What to Film...
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Capturing a Birthday Celebration on Video
Setting the scene for a birthday video, who and what to include and in what sequence you should capture events of the celebrations...
Film Nature and Wildlife
How filming nature and wildlife can be very unpredictable and will often involve a lot of patience and many hours spent filming until you get the perfect scenes. A couple of effective techniques you c...
Film The Birth of a Child
How it’s important you gain permission firstly to film the birth of a child. How the needs of the medical team and the mother must take priority and the kinds of things you might want to include in yo...
Film Your Baby Reaching Milestones
How a little bit of planning and recording prior to your baby’s arrival will help to establish the context of your baby home video. Importance of keeping your camcorder handy to capture any ‘firsts’ a...
Film Your Children at Play
The kinds of events and activities which you can film your children taking part in. How to come up with ideas for involving your children in a video shoot and the importance of obtaining permission wh...
Film Your Christmas
How you need to be quite selective in what you film over Christmas or you could end up editing hours of footage. Being aware of lighting considerations and how children can help you capture the essenc...
Film Your Pets
How pets are often difficult subjects to film on video as they can’t be trained to perform on demand for the camera for the most part. How you can encourage them to do so and other techniques for capt...
Making a Documentary
How documentaries can tend to be either thought provoking or a bit of an eye-opener in terms of the fly on the wall type. The importance of feeling passionate about the subject matter and the way in w...
Making a Wedding Video
How important planning and an understanding of the day’s events are crucial in the production of a wedding video. Things to consider and the importance of consultation with the bride and groom...
Making an Animated Film For Kids
How to create an animated film. Understanding the basics of working with plasticine or clay models and using that as a springboard to learn the basic skills before using specialist computer software p...
Tips For Filming Family Holidays
Things to consider when shooting a family holiday video. The importance of trying to capture the mood and atmosphere of the place as well as candid fun shots. Using commentary and music interspersed t...
Tips For Filming Special Occasions
The importance of considering the location and format of an event alongside some knowledge of the participants and to create a scene-by-scene plan of what to film when producing a special occasion vid...
Tips on Filming Your Active Toddler
How to shoot home videos of toddlers. Scenes to incorporate and filming when they’re not hungry or tired. Useful techniques and the kinds of things you can do to provoke a worthwhile reaction....
Tips on Filming Your Teenagers
How the world of family videos tends to turn teenagers off from the traditional ways of making a family video yet, simultaneously, they tend to become even more enthusiastic for making videos for a mu...