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Tricks to Storify Your Travel Video

I shoot videos and landscapes when I travel overseas. Obviously, I cannot shoot to a script or have much of a plan, since this is an unplanned vacation.

How would I construct a story from random scenes in Berlin, Warsaw, Vienna, Budapest, etc? Usually I end up with a string of shots without any story. This is not what you recommend in your book.

My friend Wendy will be travelling with me, but how could I include her in the video? Shots of her looking at the Danube from Buda and from Pest don’t seem to have much interest. Shooting

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Making Interview Videos That Hold Their Attention

I made a recent job shift from corporate training to being the “video guy”. I am responsible for capturing “Success Stories” of customers who have installed and use our products.

The biggest thing that I’m struggling with now is telling a story that intrigues people and keeps them watching. I just finished your book, and as I think back through some recent edits I completed, I now know the intrigue wasn’t there.

How do I find the the most intriguing way to present customer stories in interview videos?

–Ken

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What are Eyelines and Why Should You Care?

Here is a video that I shot after reading your book. Most woodworking videos are painfully boring, but I and another woodworker are trying to change that.

Can you give me any more tips?

–Brian

I have to admit it did not take much imagination for me to picture a boring video about woodworking. But Brian’s done a great job of making his pretty cool. Fun action shots, nicely framed, well edited. This video is probably fascinating for anyone more likely to pick up a lathe than I am. Which is pretty much everyone.

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The True Meaning of Holiday Video

As the holidays approach, it’s time for us again to consider the age-old question we ask every Holiday Season: Why do we shoot Holiday Video?

My answer? We shoot Holiday Video to remember.

We want to remember our kids as they are now, because they will never be that way again. We want to remember our parents and grandparents, because they don’t last forever. We want to remember ourselves too—because whatever age we are now, it’s a hell of a lot younger than we’ll be in a decade.

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Making a Simple Interview Look Great

I’m living in Holland and I’m working as a teacher and a radiohost for a local station. I have just bought in New York your book and I’m loving it very much! In the summertime I have every week an interview of exactly one hour with a local vip. During the program I record on tape the interview with one videocamera from one point of view. Any tips how I can make an interesting youtube videoclip from it, length: less than 10 minutes.

–Boelo Lutgert

I recently watched the limbo video “Wisdom” example in your book. It appears they

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