Home Video Tips

If you’re just starting off, your biggest hurdle is probably the actual camera. Until we can get you to ‘Fledgling Film-maker’ status, the smartphone will do. Here’s a few basics to help you until then:

No more vertical video – turn the phone sideways, like your television.

Film at the eye level of your subject; so with kids, hold the camera near your waist or, if you’re really keen, bend your knees (gasp).

Don’t start speaking the moment you hit record – the audio is not instantaneous.

Try to film in themes. So film the same day or event every year, or instead of randomly shooting throughout the vacation, pick a single day and film it really well (and read some of the tips below).

Interact with your kids, don’t just observe – kids make for entertaining subjects; ask them questions or get them tell a story. You’ll get gold.