Here is the video of my Bali trip!! One thing that I realized from this trip was how shaky my hands were when I walked and videoed and also how little video footages i had of our activities to show you guys! Well the reason is that 1. While we were having fun, i wasn't recording! that includes the clubbing experiences which were SO FUN and 2. the other times were the days when we were just "nuaing" around or slacking around not doing anything. That's our definition of a holiday, to just relax. Surely we do have a "to-do list" but it was more of a "things we can do if we have time and energy to" of which... left us with just a wee bit of activities.

But still bali was super fun because of syaz and ally! us trio were having such a chill time there. In fact, we planned to hike up Mt Batur but that didnt happen too because we felt too worn out from snorkeling. Other days were spent laying unglamourously on the sofa, constantly pushing the cushion back into place as we slouched like mad. Some people have things to accomplish or a tight schedule to follow when traveling but not for us! This video was quite fun to make and challenging too! As I had to kind of create new content from the very limited footage of mine. It's been quite a while ever since i've created a video of such sorts too! I did like 3 videos just a month back but those were for school and relatively simple to do -- not much editing required.

I think travel videos are really fun! And there's so many different ways that you can showcase to others on how your trip went, whether you want to do a compiled video of your trip or a day to day thing. but i realized that it is pretty challenging to talk into the camera! challenging because it feels really weird having a camera pointed in your face and talking to a camera lens and also that self consciousness does come out pretty strongly at times. So you do end up looking kinda unnatural in front of the camera. This video was a really good learning experience for me too! and I am really looking forward to producing another of such video in future although I dont know when that chance will arise. hopefully another travel video at the end of the year if my family decides to go on a trip together! or unless my friends have some whacky overseas idea :)

well i guess having a really slack holiday of slothing around definitely does increase the difficulty in making a travel video interesting. To end this off, I hope that you enjoy watching the video!



I've done so many videos before, but every video always has its challenges and learning points. And one of the learning points that i took away from this is that how can i video while still being IN the holiday. Not just being in the frame, but being able to fully enjoy myself while having the camera roll and having those angles and perspectives there. There are so many different ways to video a particular event but it's boils down to how you want to showcase it i feel? Apart from framing the video, sometimes you need to "go ahead" to place the camera down to get that shot or set up the tripod, or you forget to on the microphone (which happened to me so many times) and speaking into the camera at times to give some form of direction. There are really so many things that you can consider before getting that video clip plus it was hella difficult to swim/snorkel while holding my gopro monopod in one hand! Definitely another area to improve in. It's always hard to video people i feel as almost everyone tend to feel camera-conscious.

Learning from this, I hope that as I become more proficient in video recording, until i am able to use the camera like it is second nature to me.