Taking videos of your cat, with Leili & Kevin, Part 1 of 2

Catexplorer Podcast

Leili & Kevin are the founders of Supakit, but in a previous life worked in the wonderful world of videography - giving them the perfect insight into sharing how we can improve the videos we take of our cats while catexploring! They share how to take an interesting video of your cat and how to create a story with that video. We also chat about when to use a video or a photograph to capture a moment, what to do when your cat runs out of the video and how to avoid taking shaky videos. See the show notes here: https://catexplorer.co/podcast-entries/taking-videos-of-your-cat-with-leili-kevin-part-1-of-2 To find out how to leave a review see here: https://catexplorer.co/podcast-entries/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-catexplorer-podcast To support Catexplorer & join the Catexplorer Purr Squad or become a Catexplorer Producer, see here: https://catexplorer.co/support What we talk about •Leili & Kevin's videography experience •How Supakit started •What we should think about when taking a video of our cats •When should we take a video vs a photograph •How to create a story with video •How to approach videos vs photography •When to use/film certain types of videos where •Should you think about where you are going to use a video when filming it •Long form videos vs shorter videos •How to make a longer video of your cat •How to make a 'boring' cat shot interesting •How to take videos from your cat's perspective •How to edit your videos to create a story •What to do when your cat sprints out of the frame of the video •Using a wide angled lens when filming your cat •How to avoid shaky video •What is a wide angled lens •Shutter rate for filming videos on a DSLR •Challenges of using a DSLR for video and how to overcome them •How to hold your DSLR for video