Top tips to help your middle schooler create a perfect video project
Video is a powerful and engaging approach to communicate with kids of all ages. Encourage your kids to make their own video projects. It will boost their peer interaction as well as learning. Here are a few tips to guide them in making that perfect video after the topic and format are finalised based on the target audience and message they want to convey.
Guide him to choose the right backdrop
The background will have a significant impact on how the message is conveyed to the target audience. Furthermore, make sure that he plans the shoot location and decide on the background well ahead of time. This will save him a lot of time. While a beautiful background might add an edge to the project, an unprofessional backdrop can sabotage any opportunity he might have had of earning bonus points for the project.
Ways to create the right background for videos:
- Pick natural surroundings: Using his natural surroundings as a backdrop is the simplest and most cost-effective option for your kid's video project. A well-kept bookshelf, table and chairs, a plain or tastefully adorned wall, or a collage are excellent settings for a video project.
- Use paper backdrop: Paper background is a seamless, photo paper roll that is simply a large, non-reflective roll of paper that fits on a stand behind the subject. It comes in a variety of sizes and colours. Based on the tone and style of the video, he can choose from an infinite number of colour options. This background is unique in that the viewers would never know where you are actually located.
- Choose an office background: If you’ve an actual office to yourself, your kid could use that too for a professional look and feel to the video being created. In fact, if she wants to record testimonial videos, day-in-the-life videos, event videos, and other types of videos for their school project, an office background is ideal.
Help her compose the frame aesthetically
The way your kid arranges elements in a frame is referred to as composition. The frame can only carry so many items, and each of those pieces vies for the viewer’s attention. Filling the frame with their desired element instead of cramming it up with multiple things is ideal. This makes the element stand out. The larger the element, the more attention it is likely to receive. It would add to the beauty of the frame too.
Encourage him to set up correct lighting in place
The right kind and amount of lighting makes all the difference in a video project. Hence, help her decide between the use of soft and harsh lighting as required. Tell your kid that harsh light will help set the tone and generate dramatic focus. On the other hand, all shadows on the subject's face will be removed by using a soft light in the frame. Further, kids must also take care regarding overhead lighting which often casts unflattering shadows. Hence, your budding videpgrapher should take care of this important aspect during the filming process.