With MissionMakr.com, it’s easy to shoot, edit, and post video from the field using the Video Widget!
Here’s a video posted to Shelter Cove Community Church’s trip to Mexico 2011 on MissionMakr.com. They had over 250 people following this trip everyday! As soon as it was posted, 250 received an email/SMS inviting them to log into GO! for this trip and watch the video!
Missions runs deep in the veins of guest blogger and videograher, Paul Bahn. He is President of Media 7 and has traveled into 30+ countries capturing wonderful images of people and places for missions.
It seems like more and more people are returning home from short term mission trips with video footage they hope will “tell the story” of one of the most life changing experiences they’ve ever had. Unfortunately, many times the video footage they wind up with falls short of conveying the real heart and soul of their life changing experience.
Given the amazing quality of affordable equipment available, you don’t need to be a professional videographer to shoot decent quality video. However, there are some basic principles that need to be applied if you expect people to be engaged while watching the video footage you’ve shot.
It’s not about the gear. It’s all about storytelling. Check out these five basic shooting tips to help you tell your mission trip story better … on video.
