Amateur videography tips

• Keep it simple - you are not Steven pielberg!
• Two cameras offer more flexibility than one.
• Research your subject and learn as much as you can about the key players and venues in advance.
• Check on filming restrictions with the venues and officiants.
• You do not have to make a documentary. Produce an entertaining, watchable film of the hightlights of the day.
• Make every shot usable. Keep shots simple and slow with no zooms in and out. Hold each shot for several seconds before cutting.
• Do not attempt to reproduce the service and speeches in their entirety.
• Consider using music seguences.
• If recording music, record the whole of it to avoid problems when editing.
• Get lots of shots of guests, especially their arrival.
• Ask someone to be assigned to you who knows close family and friends.
• Shoot plenty of cutaways and film all the details
• Use a tripod to steady the camera when filming the service and speeches.
• Introduce yourself to the photographer and work with them so as not to get in their way.
• Remember to stay in the background observing the event.