Is your loved one\u2019s birthday coming up, and you want to record it for posterity? If your filmmaking skills are a bit lacking and you\u2019re not sure how to make an amazing video, we have a few tips for you. Keeping audiences engaged can be tricky; attention spans are getting shorter and shorter, so how do you get people to stay engaged?<\/p>\n
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The theme behind your video is very important; it helps you know what props you\u2019ll need and what scenes to shoot. A good, coherent story keeps your viewers engaged and immersed, as they will be on the edge of their seat trying to figure out what will happen next.<\/p>\n
By creating an interesting plot, you can turn any video from simple to amazing. Your daughter\u2019s birthday can become a great quest to defeat an evil robot or to destroy a dragon \u2013 even if the dragon happens to be a stuffed animal because budget limitations are a terrible, but real thing.<\/p>\n
Know the limitations of your equipment. If you know your camera has trouble picking up the audio at long distance, don\u2019t shoot a scene several feet away. Keep a close-up on the action to make sure you don\u2019t miss a thing.<\/p>\n
When editing, think about fun and creative ways to engage your audience. A time-lapse of the sunset will require a lot of planning and recording space, but it will look amazing and is sure to impress everyone with your skills.<\/p>\n
Have you seen Nightmare Before <\/em>Christmas? Stop-motion is also a beautiful editing style. It\u2019s time consuming and it takes a lot of work, but the finishing product is amazing. Go for small projects, like shooting the candles being lit: photograph each process in lighting them, like placing the candles getting the matches, and when you put them all together they will tell a story.<\/p>\n Be careful with zooming! You lose image quality when you zoom with your camera, and it can get shaky if you have trouble finding the zoom button. A tripod will be a saving grace for steadier video, but be careful to not zoom too much! It\u2019s always better to walk up to your subjects and edit the footage later.<\/p>\n Comedy is a great way of engaging an audience; comedians use timing and jokes to keep their public laughing and they\u2019re successful because laughing makes people feel good. And who doesn\u2019t like that?<\/p>\n Laughter is the way to go; after all, a birthday party is a joyous occasion! Make sure your story has plenty of funny twists in it. Your guests will leave the party feeling like they had a great time and it will make them look forward to next year\u2019s film project.<\/p>\n If you have any VHS tapes you want to transfer to DVD, here at Video2DVD Transfers we offer convert your memories onto longer lasting media at an affordable cost<\/a>. You can contact us<\/a> on 800 592 433<\/a> if you have any questions, and our friendly team will happily help! Alternatively, you can also find us on Twitter<\/a> and follow our updates and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is your loved one\u2019s birthday coming up, and you want to record it for posterity? If your filmmaking skills are a bit lacking and you\u2019re not sure how to make an amazing video, we have a few tips for you. Keeping audiences engaged can be tricky; attention spans are getting shorter and shorter, so how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":849,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions\/849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.video2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Make It Funny<\/strong><\/h2>\n