How can I get good video quality with good sound for ?

Here's what I do. For good video: - I use good lighting. Almost too much lighting, but it has to be soft without hard shadows. I use several white umbrellas that have a bright bulb directed into the center. Use the same light source type. Don't use fluorescent tube lights in combination with regular tungsten light bulbs. Your camcorder may automatically switch between types of light. Make sure that clothing (no stripes), props and background work well in colors and lighting. You don't want a huge black afro disappear with a black background. For Sound: - I use an external microphone connected to the camcorder. Do not use the camcorder microphone, if possible. If your camcorder does not have microphone inputs, then use a PC and a good microphone to record the sound as a high quality file. 2 microphones for STEREO. You may need a special "Y" adatper from RadioShack for this. Or a stereo microphone. Important: Your microphones sound a lot better with a soft hairy scarf applied. If you have a microphone near your lips, use a coat hanger in a loop with a nylon stocking stretched over it, to eliminate winds, spit-sounds, and breathing noises. Make sure that the room (your studio) doesn't echo (have a hollow sound) a lot. A carpeted room with acoustic cielings work good. If a "cubical divider" is handy, use that to help muffle the echo sounds. Place those near your set, but out of camera view. Drape towels or crapet on those for added muffling. With all of this said, you'll need an editor to put this project together. Use a program like Ulead MedisStudio Pro. You can match up seperate audio tracks from other sources and things like that.

You going to have to experiment with it to find the best combination. It helps to have a video camera with an external mic slot, such as a Samsung 163 or is it 263? The DV-C one not the DVD one. Or a Canon 40 like I have. Then you need either a long lapel mic or a wireless mic transmitter and lapel mic. Then you need to record things in bits and pieces Maybe you on a chair with the guitar so they can see you above the head to the legs and you talk to the camera about what it is you are doing or going to do and then move into the position. Do this for each item. Then move in CLOSER and in wider angel and favor the neck of the guitar looking back towards the body Just get the neck and sound hole and bridge and fingers. Now use a mic on a stand near the guitar, maybe 1 foot away and outside of the scene. Now play your pieces without syaing a word. Do it for all the pieces Then assemble it in Windows Movie Maker or Premier or Studio Deluxe If the program allows you can then NARRATE over the guitar playing. You can re-play (re-use) the same shots several times to make your points and even FREEZE FRAME it and narrate your points. Now, many camcorders have NICE built in mics that word WELL up to 12 feet. What you want, however, is a DRY ROOM This means CARPET This means DRAPES on walls This means NOT extranious sound. YOu can try shooting it the same way using the built in mic and see how it works. You need a DIGITAL CAMCORDER (DV-C) Editing software (Studio dexlue is easy to use Premier is a bit harder both cost about $500) Try the FREE Windows Movie Maker and see if it will work for you. You need a FireWire connection between Camera and Computer Then yo uvideo capture all those shots and cut them into full segements and call them in and edit them.