Flip UltraHD vs Flip Ultra Review

Things You Will Need To Create Your Movie

Here is a List of Things You Will Need To Cre­ate Your Movie

• Flip Video Camera
• Extra AA bat­ter­ies or an AA rechar­gable bat­tery pack for the Flip Ultra/UltraHD or a bat­tery charger for the Flip Mino/MinoHD cam­era and Ultra/UltraHD.
• A tri­pod to keep the cam­era steady.
• Actors– vol­un­teer friends and fam­ily to star in your movie.
• Com­puter– this can either be a Mac or PC.
• Optional USB exten­sion cable to pro­tect the cam­era when it’s con­nected to the computer.
• Rec­om­mended two exter­nal hard dri­ves. One for stor­ing your works and projects/final movies and the sec­ond for backup.

The Flip UltraHD is Great for Capturing Funny Pets!

Check out this funny video that our friend took of her cat and neigh­bors dog. She loves the high qual­ity and porta­bil­ity of the Flip UltraHd. 

Video Project Tips and Tricks

1. Try to tell a story that has a begin­ning, mid­dle and end.
2. Get mul­ti­ple cam­era angles and view­points by mov­ing around. Exper­i­ment by shoot­ing from above (birds eye view) or from below. Focus on the sub­ject by film­ing up close or shoot far away to
 cap­ture the entire scene.
3. Make sure that you have enough light. Light can also be used to cap­ture the mood of your story.
4. It is impor­tant to keep your cam­era steady. Use a tri­pod to shak­i­ness a min­i­mum. Too much wavi­ness will make it hard for peo­ple to watch your film.
5. Begin record­ing a few sec­onds ear­lier to make sure that you cap­ture every­thing that is being said and done. Remem­ber that you can always edit the footage later.
6. Take short clips of details related to the main story. This will help your viewer to have a bet­ter over­all under­stand­ing of what’s going on in your movie.
7. While film­ing, stop and play back part of your clips to check the sound qual­ity. Make sure you can hear peo­ple talk­ing and that there isn’t too much back­ground noise.
8. After import­ing your footage to your com­puter always remem­ber to back up your files to an exter­nal HD.

Creative Video Project Ideas Using the Flip Video Camera

1. Inter­view friends or fam­ily mem­bers on a par­tic­u­lar sub­ject.
2. Write a short story and had friends act it out.
3. Film your favorite sport­ing event such as soc­cer, foot­ball, or snow­board­ing.
4. Film a biog­ra­phy about a mem­ber of your fam­ily.
5. Shoot a com­mer­cial for your favorite prod­uct.
6. Cre­ate your own music video. You could lip-synch or dance to your favorite song.

Top 10 Reasons You Need a Flip Video Camera

Top 10 Rea­sons You Need a Flip Video Cam­era
1. Cap­ture pre­cious fam­ily moments.
2. Record video for work and or school projects.
3. Small enough to always carry in your pocket or purse.
4. Take footage any time of friends and pets.
5. A great start for ama­teur film­mak­ers because the flip video allows you to eas­ily view your footage to see how you could improve upon each shot.
6. So easy that your lit­tle brother or grandma could use it.
7. Con­nects to the com­puter through a flip-out USB arm and doesn’t need any extra cables.
8. Shoot video and add it to your You Tube, Face­book, or Myspace account.
9. Express your­self and show off your style with a per­son­al­ized Flip cam­eras.
10. Super sim­ple point and shoot video camera

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