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Recording video clips isn't what it used to be. Even more so when you can create all kinds of videos full of sound and light effects and with recording techniques such as stop-motion. This is what Musical.ly has achieved, an application that has popularized the recording of music videos to share on your social networks or on the social network it offers this service. Now, do you want to stand out from the rest of the users? Do you wonder how they create such striking and colorful effects? Here we tell you some of them so that you can incorporate them into your own videos and stand out among your followers.
Instant Wardrobe Changes
In Musical.ly it is possible to stop the recording at any time and resume it seconds later. This simple fact opens up a host of creative attention-grabbing situations and tools. For example, you can play changing clothes in these videos in an amazing way All you have to do is reach for your shirt and pull it off just before interrupting the video. Then, once changed, you just have to grab the shirt you have removed on your body and remove it to reveal the new outfit. The result is really amazing if you manage to keep the same scene and plane. You can even do the reverse gesture and put a garment back on instantly. You would only have to bring the garment closer to the body and cut the recording. In the next scene, already wearing the shirt again, you just have to start recording with your hand in the same position as the previous cut.And ready. Magical instant costume changes… movie magic.
Multiple Duets
There's a really cool and flashy effect on Musical.ly, but it's only available on iPhone. We are referring to duets, with which we share the spotlight with ourselves, for example. A good way to introduce two videos in one. Well, there is a formula to do it on Android as well, although the free Funimate application is required. This way we can record two videos on Musical.ly, download them, and put them together into one directly on Funimate. And it is that this application allows you to make video collages, obtaining a result similar to that seen in Musical.ly for iPhone. The process is somewhat more arduous, but the result is just as attractive.
Camera turns
Sometimes the most attractive tricks are the simplest. You will have already seen that when recording videos in slow motion the final result is much more attractive, and that the camera movements are striking. Well, there is a formula for getting 360 degree turns a bit dizzying but that look really good in the final finish. Simply turn the mobile 180 degrees to put it upside down. After that, a cut must be made to achieve the final effect. Without moving from the position, we place the mobile face down on the other part of the wrist, to be able to make the complete circle when starting the recording again. The turn must be firm and agile, although not too fast. If everything went well, the final result will be a complete lap of the most attractive.
The glitch
Trap and electric music continue to flood the dance floors and, of course, the videos on Musical.ly. Well, those rhythms that are repeated frantically, those bass and percussion machine guns, can be reflected in a striking way in the video. To do this, you only have to use the glitch or failure technique, which consists of repeating the same fast movement during the times of this frenetic rhythm. You just have to record the action in less than a second, repeating the same gesture for the duration of the rhythm machine gun. Then we can continue with the normal video. Of course, this effect looks better if recorded in slow motion (Fast).
Mix it all up
The videos that attract the most attention are those that mix different recording techniques and editing tricks Therefore, the key is to master these techniques and put them together in the same video. Take advantage of costume changes, or create cuts and scene changes by covering the camera or turning the mobile 180 degrees. You can even mix clips of your video shot in Fast and Normal to create a dynamic effect. Experiment, test, and compose to create a compelling, eye-catching video.
