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this is a realistic guide to documenting
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your life and turning your memories into
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movies that you'll have forever it's a
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lot easier than you
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think so this past summer I went on a
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honeymoon with my wife to Italy and
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being able to look back at some of those
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photos and videos has truly been one of
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the biggest blessings because it brings
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us right back to those memories as we
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sat on the couch and looked at pictures
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it had me thinking I'd love for
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everybody to be able to look back on
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their trips and experiences like this so
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whether it's your honeymoon a trip with
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friends or even just your daily
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activities this is your guide to
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documenting your life like a movie let's
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start with the basics and this is
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something that can take your videos from
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a random collage of different clips and
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something that actually tells a
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meaningful story and that is focal
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length focal length refers to how zoomed
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in you are with your camera when you're
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filming you want to keep in mind tight
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medium and wide you want to have each of
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these shots for every activity or
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location you go to because it tells a
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story in its simplest form
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the wide shot introduces us to the story
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by telling us where we are the medium
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shot is a little bit tighter and it
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gives us some more context as to what's
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going on within the scene and the tight
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shot gives us those super fine details
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that are specific to where we are check
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out this sequence of just wide
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shots I'm essentially just constantly
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introducing the viewer to new scenes and
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it does doesn't give them time to
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connect to anything happening within the
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video it makes the film feel pretty
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boring on the other hand check out this
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sequence of tight medium and wide
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shots introducing the scene and then
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going into those medium and tight shots
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tells a story and it's what will help
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translate your memories into movies so
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remember when you're filming tight
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medium and wide now we know what types
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of shots to get with a tight medium and
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wide but how do we know what actually
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points our camera at it's as easy as
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thinking about our five senses our five
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senses are sight sound smell taste and
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touch now our goal when we look back at
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our videos is to relive The Experience
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capturing visuals that supports each of
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our senses does that because it reminds
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us of the exact information we were
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taking in when we were experiencing the
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moment you won't always be able to
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capture visuals for each of the senses
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but it's nice to aim for a tight medium
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and wide shot that supports that
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supports that supports each Sense on our
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honeymoon we were going by a lake so we
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were constantly hearing boats passing by
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and the splashing of
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water it smelled like springtime because
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of all of the flowers that were in bloom
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and I remember the whole time we kept
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drinking these lemonades that were
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addicting to say the least I was
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honestly just amazed to look out and see
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all of these houses that constantly
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lines the coastline and were're stacked
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on top of each other up the hills each
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of these shots focuses on a a specific
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sense and it gives me a mental shot list
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when I'm not sure what I should be
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filming the next tip ties into the last
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one through the use of sound and that
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tip is to capture clean audio if a
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picture speaks a thousand words adding
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audio into the mix makes the picture
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sing audio is one of the best ways we
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can transport ourselves back into a
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memory so we want to be sure to capture
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good clean audio of whatever we're doing
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or wherever we are that means using the
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right gear if you're using a traditional
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camera I recommend using a shotgun mic
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to capture clean audio I'll recommend a
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few Below in the description if you're
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using your phone that means not covering
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the microphone with your finger and it
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wouldn't hurt to get one of those Min
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shotgun mics that connects to your phone
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my main goal when capturing audio is to
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capture things that can't be replicated
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if it's a specific sound effect I can
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always go and pull that sound from
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YouTube or something like that when I'm
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editing but if it's someone talking in
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the moment or anything like that you
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can't replicate it so those are the most
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important moments for me to capture now
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along the lines of gear it's important
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to say that you should use gear that
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inspires you if you have a camera you
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don't like or is difficult to carry
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around odds are you're not going to
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bring it with you which means you won't
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be able to film your memories and
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experiences so you have to decide what
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type of gear will actually inspire you
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to take it with you for some people a
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big camera makes them feel like they're
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filming a movie and that does the trick
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for me I hate having a massive camera to
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carry around so I want to use the
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smallest camera possible that still
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captures good video I use a mix of the
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the Canon R6 the DJI osmo pocket 3 and
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the RICO
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g3x depending on what I'm using they all
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fit in my shoulder sling or my backpack
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so carrying them around is really easy
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if you're looking for camera
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recommendations there are a million out
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there I might recommend looking at Sony
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just because they have a lot of small
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options that are great at capturing
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photo and video now something important
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to keep in mind when you're filming is
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to capture emotion this makes it so that
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when you're looking back at the videos
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you can actually connect to how you're
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feeling in that moment so if you're
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feeling joyful think about what is
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causing that joy and film that maybe
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it's the sunny weather the pretty
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landscape you're looking at or the good
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company you have with you this goes for
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both the good and the bad though if
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you're truly wanting to document your
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life it means capturing the moments that
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aren't the best too maybe you're feeling
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a little bit anxious because everything
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around you is spiraling capture it these
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moments often shape us even more than
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the ones that feel a little bit lighter
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this is more of a practical tip but
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something I recommend is using Luts Luts
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are presets that you apply to your
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footage when editing to change the color
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of the clips if you look at literally
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any movie that's in theaters you'll see
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that they all have their own color
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palette that they stick to because it
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allows them to deliver a specific
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feeling using a lot can allow you to
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take a collection of clips that were all
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filmed at different times and tie them
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together with a similar color look there
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is the option to manually color all of
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your videos and you can be more accurate
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this way but lets are a great entry
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point for people who are starting out
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the last tip I have which is a bit
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counterintuitive to the point of this
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video is to put your camera down yes the
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goal we have is to document our
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day-to-day cinematically but we
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shouldn't let that get in the way of
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actually experiencing our lives for
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ourselves if filming is taking away from
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your ability to appreciate the moment
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you're in then it's not worth it
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something I try to do is to get the
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clips as fast as possible and then I put
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the camera away because that's when the
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memories that are tied to the clips are
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actually created but there you have it I
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hope that helps you on your journey to
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document your life if you enjoyed uh
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