Simple Movie Creation for ModelBuzz Video

These pages are meant as a simple tutorial on using Windows Video Maker for the amateur video maker, this is solely intended for models and photographers who do not have a suite of video editing tools. This is not intended as a comprehensive guide to editing video. To be truthful, as a serious video producer you would not be using this tool! (My introductory video on ModelBuzz could not be done (or come close) to being produced using Windows Video Maker. As an indication that actually took about 12 hours of work (syncing to music being the hardest part). This tutorial is so you can easily produce a video in about 20 to 30 minutes! Quicker than it took me to write this thing :) )

But, for our purposes it is ideal. It's simple to use, produces what is called "windows streaming format" ( files with extension .wmv - WindowsMediaVideo) that can be used on ModelBuzz. The other important aspect of using this tool is that it comes built in (for free) and is fully supported in Microsoft's ME, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64 products. (As we all know, free is good!)

Video can tell a story that still photographs will never tell. They show a flow of character and poise and this is especially important to the serious model and their prospective photographers.

About this Tutorial.

The clips and stills I have used are all from a short video I made with a wonderful actor called Sarah Hoover. The intent was to show how you can use multiple clips and multiple stills to create your ModelBuzz Introduction Video.

Hints on shooting video.

Keep the clips to about 1 minute each or the duration of your "talking head" shot! When doing a "talking head" let the camera roll for about 3 seconds before speaking and the same at the end. (In my example I totally loose the video sound track because they would make no sense being taking from a larger work).

Another thing to think about is use the video to show "Your Style, Your Attitude and Your Poise". Record the "voice over" separately on your computer and we will add that to the movie rather than a music sound track.

The video I created for this is 1 1/2 Min's. Our target length can be up to 2 1/2 to 3 minutes and that will fit nicely with the ModelBuzz "limit".

This tutorial assumes that you have followed the directions for getting the video clips into a folder of your PC. To make things simple create a new directory / folder and put into that folder the clips and stills you want to use for your video.

If you really get stuck drop me a line on ModelBuzz and I'll come Buzzing to your aid. If you would like me to produce your video because you want something that is more stylish than Movie Maker can do, also drop me a line.

Ready To Get Started?

Simple Introduction to Movie Maker and Importing your Video / Stills

Putting it all Together.

Creating a ModelBuzz compliant Video.