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Kid Music Video TipsMake a kid music video from your child's
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Before you shoot your video, choose the song you want to use for your completed music video. It can be one of your child’s favorites, or one that fits your party theme. Now you can shoot your video to go along with the music. Most songs are about 2 and a half minutes long which tells you how long your completed music video will be.
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10 Things You Need To Shoot
Putting up the decorations
Party guests arriving
Activities and crafts
Party Games
Bringing out the
birthday cake
Opening cards and gifts
Finished decorations and
balloons
Parents, brothers, sisters, family members and pets
Staged shots of your birthday child and guests being silly
Guests saying good-by and leaving
The birthday child’s parents
collapsing on a chair after the party.
You may find other shots you want to include as well.
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Fun Camera Angles
A series of short,
fun shots will help make your music video more fun to watch. Try to make your
shots at least 5 to 10 seconds in length, this will be very helpful when your
footage is edited.
Stay away from using the zoom lens. Unless a zoom is
done very well it tends to look amateurish.
Get lots of candid wide
shots of your group.
Then move in and shoot medium shots with 2 or 3
people together.
Shoot close-ups of individual faces
Have fun by shooting some shots
that are tilted to one side or stand on a chair and shoot down on the party. Put
the camera on the floor and shoot up.
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Editing
Your Birthday Video - Music Video
If you have video editing software
in your computer, you first need to digitize (transfer) the footage you’ve shot
into the editing program. Then lay down your music track (the song you’ve
selected).
Now start your kid music video with a simple but creative title
like "Mary’s 6th Birthday Party" with a sub title related to your birthday theme
like "A Royal Celebration."
From the title you might want to use a fun
wipe into your first shot. Try to keep your shots about 5 seconds long. That
will keep the music video moving nicely without being too fast and visually
annoying.
Also try to edit your
footage together to tell the story of your party rather than just randomly
mixing everything together.
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Titles within
your kid music video can also be fun. A title leading into some party game
footage might read "Extreame Musical Chairs" or "Time To Pop The Balloons."
As you edit your footage together, take a minute and preview the entire
video from the beginning. This will help you to get a better feel for the
overall pace. You might need to slow things down or speed then up. Check your
video from the top when you have 30 seconds edited, 60 seconds edited and 90
seconds edited just to make sure the video is coming together the way you want
it to.
Give yourself a little song time at the end to add your closing
titles. Give yourself a screen credit, your party producer, and of course this
video stars your birthday child.
At the very end of your credits you can
have a little fun by cutting to one last silly shot.
If you don’t have access to a video
editor, take a quick look atFun-Kid-Birthday-Parties.com
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Birthday Video - Music Video "World Premiere"
After
you've edited your award winning kid music video together, it's time
for your world premiere. Why not invite all your party guests and parents over
for a private screening? Make some popcorn and have some fun.
Years
From Now
Imagine years from now when you and your child sit down to
watch this video together. You'll both be very happy you did something with all
that precious video footage.
And as the years pass, your
grandchildren might just get to see your treasured keepsake DVD from so many
years ago... I wonder if they'll still call them "music videos?"
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