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How to Video a Pet to Achieve Professional Results Are you preparing to video your pet? Think Big Pet's Hints for Great Pet Videos Step 1 – Be Organised Choose your location – back garden, living room floor – so you know your background colour and don't lose your pet if it blends in with the carpet. If so, change your location or spread out a different coloured throw rug. Step 2 – Decide If You Video Your Pet Alone or with Friends or Family If you have chosen to include friends or family in your pet video, give them prior notice. Most people want to comb their hair or put another shirt on if they are going to be in a video. Step 3 – Choose a Theme for Your Pet Video Create a video of your pet's growth progress. Consider milestones in your pet's life: 1st day home: two months old; 1st day a puppy training school – graduation; your pet's reaction to a new dog kennel or cat scratching pole. Step 4 – Be Prepared With Fresh Batteries Whilst videoing your pet, keep your battery charger out and have the batteries rotating through it (at least two). Step 5 – Unwrap Your Tape Cassettes and Stick on Blank Labels Be prepared. Just before you begin videoing your pet, unwrap your tape cassettes and stick on the blank labels (at least two). Afterwards be meticulous about labelling your blank cassettes. My sister forgot this important step and accidentally videoed over her pet's 1st day at home. Step 6 – Buy a Good Video Kit Bag Keep all your video bits and pieces together in a roomy, well-organised, video kit bag. Pets can be very active and even take off with a cassette left on the floor. Worse still, you don't want to step back on the finished cassette only to hear it crunch under your shoe. Step 7 – Minimise Back Lighting Have the largest window behind your back to minimise back lighting on your pet. You want to see your pet's features not just a silhouette. Step 8 – Shoot to Edit At the end of the pet video shoot, pan around the room to capture your audience's attention on your pet. Step 9 – Mix Your Shots Up To eliminate shaky video shots of your pet, consider working with a tripod. Mix it up a little though; get up close and personal to your pet by lying on the floor for cute angles. Step 10 – Testimonials Gather family members and friends to interact with your pet and have them relate their experiences with your pet. 3 Quick Ways to Get You Started 1. Decide on a theme and choose if you want your pet video to be formal or informal. 2. Consider making a pet video to give away as a gift. It needs to be engaging, visual and dynamic. 3. Keep your video kit bag well stocked. This means that if family drop in, you'll be ready to video your pet at any time. Add your comment
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| Last Updated on Monday, 29 December 2008 13:03 |