How 2... Film at Home

This book shows you how to record videos for your classes at home. We will try to help you get the best out of any media assets you need to create, with the equipment you may already have at home

Production - Actual filming

On the day

If you've got this far, you are probably ready to do some filming. It's worth noting that sometimes, the fact that you or the person you are filming are confident delivering a talk in front of a room full of people, it doesn’t mean that talking in front of the camera will be easy, our suggestion would be to always practice in front of a mirror or friends and relative before the actual filming day.   

Some do's and don'ts

Here are a few things to consider before filming:

  • Don't wear jingly jewellery - if you move your arms around, the noise of the jewellery will be picked up by the microphone
  • Don't wear patterns - striped shirts create an moiré effect which is quite distracting, if filming in front of a green screen, don't wear anything green
  • Don't wear or say anything that dates the video (i.e. saying "last week", poppies, etc.)
  • Don't reshoot from the start if you make a mistake in the middle, resume from the paragraph where the mistake was made. This can be hidden during editing
  • Do have a drink of water to hand - sometimes your mouth can get dry from talking
  • Do practice before filming
  • Do reshoot the first scene again when complete, this is because you are more settled in and relaxed
  • Do look at the camera/interviewer for about 5 seconds when finished, this makes editing easier
  • Do relax and smile and have fun!