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Tips on Improving Your Videography Skills From Home

Video production experts know that it is important that you remain creative and diverse. Projects you take on could lead you to all sorts of topics with various subjects. Improving your videography skills is always important and can be done in many ways. For starters, it may be a bit difficult to come up with grand ideas for shooting, but get it out your mind that the only things worth recording are special events and occasions. Recording people and images on an ordinary day can be very fascinating as well. Here are some video editing ideas you can purse to hone your videography skills at home.

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Create a Documentary

Use one of your family members, friends or children as the subject you will be profiling. Ask simple questions about their life and surroundings. For instance, ask what’s their favorite sport, or how do they feel about their new home or sibling. If you know a specific topic or location that is significant to the subject(s), try interviewing them about that. Dig deeper into the history and its current usage for your video production.

Get Creative with Fiction

If documentaries and real life aren’t your style, you may find recording a fiction video production can be lots of fun. Write a short script for a science fiction, drama, action or romance video. Create all of the props needed (this can be lots of fun if you include family and kids) and consider where the set will be. If you are having difficulties developing a script, adapt one to a favorite movie you have or take a scene from a movie you have seen.

Film Sporting Events

The kids will be having a sporting event this weekend and you’re getting the itch to film. Being the video editing specialist that you are, you should pack up your equipment and get prepared. Sporting events can be quite fun – use this time to film the game and interview the coach, players, friends and audience. Allow the athlete you’re filming to tell the story. Also, try using some of the camera’s great features, like slow motion to accentuate plays that deserve accentuating.

Capture Talent

Allow your subjects to pick a talent they’d like to capture on film. This can be telling jokes, juggling or even singing and dancing. Years down the line you and your kids will be really thrilled that you did this.

Interview for a History Lesson

If you’re fortunate enough to have grandparents still alive, film them and ask questions about the past. You should create a list of questions and topics to discuss. You can ask about favorite actors, movies and music. Times have changed and surely you will learn a lot about how things used to be, how people lived and where you came from. Likely you’re curious about various events that took place in their hay day, so ask away!
Recording family and friends can be very entertaining for you, the subjects and those that watch the completed video.

For more tips on honing your videography skills or if you need assistance with your video production or editing, business contact Video One Productions at (773)252-3352 or irwin@video1pro.com.

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