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How to DIY Recruitment Videos In today’s competitive job market, a strong video recruitment strategy can help you find and engage the right talent in record time. You don’t need fancy video equipment or a hired hand to get started. Check out our seven tips for how to DIY a recruitment video. 1 2 3 4 USE ANIMATIONS From names and titles to logos and icons, animating objects is an easy way to keep viewers engaged throughout your video. You don’t even need expensive video editing soſtware.There are countless free and inexpensive smartphone and tablet apps that offer drag-and-drop functionality. BRING ENERGY & ENTHUSIASM Wide eyes and big smiles automatically engage a viewer into listening more keenly. Before filming, get your energy up! Do a set of push-ups or jumping jacks, put on some feel good music, and get ready to draw people in with enthusiasm and excitement. LIGHTING, LIGHTING, LIGHTING Forget the overhead fluorescent lights and head toward the windows. Natural daytime lighting provides brightness without the added budget of professional lighting. Make sure to sit adjacent to the window rather than in front or behind it. USE THE RULE OF THIRDS Aligning on the cross sections of the grid allows rooms to place animations in the remaining ⅔ of the frame. Additionally, the offset placement of the subject is more visually engaging. 5 6 7 STABILIZE YOUR VIDEO Yes, you want authenticity in your videos, but you also want to avoid giving your viewers motion sickness. Whether you use a small tripod or get creative with a couple of stacked books, video stabilization is key to a great viewing experience. USE A SIMPLE BACKGROUND To keep viewers focused on the subject, use a simple background. You can include other elements in the shot, but make the speaker the star of show. For intermediate video production, use symmetry to set the scene, like one couch and two lamps for a visually balanced shot. DO MULTIPLE TAKES Don’t expect perfection on your first take! Say goodbye to embarrassment and embrace trying and trying again. Even when you think you get the perfect take, film one more time. The more options you have to choose from in editing, the better. © 2018 Phenom People, Inc. Check out our YouTube channel to see these tips in action. https://bit.ly/2PwA8JV

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Page 1: How to DIY · jacks, put on some feel good music, and get ready to draw people in with enthusiasm and excitement. LIGHTING, LIGHTING, LIGHTING Forget the overhead fluorescent lights

How to DIYRecruitment Videos

In today’s competitive job market, a strong video recruitment strategy can help you find and engage the right talent in record time. You don’t need fancy video equipment or a hired hand to get started. Check out our seven tips for how to DIY a recruitment video.

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USE ANIMATIONSFrom names and titles to logos and icons, animating objects is an easy way to keep viewers engaged throughout your video. You don’t even need expensive

video editing software.There are countless free and inexpensive smartphone and tablet apps that offer drag-and-drop functionality.

BRING ENERGY & ENTHUSIASMWide eyes and big smiles automatically engage a viewer into listening more keenly. Before filming, get your energy up! Do a set of push-ups or jumping

jacks, put on some feel good music, and get ready to draw people in with enthusiasm and excitement.

LIGHTING, LIGHTING, LIGHTINGForget the overhead fluorescent lights and head toward the windows. Natural daytime lighting provides brightness without the added budget of professional

lighting. Make sure to sit adjacent to the window rather than in front or behind it.

USE THE RULE OF THIRDSAligning on the cross sections of the grid allows rooms to place animations in the remaining ⅔ of the frame. Additionally, the offset placement of the subject is more visually engaging.

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STABILIZE YOUR VIDEOYes, you want authenticity in your videos, but you also want to avoid giving your viewers motion sickness. Whether you use a small tripod or

get creative with a couple of stacked books, video stabilization is key to a great viewing experience.

USE A SIMPLE BACKGROUNDTo keep viewers focused on the subject, use a simple background. You can include other elements in the shot, but make the speaker the star of show.

For intermediate video production, use symmetry to set the scene, like one couch and two lamps for a visually balanced shot.

DO MULTIPLE TAKESDon’t expect perfection on your first take! Say goodbye to embarrassment and embrace trying and trying again. Even when you think you get the

perfect take, film one more time. The more options you have to choose from in editing, the better.

© 2018 Phenom People, Inc.

Check out our YouTube channel to see these tips in action.

https://bit.ly/2PwA8JV