Dive Into Your Imagination

When you are behind the camera you always need to be aware of your surroundings and how you can place the viewers into your scenes. Use signs to set your scene and show your viewer where they are at. Whenever we go to a new location we will always film signs, but they may not always make the cut. Want to know more?

We shoot about three to five times more footage in the field then what we put into our films.

Kids make wonderful subjects too. Showing Uncle Bob carrying his two girls on his shoulders is pretty amazing. If this was not captured on video, his girls would never remember how strong he was. We brought an extra camera for the kids to use too. You want to supervise kids with a camera. A camera in a child’s hand gives you a chance to teach them a new tool. You might actually want to entrust them with the camera and help tell the story with them. Kids today grow up with computers and they pick up editing so much faster than adults. By getting kids as your storytellers with the camera and a laptop computer, you might get a different perspective than what you wanted, but you would not have to do all the work.

VIDEO CHALLENGE: How do you shoot for the edit? You get lots and lots of angles with scenes that are usually no longer than 20-30 seconds. The more tape you shoot, the more tape you need to edit, so always shoot for your edit!

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