KYle Loftus Studios Behind the Scenes BLOG
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Play Me by Tara Kasey Official Music Video Directed by Kyle Loftus of KAL VISUALS
Play Me by Tara Kasey Official Music Video Directed by Kyle Loftus of KAL VISUALS is a powerful and moving music video about Tara Kasey's struggles with heartbreak. this music video, Play Me by Tara Kasey takes the audience inside the mind and life of Tara Kasey and reveals a breathtakingly honest portrayal of her struggles with making relationships last. Tara Kasey and Kyle Loftus at KAL VISUALS team up for an amazing music video that is engaging, honest, and relatable...something we could all use these days. Play Me by Tara Kasey Official Music Video Directed by Kyle Loftus of KAL VISUALS is a personal look into Tara's life and relationships from her perspective. This music video helps bring to light the humanity, faults, and flaws that live in us all. Moreover, Play Me by Tara Kasey Official Music Video Directed by Kyle Loftus of KAL VISUALS reminds us we all struggle with relationships and no matter what you're always going to have to work at it. Don't miss out on this honest and thought-provoking music video. Play Me by Tara Kasey Official Music Video Directed by Kyle Loftus of KAL VISUALS.
How to Get Clients Wanting More
In this how tutorial KAL VISUALS discusses his secret methodology for getting clients to always come back for more content. How to get clients wanting more is a great tutorial video for content creators looking to get more clientele as well as build some retainer contracts and get more residual video and photo work coming into their business. Don’t miss out on this incredible KAL VISUALS how-to video on getting clients to always come back for more. In this video KAL VISUALS discusses the importance of not just winning over your photo and video clients and having a successful shoot but making your clients want to continue working with you and begging for more content. This is a must watch video for anyone trying to go freelance full time and trying to make it and be a successful entrepreneur in their business as a freelance photographer or filmmaker. You do not want to miss this incredible to tutorial on how to get clients wanting more by KAL VISUALS.
How to Create Cinematic Lighting: Understanding Lighting Techniques and Fundamentals
How to Create Cinematic Lighting: Understanding Lighting Techniques and Fundamentals (Hard and Soft Light) is a detailed and thoroughly insightful tutorial on lighting techniques, lighting fundamentals, and overall the importance of having quality lighting in your videos. In this tutorial by Kyle Loftus of KAL VISUALS, one learns about hard light, sawfly, key light, fillers, hair light, and so much more. How to Create Cinematic Lighting: Understanding Lighting Techniques and Fundamentals (Hard and Soft Light) is incredible how to and filmmaking hack video for all freelancers, cinematographers, content creators, vloggers, YouTuber’s and everyone in between. Moreover, in this video How to Create Cinematic Lighting: Understanding Lighting Techniques and Fundamentals (Hard and Soft Light) KAL VISUALS discusses when he first started utilizing lighting and how we change the game for him as a freelancer and filmmaker. How to Create Cinematic Lighting: Understanding Lighting Techniques and Fundamentals (Hard and Soft Light)talks about lighting in incredible detail as it is one of the most important if not the most important aspect of filmmaking, videos, Photography and everything in between. Don’t miss out on this incredible tutorial by Kyle Loftus of KAL VISUALS entitled How to Create Cinematic Lighting: Understanding Lighting Techniques and Fundamentals (Hard and Soft Light)
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How Much Does it Cost to Shoot a Short Film
How much does it cost to shoot a short film is a great tutorial or how to video for anyone looking to get into filmmaking. Filmmaking is a very difficult industry to navigate and to be successful in and it’s extremely important that you budget properly and find a really passionate and determined team in order to succeed. In this video, how much does it cost to shoot a short film KAL VISUALS discusses everything you need know about the film making the process from securing locations and talent to storyboarding and developing your shot list to shooting the project and editing and finalizing it. Moreover in this tutorial or how to video KAL VISUALS discusses how much is it cost to shoot a short film and how much you should be budgeting for marketing and promotion as well as film submissions and so much more. You could spend hours of your time researching how to shoot your own short film or you can take eight minutes and watch this incredible tutorial video by KAL VISUALS on how much it costs to shoot a short film.
How Much Should You Charge for a Music Video
In this video how much you should charge for a music video Kyle of KAL VISUALS discusses 8 key points you need to utilize when trying to determine how much to charge a client for a music video. How much you should charge for a music video is definitely one of the best tutorials and how to videos to come out from KAL VISUALS channel thus far. This video covers everything from location to travel to pre-production and storyboarding to actual production the editing phase And so much more. How much you should charge for a music video is a must watch for any content creator. Moreover, This video is going to save you from making tons of mistakes and losing a lot of money do not put this video on hold watch it now. Check out this incredibly detailed tutorial on how to determine how much you should charge for a music video by KAL VISUALS.
How to Edit Perfect Cinematic Skin Tones in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
In this video How to Edit Perfect Cinematic Skin Tones in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Kal Visuals discusses and the difference between color correcting and color grading your footage and the importance of knowing as well as recognizing the difference. Moreover, Kal Visuals provides an in-depth tutorial on how to properly and effectively edit and correct your skin tones in Premiere Pro CC. Kal Visuals stresses the importance of getting your skin tones correct and natural and the best methods for doing so. How to Edit Perfect Cinematic Skin Tones in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, is an incredibly helpful tutorial that truly reveals the entire process of color correcting footage, editing the skin tones and putting a final grade on the video. This is a perfect example of how to be a great editor and more specifically color corrector and or color grader. Although, this video isn’t something you can get through in a few quick minutes it’s beyond worth the sit-down. This tutorial is a great example of how to take a flat profile video clip from start to finish. How to Edit Perfect Cinematic Skin Tones in Adobe Premiere Pro CC is a must watch for all levels of filmmakers and content creators and is a must for anyone that edits their own videos and films. Don’t miss out on your chance to learn How to Edit Perfect Cinematic Skin Tones in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
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Filmmaking Hacks: How to Color Grade Your Film in 5 Minutes
Filmmaking Hacks: How to Color Grade Your Film in 5 Minutes is a must watch video for beginning freelancers, editors, filmmakers and content creators alike. If you plan on using Premiere Pro in your career, then you’re going to want to watch this video or you’ll hate yourself in the very near future. Filmmaking Hacks: How to Color Grade Your Film in 5 Minutes is exactly how it reads, a video on two filmmaking hacks you can use to speed ramp your editing work flow and drastically increase your turnover rate for video edits which is huge for being a successful freelancer, content creator and entrepreneur. Filmmaking Hacks: How to Color Grade Your Film in 5 Minutes is one of Kal Visuals favorite to be releases and sharing as it has been a huge help and a big part of Kal Visuals success in editing products and getting the deliverables to clients fast and effectively. Please don’t scroll past this amazing and concise tutorial on how to edit faster, better and stronger using master files and adjustment layers in premiere pro. Filmmaking Hacks: How to Color Grade Your Film in 5 Minutes is an incredible helpful tutorial you don’t want to miss and probably want to watch twice.
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My Favorite Camera Settings for Shooting Portraits
My Camera Settings for Shooting Portraits is a short tutorial video by Kal Visuals in which Kyle Loftus discusses his favorite settings for shooting portraits and the various types from still, to lifestyle to experimental and everything in between. Moreover, Kal Visuals covers why he shoots and uses certain settings for specific scenarios which is especially helpful for beginners and novice freelancing photographers. Additionally, in My Camera Settings for Shooting Portraits Kal Visuals touches on the importance of having the correct settings in every part of your camera as well as the three key points, ISO, Shutter, and aperture and what they mean to the overall final image. Moreover, Kal Visuals talks about and uses examples from his past personal and professional work to showcase what he means. It is incredible helpful to see the examples and hear Kal Visuals’ explanations on getting the final result the way he did. In this video, My Camera Settings for Shooting Portraits Kal Visuals makes sure to set you up for success by explaining the most vital and key camera settings to shooting successful and powerful portraits. Don’t miss My Camera Settings for Shooting Portraits.
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My Favorite Camera Settings for Shooting Video
My Favorite Camera Settings for Shooting Video is a short tutorial video by Kal Visuals in which Kyle Loftus discusses his favorite settings for shooting video. Moreover, Kal Visuals covers why he shoots and uses certain settings for specific scenarios which is especially helpful for beginners and novice freelancers. Additionally, in My Favorite Camera Settings for Shooting Video Kal Visuals touches on the importance of having the correct settings like doubling your shutter to whatever your frame rate is and so much more. In this video, My Favorite Camera Settings for Shooting Video Kal Visuals makes sure to set you up for success by explaining the most vital and key camera settings to shooting successful and powerful videos and films. Don’t miss My Favorite Camera Settings for Shooting Video.
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