Graham Love is a school pupil from Aberdeen in Scotland. He makes quirky little films on his Flip Ultra HD and aspires to be a professional filmmaker.

What strikes me is how Graham does some great directing of his movies. He pieces together the visual story and thinks carefully about shot size and angles so it cuts seemlessly. So many Flip movies are just made from one clip and take an easy route but its’ great when you see the Flip used for actual filmmaking. So let’s hear from Graham:

How long have you been using the Flip Video?

I’ve been using a Flip camera for almost 2 years now. My first Flip (Flip Ultra Standard Def) was given as a present. I bought my second Flip (Ultra HD) as I’d been impressed with my old camera. For instance its’ size makes it very handy to take anywhere, picture quality is very good, as is the sound quality.

Why did you decide to feature a teapot in your film?

The idea for my teapot blowing video just came to me randomly really. I’d seen others doing it on Youtube and decided to shoot my own version. I learnt the trick by watching videos online, and a few minutes practising.

Do you storyboard your movies?

This particular video wasn’t storyboarded, but I did have a pretty clear image in my head of how I wanted the final piece to look like. And so with that in mind I went about having fun trying to include a variety of different camera angles.

The footage is crisp, some readers would like to know your export settings?

I use Windows Movie Maker to edit and I save the video as Windows Media HD 720p (PAL) (5.9Mbps), and then upload to Youtube.

What are the advantages of using a Flip?

Size is defiantly one, as such I take my Flip everywhere and never miss anything. Also due to its’ size it can be put in areas where other larger Camcorders simply couldn’t fit. This allows for a greater variety of camera angles to be used. Picture quality is also amazing, to have a camera that’s so small and shoots in HD is amazing.

Do you think people miss trick if they don’t think about the Editing of their films?

Yes I do. As well as shooting films, like the teapot one, I also film family events, as opposed to making others sit round and watch an hours worth of unedited footage I like to edit the footage into much shorter little films.

Can you give us a Flip tip?

Be creative whilst using your Flip, its’ small, so stick it in places you wouldn’t normally be able to put a camera, for example, inside fridges, drawers, bags etc – this makes for more unique footage.

Graham uses a Flip Ultra HD, a  Sony VCT-R640 tripod (pictured above – see at Amazon UK or Amazon.com) as well as a Joby Gorillapod.

I often get asked how sharp is the Flip Mino HD? Look no further than this Flip Mino sample footage.

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