Rather low-budget, but packing a lot into its 15-minute suitcase, this guide offers the basics of good camcorder techniques (don't go wild with zooms, allow proper head room for your subjects, don't shoot into the sun, etc.), while providing specific advice relating to travel videos, such as the need for voltage converters and plug adapters in foreign lands and the recommendation to ask people's permission before filming them. The low price and topic-specific approach make this a good optional purchase, but Home Video Hits: Great Ideas for Creating Better Home Videos (VL-1/97) includes good travel video tips within a much more comprehensive and higher quality production. Aud: J, H, P. (R. Pitman)
How to Make Better Vacation Videos
(1996) 15 min. $14.95. International Creative Video Services (dist. by Instructional Video). PPR. Color cover. Vol. 12, Issue 4
How to Make Better Vacation Videos
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