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B-roll footage: what it is, with real examples.B-roll is what people see while you keep talking. Here's what it is, where to get it, and four real videos that use it four different ways.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026How to reduce background noise in video: what actually works.Heard the fan, the hum or the traffic in your take? Here's the order that gets your voice clean: the take, the cuts, the denoiser, then a check on a phone.Sound · October 29, 2026Vertical video: what it is, and how to make one.A vertical video is taller than it is wide, made for a phone held upright. Here's when to choose it, what changes in the edit, and three ways to make one, with four real videos.Short-form video · October 29, 2026Talking head video: what it is and how to make one.A talking head video is you, talking to the camera. The face is the easy part. Here's what it needs on top, shown on two real videos.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026How to start a video podcast: from your phone to episode one.Every guide starts with the studio. I'd start with the phone you have and a plan for the edit, because the edit is what decides if there's an episode ten.Podcasts · October 29, 2026How to shoot Apple Log: the settings, then the edit.Apple Log is one setting on your iPhone. Getting it right is three more. Here they are, then what the grey footage needs once you've filmed it.Color · October 29, 2026How to produce a YouTube video: from idea to upload.Five stages, from the idea to the upload. Let me show you what each one hands the next, with one real 9-minute film taken apart.YouTube editing · October 29, 2026How to make a TikTok video: from the idea to the post.Here's the thing: your first take doesn't have to be good. Let me show you how to make a TikTok video the whole way, from the idea to the post, with three real shorts.Short-form video · October 29, 2026How to film yourself with a phone: eight steps.The phone in your pocket is good enough. Here's how to set it up in eight steps, and what went wrong in three real videos I filmed on an iPhone.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026How to film yourself: set up, film, then fix it.Nobody behind the camera? That's fine. Get three things right when you film, and fix the rest in the edit. Here's how, with three real shorts filmed alone.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026B-roll ideas: what to show while you talk.Most lists of B-roll ideas send you out to film coffee and keyboards. Your best ideas are already in what you say. Here's how to find them, with real videos.Talking-head videos · October 29, 2026Apple Log 2: what changed from Apple Log.Your iPhone says « Apple Log 2 » now. Your footage still comes out grey. So what actually changed? Let me explain, with real Log footage before and after.Color · October 29, 2026