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Are you new to filming video? Do you want to shoot higher-quality professional videos? Here's our top four recommended things for beginners to avoid when filming to take your videos to the next level. 1. Avoid unnecessary zooms Think about the real world, what would you do if you wanted to see an object more closely? Most of the time you'd physically get up and move closer to the object. So when filming, why would you zoom when you could physically just move closer? If not executed properly, zooming can also just feel unnatural and weird to the viewer. It can also have the negative effective of drawing the viewers attention away from the films content as zooms are obvious and you can't miss them. A final reason to avoid zooms is that they can be tricky to pull off as it's essential that you make it silky smooth and subtle. You need a steady hand to be able to pull off a zoom with smooth starts and stops, without jerky speed changes, or unintended st

Today we launched issue #1 of our new PVS newsletter and the team couldn't be more excited! The newsletter is for anyone who is interested in the real estate sector, but also for those that want to improve their video capacity, their social media presence, and increase their online marketing and engagement. Each newsletter will include free tips and advice as well as feature important industry news. It'll also profile some of the work that PVS can offer our commercial clients with exclusive discounts. If you're interested in subscribing to our newsletter, please enter your details into the online form below. Subscribe * indicates required Email Address * First Name Last Name Birthday / ( mm / dd ) Name

Summer is officially in full swing, so we at PVS want to offer you four useful tips for beginners to help you make professional-looking videos. Without further ado, here they are! Tip #1: Pick the right background When filming, selecting the correct or relevant background is essential to setting the visual scene so it's important that you pick something that's appropriate to the messages you're delivering on camera. It sounds simple, but it's shocking the amount of people who get this wrong! For example, if you're talking about the affordability of three-bed homes in your local area, but you're filming inside a pizzeria with a pizza oven behind you, it probably isn't appropriate. But if you were talking about the abundance of high-quality restaurants in your local area, the shot makes much more sense. Tip #2: Filming shorter takes The advantage of filming short takes is that you'll have fewer things to try and remember when you're shooting

It's been a busy week for the entire PVS team as we've been filming A and B roll for the Mercury Business Awards 2019! On both Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, we were at Greetham Valley interviewing 27 different businesses across 10 categories all fighting it out for the chance to take home an award on Friday the 20th of September. At PVS we're ecstatic about the awards as we're also an official associate sponsor of the event and we couldn't be prouder! Below are a few behind the scenes pictures from our two days of filming: Today the team is out of the office again and scattered around Stamford collecting the important B-roll footage we need to complete the films. To all of the finalists nominated for awards, best of luck on the night! We hope that you enjoy the films!

Are you familiar with the difference between A-roll and B-roll footage? If you're new to filming or you've commissioned work before, you may have heard these terms being thrown around. Simplistically, A-roll is your principle footage, which is usually used to tell a story. For example, if you're shooting a head-ups interview with someone this would be your A-roll footage. But if this interview only consisted of someone speaking to camera for five minutes straight, there's a strong chance that the video would quickly become boring and the viewer would not remain engaged. B-roll on the other hand is supplementary footage that is used to support or add depth and context to A-roll. Using B-roll footage helps break up a common A-roll interview shot, making the whole thing much more engaging. For example, if the interviewee is talking about the housing market in a particular town, the B-roll footage could be scenes of typical houses in the community or even shots of key

At PVS we're all about helping people to shoot high-quality video! Luckily for people who are complete beginners, with the excellent smartphones currently on the market shooting video on your phone couldn't be easier! We want to help people use the technology that's already in their pocket to take their video capabilities and their business to the next level. Here are our top five simple tips that you can follow to drastically improve your videos! Tip 1: The rule of thirds Whether you're first learning about photography, video or art, one of the most basic principles of composition you'll always come across is the rule of thirds. To explain it, we really like the definition by the blogger  Grace Fussell : "Imagine a 3×3 grid on top of any image. You should align the key elements in the image according to this grid — at the “power points” where the lines intersect, or along and within the vertical and horizontal lines. You can also combine these two a