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WHETHER it’s the last

exercise your unit deployed

on, a new piece of military

kit or something completely

different, there’s a story to

be told wherever you look in

Service life.

Amateur and professional

filmmakers from across defence have until

December 6 to submit work to the Army Film

and Photographic Competition 2019.

There are two video categories – open and

documentary/news – and entries will be judged

on camera craft, sound and editing, as well as

the production as a whole.

Full guidance can be found in ABN 20/19 but

Sgt Ben Maher (RLC, shown), video sergeant at

Army Media and Communications, also has this

advice for making your film stand out...

thrill

Make your

first shot

count

A good video will grab

the viewers’ attention

from the very first frame.

Don’t open it with a load

of introduction titles –

people will keep scrolling.

Use your best clip first

Stay

low,

move

fast

Get stuck into

the action. If your

subject is on

their belt buckle,

so should you be

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