tricks do you want to include?  
> What song are you going to use? What is the purpose of this video?  
> Knowing the general idea of how your video is going to turn out will make the production a whole lot easier.
> 
> 3. Cleanliness  
> Practice your trick a couple of times before you film it. If you messup on a trick, take another shot.  
> Your tricks should be clean and presentable as nobody really wants to watch you mess up. (unless it’s funny of course)  
> Edit out all the messups and make sure your tricks are done cleanly.  
> Wear a dark shirt and a bright string for the string to be easily seen.  
> Have colors stand out against each other.  
> EX. (dont have a red string against a red shirt)
> 
> 4. Editing  
> Many computers come with a editing software, such as windows movie maker. These are perfectly fine for making a good video.  
> Learn how to use the progam well and become familliar with it.
> 
> 5. PUT EFFORT INTO IT  
> This is something I cannot stress enough.  
> Don’t have music playing in the background as a song.  
> Make the string easy and clear to see.  
> Edit out unessacary clips.  
> Put time into this video so that people would want to watch it.  
> If you wouldn’t want to watch your own video, neither will others.  
> Make it enjoyable to watch, not a chore.
> 
> 6. Have fun!  
> Making a video is a great way to hang out with friends, being creative, and exploring.  
> Find new camera angles, new locations, and add in some fun clips.  
> Filmmaking is a wonderful experience.
> 
> These are just some guidelines to help you make a quality video that is enjoyable and pleasing to viewers.  
> And overall have fun!
> 
> If you have any questions just ask!

Step 1: not true for the most part, make a video in your room, get creative, find what YOU think will look cool not what Matt thinks. Cinematography is an art and art is opinion, and you can’t be good at art if you don’t put your own opinion into it. Has anyone seen Malcolm’s video with a plain background? I love thats video.

Step 2: I find art to be more of a wing it and go sort of thing. I myself know that Matt does random shooting to make a video. We never know how long a video will be, never figure out the music first, I haven’t ever planed an amount of tricks, and a purpose? Really? We are usually just bored.

Step 3: He is sort of right about that…

Step 4: still right…

Step 5: You don’t need a lot of effort, we never try it just turns out to be pretty cool, but just do what works and you like best.

Step 6: He’s right, if anyone knows how to have fun it is us…

Matt don’t make guidelines… just go rage quit…

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**Author:** ![mattsk8nike](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattsk8nike/32/213_2.png) [@mattsk8nike](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mattsk8nike)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/28 "2010-08-08T16:32:32Z")

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Wow really cameron \>\_\<.  
First of all.

1. How many times have you seen a video with someone standing in their room, bad lighting, for 3 minutes straight? This brings us to number 5. Ill get to that.

2. Yeah we usually don’t plan anything, that’s why our vidoes are somewhat average.  
I always have the music figured beforehand. I also try to set a goal on how long I want my video to be.  
Purpose, to show off new tricks, a fun video, promo? There.  
My newest video, I planned out my new tricks, locations, song, length, and I even had the intro in mind before hand.  
Do you see producers shoot a movie without a script or a football team without a game plan?

3. I am right cameron. No rage quitting.

4. Right again. No rage quit.

5. We may not need a lot of effort because we have been making videos for quite a while.  
People who just started making videos may have trouble at first and it’ll be harder for them to get going.  
Just think about what your dad said that day, someone who is experienced with siliconing can have it done quick, but newcomers wil take more time, and thus will need more efforr and time to be put in so that their work looks good.  
You can definately have a video in your rooms, and brings me to my point, put effort into it, make sure you change some things around, done make it look the same, make sure there is enough lighting, all that stuff. The majority of people that make videos in their room have low lighting situations and have the same shot over and over again, its not very clear.  
Some people tend not to edit out them walking out from the camera or to the camera. In which the effort part comes in.

6. No rage quitting.

Dude, these are some SIMPLE guidelines so that peoples who are just starting to make videos have a general sense of what to do, when they build experience, they have the knowledge to add their own flare and style to their video.  
I don’t ever rage quit… unless I’m climbing.

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**Author:** ![mista8eight8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mista8eight8/32/559_2.png) [@mista8eight8](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mista8eight8)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/29 "2010-08-08T17:19:39Z")

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> [@Yo!It'sMatt](#):
>
> Wow really cameron \>\_\<.  
> First of all.
> 
> 1. How many times have you seen a video with someone standing in their room, bad lighting, for 3 minutes straight? This brings us to number 5. Ill get to that.

I stand In my kitchen with average lighting \>\_\<

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**Author:** ![cameron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cameron/32/307_2.png) [@cameron](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cameron)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/30 "2010-08-08T17:26:38Z")

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> [@Yo!It'sMatt](#):
>
> Wow really cameron \>\_\<.  
> First of all.
> 
> 1. How many times have you seen a video with someone standing in their room, bad lighting, for 3 minutes straight? This brings us to number 5. Ill get to that.
> 
> 2. Yeah we usually don’t plan anything, that’s why our vidoes are somewhat average.  
> I always have the music figured beforehand. I also try to set a goal on how long I want my video to be.  
> Purpose, to show off new tricks, a fun video, promo? There.  
> My newest video, I planned out my new tricks, locations, song, length, and I even had the intro in mind before hand.  
> Do you see producers shoot a movie without a script or a football team without a game plan?
> 
> 3. I am right cameron. No rage quitting.
> 
> 4. Right again. No rage quit.
> 
> 5. We may not need a lot of effort because we have been making videos for quite a while.  
> People who just started making videos may have trouble at first and it’ll be harder for them to get going.  
> Just think about what your dad said that day, someone who is experienced with siliconing can have it done quick, but newcomers wil take more time, and thus will need more efforr and time to be put in so that their work looks good.  
> You can definately have a video in your rooms, and brings me to my point, put effort into it, make sure you change some things around, done make it look the same, make sure there is enough lighting, all that stuff. The majority of people that make videos in their room have low lighting situations and have the same shot over and over again, its not very clear.  
> Some people tend not to edit out them walking out from the camera or to the camera. In which the effort part comes in.
> 
> 6. No rage quitting.
> 
> Dude, these are some SIMPLE guidelines so that peoples who are just starting to make videos have a general sense of what to do, when they build experience, they have the knowledge to add their own flare and style to their video.  
> I don’t ever rage quit… unless I’m climbing.

You said location, as long as you have good lighting in your room the video can be great…

I do always plan my intro like in Cherry Flashlight, but it doesn’t always work the same for other people. Some people work better by just winging it.

Bleh, I never really tried in the beginning of yoyo video making. We just know little tips like lighting thats really it.

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**Author:** ![connerleblanc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/connerleblanc/32/571_2.png) [@connerleblanc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/connerleblanc)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/31 "2010-08-09T02:35:39Z")

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quiky was a good short vid in your room all with good lighting and it had a good fun kinda goofy vibe from it i liked it and so i see cameron being right in a way : ???

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**Author:** ![samyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/samyoyos/32/605_2.png) [@samyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/samyoyos)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-make-a-quality-video/16062/32 "2010-08-09T21:53:31Z")

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really helpful thread.

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