setting up a web series

[Worgen]

ok, so Im thinking about starting up a web series, about classic games but Im not really sure how to start and what things Ill need, Im thinking some kind of video camera and a screen capture device of some kind. Can anyone give any advice about the best way to start?

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

ok, so Im thinking about starting up a web series, about classic games but Im not really sure how to start and what things Ill need, Im thinking some kind of video camera and a screen capture device of some kind. Can anyone give any advice about the best way to start?

Need more details, is it just you talking to a camera about classic games, like a video blog?

 

[Worgen]

ok, so Im thinking about starting up a web series, about classic games but Im not really sure how to start and what things Ill need, Im thinking some kind of video camera and a screen capture device of some kind. Can anyone give any advice about the best way to start?

Need more details, is it just you talking to a camera about classic games, like a video blog?

I hesitate to give too much info, more of a few guys playing a classic game and showing footage and player reaction sort of thing

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

ok, so Im thinking about starting up a web series, about classic games but Im not really sure how to start and what things Ill need, Im thinking some kind of video camera and a screen capture device of some kind. Can anyone give any advice about the best way to start?

Need more details, is it just you talking to a camera about classic games, like a video blog?

I hesitate to give too much info, more of a few guys playing a classic game and showing footage and player reaction sort of thing

If your showing any live action footage of any kind, you will need

-A video camera (a small cannon is just fine),
-An SD memory card (to put the footage on),
-A tripod (so no camera shakiness, that makes it look amateur unless your filming Cloverfield...), you can get them cheap at art stores.

You may also need...
-A memory card reader (if your camera doesn't come with computer hook up)
-Video editing software (Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro)
-A person who knows how to use above mentioned video editing software
-A Youtube account


After all that, it's just point and shoot, there are some other things you can do to spiff up footage, but that would take sound equipment, sound editing software, or somebody with a more advanced knowledge of editing software.

 

[Worgen]

ok, so Im thinking about starting up a web series, about classic games but Im not really sure how to start and what things Ill need, Im thinking some kind of video camera and a screen capture device of some kind. Can anyone give any advice about the best way to start?

Need more details, is it just you talking to a camera about classic games, like a video blog?

I hesitate to give too much info, more of a few guys playing a classic game and showing footage and player reaction sort of thing

If your showing any live action footage of any kind, you will need

-A video camera (a small cannon is just fine),
-An SD memory card (to put the footage on),
-A tripod (so no camera shakiness, that makes it look amateur unless your filming Cloverfield...), you can get them cheap at art stores.

You may also need...
-A memory card reader (if your camera doesn't come with computer hook up)
-Video editing software (Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro)
-A person who knows how to use above mentioned video editing software
-A Youtube account


After all that, it's just point and shoot, there are some other things you can do to spiff up footage, but that would take sound equipment, sound editing software, or somebody with a more advanced knowledge of editing software.

Ive used director before and had fun with it but I dont have a copy of anything now, do you know any good free pieces of software?

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

ok, so Im thinking about starting up a web series, about classic games but Im not really sure how to start and what things Ill need, Im thinking some kind of video camera and a screen capture device of some kind. Can anyone give any advice about the best way to start?

Need more details, is it just you talking to a camera about classic games, like a video blog?

I hesitate to give too much info, more of a few guys playing a classic game and showing footage and player reaction sort of thing

If your showing any live action footage of any kind, you will need

-A video camera (a small cannon is just fine),
-An SD memory card (to put the footage on),
-A tripod (so no camera shakiness, that makes it look amateur unless your filming Cloverfield...), you can get them cheap at art stores.

You may also need...
-A memory card reader (if your camera doesn't come with computer hook up)
-Video editing software (Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro)
-A person who knows how to use above mentioned video editing software
-A Youtube account


After all that, it's just point and shoot, there are some other things you can do to spiff up footage, but that would take sound equipment, sound editing software, or somebody with a more advanced knowledge of editing software.

Ive used director before and had fun with it but I dont have a copy of anything now, do you know any good free pieces of software?

I know Windows and Mac both have free video editing software, aka Windows Movie Maker, Apple imovie. You wont be able to do as much with them as any of the software I've listed above, but they should do the job fine.

Others I've heard of are Avid FreeDV, Wax and Zwei-Stein, but I've never used them so I can't say if they are good or not.