CHAPTER 12Capture a Unique Moment

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The more you can give people a one-of-a-kind experience, the better. Sometimes those moments are planned, sometimes they are spontaneous, but they’re most contagious when they are unique.

If you can catch footage of a battle in the wild between a pack of lions, a herd of water buffalo and a crocodile, or if you can have your camera rolling when a baby panda sneezes, you’ve got something. Laughing babies are good subjects for this kind of video (Laughing Baby [5.8 million views] is just one of many), but confused toddlers appear to rule all others. David After Dentist (110 million views) and ...

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