Make a music clip with a cam corder?

Question

Is it possible to have an acceptable quality music video clip with a consumer camcorder. What video editing software can be used to increase of decrease brightness, contrast, colours etc

Answer 1

I would like to suggest you go with a better editor than Moviemaker and a cheaper one than Adobe.

Pinnacle Studio is a very competent editor and will cost you less than $75.00. See the link below.

As far as music from the audio track of the camera. Different camcorders are different, but the one I have is a Sony and it has two different levels of recording resolution. 12 bit and 16 bit. I am picky about the sound, so I chose 16 bit. It does sound better.

If you plan to use the actual sound, you'd be best advised to record the sound with good microphones and lay it in later. You can record the audio and the video at the same time, but on different media and combine it later.

If that set up is too involved, consider getting an external mic for your camcorder. The sound will be better and you can video further from the subject and still get close up sound.

Answer 2

yes its possible, and remember, it matters more what you put into the video than what kind of camera you use. 70-80% is what you actually put into it, and the other 20-30% is about image quality, look, etc. (basically presentation). contrary to what the above person said, you dont need premiere pro to do this. actually windows movie maker or anything like works great for something like this, and usually premiere pro is overkill, unless your going for something complicated or other effects.

when recording, make sure the room is very quiet, then let the camera run for 2 or 3 seconds. then turn on the stereo fairly loud so it can be heard on the camera and start lip synching, or whatever you plan to do. (yes its possible to have a music video without lip synching). import the video into windows movie maker (assuming you have it, or google video editors. this step is pretty self explanatory). after importing, put the video into the timeline (not storyboard), and expand the audio track of the video (remember anything you dont know is in the help file). look at the waveforms and find where it sticks up near the beginning after 2 or 3 seconds. thats where you started the stereo. drag that to the beginning of the timeline and import your actual song file to the timeline. put that into the audio section, and line up the beginning of the song with the beginning of the video. when its good, right click the video and mute the sound from it. your done! (for synching anyways). now all you have to do is make the appropriate edits and your done. (if you have several clips you want to cut to, its probably easier to synch each to the sound clip and then edit as necessary. in this case, better use premiere pro, or risk driving yourself crazy. so if you dont have the money, K.I.S.S.)

so that was putting a music video together in a really simplified version. as for how you cut it, camera angles, costumes, etc. ill leave that to you, since your the mastermind here. now addressing your last question about brightness, etc. i think your talking about a software that can adjust video's different properties to give it a film look (i.e. the ones in music videos and movies). for that, theres no really cheap way to do it, because you have to use magic bullet or similar program (google magic bullet software). however, programs like movie maker can still adjust brightness and contrast, which offer a semi film look if the contrast is high and brightness is slightly lower than normal. also, one of the KEY factors in film look is lighting. so spend time on that as well, but only if you want that film look. if you dont want it that bad, dont waste the time. just try to make your video look as cool as possible. hope this helps!

Answer 3

You won't be able to make anything that looks like MTV, but you'll be able to make a decent video if you camcorder if good enough. What you want to do is lip sync the song, and lay in the audio separately form the video. If sync the two together in editing. I'd suggest something like Adobe Premiere to put everything together. You'll have control over your video levels and your audio, along with a host of other controls.

Answer 4

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