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 Today We Are Going to Learn:

• How people used to film videos before apps

• How you can record a video easily

• How you can edit the videos you take

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 How People Took Videos Before Phones

• Before phones, people made videos using

a special video camera or camcorder.

• A video camera was a separate device from a phone,

so you had to remember to bring it with you.

• The video was stored on a tape. You could play the video
on a TV, but you had to buy a video player to do that.
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 How People Took Videos Before Phones
• It was difficult for people to edit their videos.
You needed more equipment to do it.

• To share the video, you had to find a way to copy

the tape and send it by post to people.

• The tapes broke and tangled up easily and were

expensive to buy.
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 Using Technology to Take Videos Today
Taking a video is much easier now.
• You can take a video on a phone or tablet
in the camera app.
• You can play your video right away and share
it easily online.
• You can delete videos that don’t turn out
well or edit them using many free apps.
• Most devices can hold hours and hours of video.
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 Phone and Tablet Apps
• Smartphones and tablets have a camera
app for recording videos.

• Most apps have the same buttons to help

you take a good video.

• You can press the record button to start

and again to stop filming.
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 Phone and Tablet Apps

• If a video is not quite right you can delete it.

• Most apps let you trim off bits of video.

• It’s easy to add videos together to make a longer film.

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 Phone and Tablet Apps

Some apps even let you make a ‘proper’ film:

• You can add opening titles to say what
the film is called and who is starring in it.
• You can add music to make the film more exciting.
• At the end, credits could roll up the screen to show
who made the film.

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 Taking Videos Today is Much Easier

You can look at your You can edit the video.

video straight away.

You can delete the video You can share the

video online.
if it’s no good.
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