WikiU Schools You in Film Making, Home or Otherwise

Most home movies are jammed-together affairs, but anyone can make their videos better with a little schooling in the basics of story-telling. The Wikiversity has a free multi-part “Film School” that focuses on the kinds of tips just as helpful to unofficial wedding videographers as aspiring auteurs. Learn the basics of framing, editing in “L cuts,” and when and where to cut a scene. Some of it does get a bit technical for DIY directors, but you’ll pick up enough to have real pride in the next set of home-burned DVDs you send out.