1. Shoot lots of short scenes rather than very long, continuous shots. Shots 5–10 seconds in length often work especially well.
2. Add variety to your shots, for example by filming the main subject (perhaps the baby at a first birthday party), capturing the faces of the onlookers, getting a shot of the cake, presents, food, the candles being blown out, the mess (!), Uncle Jake arriving late in his new SUV. . . You get the idea.
3. Take establishing shots for your travel videos (shots of road signs or wide shots of the location) and then get up close and personal to film various close-ups of local faces or exotic products for sale in the market.
4. When shooting video of children or babies kneel down with your camcorder and grab some shots from their level. Get lots of face shots.
5. Encourage people to smile or interact with the camera (if you wave with your free hand most people will wave back!)
6. Keep a steady hand while you shoot and stay focused on your subject.
7. When shooting groups of people remember to get in close. Frame it up then step a little closer still!
8. Only zoom or pan slowly and remember to record some steady material at the beginning and end.
9. To make cool music videos, try some professional shooting tricks like 'dutching' your camera - holding your camera and rotating it slowly in both directions (clockwise/counter-clockwise).
10. Shoot your subjects from all angles. Move around the subject, shoot from below and from the top.
11. Try visual surprises like shooting into mirrors or from a high viewpoint. You can also put movement into your material by shooting from glass elevators or while traveling on an escalator.
12. Shaky video when cut quickly may sometimes cause nausea so keep it steady.
13. Panning or sweeping should be done reasonably slowly, otherwise a swoosh/blurring effect may occur as the autofocus of the camcorder may not focus in time.
14. Make sure your subject is well lit so that you have well defined and contrasted scenes.
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