19 July 2024

How to record good video clips on your phone for crowdsourced video production

Learn how to record better smartphone clips for crowdsourced video production. These practical tips cover composition, captions and capturing movement so individual contributions work together in a shared video story.

10-15 second video clips are the building blocks of the Vloggi platform

Create a project and invite your community – customers, colleagues, fans – to contribute. They can use the Vloggi app or upload existing video to the Vloggi website to allow you easily and quickly create short films leveraging user-generated content to help promote your business, brand or destination.

 

The 3 easy “Cs” how to film a perfect clip using your phone

 

Compose

Frame a video as you would a photo. No need to pan around.

 

Caption

 

What makes a video blog is a brief description. Tell us what is going on in the video.

What is this place/feature/event/attraction and why people should visit? What is special about this place and why would you like to share this experience? Here’s a good example in this Vloggi by Marie Barbieri:

 

Capture

 

Bring the clip to life by capturing some movement in the frame. For example, shoot from an escalator or travelator or film a moving object

 

Give it a try! You can always delete any clips you don’t like

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