Tips and Resources for producing the best quality video content

Interviewing is an artform that relies primarily on positive communication, sincere curiosity, shared goals in storytelling, and a relationship of trust between the interviewer and interviewee. Video interviews of family members and close friends are especially poignant because they offer intimacy, sensitivity to personal histories, and collaboration. These are much more important to getting a good interview than the technical aspects of video production. However, it is a good idea to create the best video you can, with quality audio and imagery that will live on for future generation. In that aim, this page will soon offer tips and resources for producing the best quality audio and video content to submit to the archive.

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Pitfalls and mistakes to avoid
Handy tricks
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