When making an instructional video you need B-roll. Lots of wonderful B-roll. In our part 1 video, we discussed how to figure out what b-roll shots you need and which you don't.

In this video, part 2, we give you tips on shooting that B-roll. How to get in close for insert shots, how to light them, and how to get enough B-roll coverage to work in the edit.

When making an instructional video, how do you decide what b-roll shots you need and which you don't? When to add them and when to leave them out? We break down the two main types of b-roll, how to know what type you need and when, and how to avoid some common pitfalls. We’ll even show you the origin of b-roll.

Ronin Mx Canon C100 Mark II. Do they work together and if so are their any considerations to keep in mind? How does it compare to using a mechanical stabilizer like the Steadicam or the Glidecam?

We show you how to set up and balance a C100 MkII on the two modes of the Ronin MX (Underslung and Upright mode), tricks to using the DJI App for your setup, and what tips and tricks you need to know to make it work well for your stabilized shots.

What Is The Best Camera For Video Recording? Filmmaking? Content creation? Commercial videography? Marketing videos? There are as many different cameras as there are different uses for the video you shoot. Let's look at a birdseye view of different camera categories to help narrow down a subset of cameras that will fit your needs.

Everyone talks about how to shoot your character shots; medium shot, medium close, close-up, etc but what about shooting B-roll footage for a scene? How do you decide what angle to shoot? And whose viewpoint is b-roll from anyways?

Frank brings his years of experience as a dolly grip to the world of camera slider techniques. A camera slider gives filmmakers the ability to create camera moves without the need to level track or the weight of a dolly. But there are certain basic principles common to both that should be known and practiced.

Most videos on framing and composition in cinematography focus on the 1/3 rule. But the creative art world has thousands of years of experience playing with composition. Let's learn how they use symmetrical and asymmetrical balance, shapes like the circle, triangle, L, and others to guide the viewer's' focus and create a feeling with shots for their story.

There are numerous videos on the 180-degree rule and how it's used in film and video production to set up eye lines. But here's the thing: in three decades, I've never heard it used once on a film set. They talk about something very different, much more relevant, and so much easier to use.

In the still photography world, they have a graphic called the Exposure Triangle to show the associations between Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed. But in shooting video, we really don't change our shutter speed. It’s fixed to the frames per second (fps) we're shooting at.

If you looked at depth of field charts after our video on Hyperfocal Distance, you probably wondered why there were different charts for different sized digital sensors. So did we. So we cover why they're different in the charts, look at circle of confusion and how to use it in your videos, and give some focusing tips.