If your not using any of the freely available web video creation tools yet then you really need to start. Here are just a few hand picked that I'm currently working with. MOOVLY With Moovly you can create animated videos, tutorials, explainers, presentations and other multimedia content (including whiteboard videos). Great for Teachers and marketers. Take a look here at Moovly ANIMOTO Create Videos easily with Animoto. Upload your photographs, pictures, music and text, customise and then mix.  Create Extraordinary Videos of your Life in just Minutes at Animoto. Fast & Free! FOCUSKY Another tool I have just started using is Focusky With Focusky you can create amazing  presentations and animated videos. You can also download their app presentation tool which is great to use offline while building your presentation. Once you have completed your work, make sure you have all your details correct then upload to the cloud and share. Focusk...

Look around the internet now and you'll find lists of free stock footage on many film and video websites. If you've got a simple concept then downloading the stock footage for your short should be a breeze and you always need to sharpen up those editing skills. Here's a few you can try right now: Pexels Amazing, completely free high definition stock videos. Cute Stock Video Free HD video footage for all. How Stock Footage Can Help You Become a Better Filmmaker

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How many times have you felt inspired by a scene or by a person when your travelling or on holiday somewhere? These moments of visionary bliss are the cue to get your camera out and begin filming at that very moment. Sketch a quick story board and return to the wondrous scene again but this time ready to document the moment. Most of my filming has been inspired by moments I spent in certain places and from travel photography. The trick is to document something that is visually stunning, or commonly unseen and you know it's not easily accessible either on the internet or by actually travelling to the very same spot or area, Moments such as motor bike tracking in the Cardaman Mountains in Cambodia, (in post production) or some extreme sport you might have tried. Where ever you find your self it's worth knowing a few tips and tricks to help you get the best shots when your far away from home. 10 Helpful Tips for Travel  and Adventure Filmmaking.

Internet Archives The internet has some great places to find content for your film and video work. Did you know that the Internet Archive has over 427 Billion Web Pages saved and available to browse? That's full time browsing on steroids. Not only do they have web pages but an incredible moving image archive of over 2,027,394 videos most of which is public domain now, which means it's available for you to download, copy, cut and use in your own work. The Software archive stands at 109,364 and contains audio files, video, games and a whole treasure chest of other apps. The Audio Archive stands at 2,527,149 and is also a great place to look for public domain sounds and samples for your latest creation. It's full of audio books, labs, radio archives, dvd and a whole lot more all available to download and use in your work. Please check the copy right details. Visit the Archives here. Another great source for archived content is Open Culture. When you...

So, how do you catch viral videos before they happen or as they are happening? The best practice is to keep tabs on these viral video sites to watch what’s trending right now. Plus you can also set up Google alerts so every time there's a new video that's receiving a lot of attention you get to know about it. Popscreen   - have videos that are trending now. You can get an rss feed from the site and keep up to date with different channels on Popscreen charts covering 7 days to a month.  BuzzFeed - also have trending videos you can keep up to date with. Most of the video are from YouTube unlike Popscreen who have videos from Vimeo and other sites. YouTube Charts - with the amount of hits popular video receives YouTube is still the best place to source video from. Video Library - Video Library has been around on FB for three years and has some great hand picked videos from all kinds of different sources.  Break - Break has a large community ...

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