Video Testimonials Needed!

Calling all nature lovers!!!  We need your help. 

We are looking for people to send in videos of heartfelt thoughts, experiences and musings about nature and the time you spend in it for use during our Earth Day Virtual Benefit Week and beyond. 

We’d love for you to choose one or two of the questions we have provided to speak to from your own heart and experience.  You can answer in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, or just in general.  Do not be intimidated or self-conscious – we are not looking for polished, professional videos here.  Just be your beautiful self and share your passion for nature and our mission!  If you’ve got kids, feel free to get them involved, either in your video or in separate ones with them answering the questions.

Question Choices

~How does nature restore your spirits? 
Again, you may speak specifically about how nature is restoring you during this time of isolation, or how it restores you in general.
~In what ways are you rethinking your relationship with nature, its role in your life or your role in it?
It can be personal to you, or more about humans in general, and can be specific to current events or not.
~How do you feel the mission of The Conservation Foundation has increased relevance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic?  
Or if you prefer, just speak to your feelings on the relevance of The Conservation Foundation’s mission.
~What in or about nature revives you the most? 

~What about The Conservation Foundation’s work resonates with you?

If you can keep your video to two minutes or under that would be wonderful.  When you are finished, please share your video by sending it to us via WeTransfer.com, which you can do from either a laptop/desktop or mobile device.  It’s free, easy and you do not have to register.  Enter the email address [email protected] as where you’d like to send the file to, and then search for and choose the file from your computer or mobile device.   Sending it to us this way will help preserve the quality.

Video Shooting Tips

Here are some filming tips you might find useful:

Tips for capturing video on Desktop/Laptop Indoors:

  1. Make the room as quiet as possible, and use your headphones if that’s easier.
  2. Center your face slightly above the middle of the frame.
  3. Speak clearly and feel free to start over if you don’t like what you said.
  4. If possible, try to position camera so that it is equal to, or above your eyeline so that you are looking directly into the camera while not having to tilt your head down.

Tips for capturing video on Desktop/Laptop Outdoors:

  1. Avoid windy days, and use your headphones if you’d like.
  2. Sunny days: shoot in the morning, or late afternoon.
  3. Cloudy days: any time.
  4. Center your face slightly above the middle of the frame.
  5. Speak clearly and feel free to start over if you don’t like what you said.
  6. If possible, try to position camera so that it is equal to, or above your eyeline so that you are looking directly into the camera while not having to tilt your head down.

Tips for capturing video on mobile device Indoors:

  1. Find a quiet room, and position yourself close to the camera.
  2. Use your headphones if you’d like.
  3. Avoid shooting hand-held if possible.
  4. Arrange phone so that it is shooting horizontally and not vertically.
  5. If possible, try to position phone so that it is equal to, or above your eyeline so that you are looking directly into the camera while not having to tilt your head down.
  6. Center your face slightly above the middle of the frame.
  7. Speak clearly and feel free to start over if you don’t like what you said.

Tips for capturing video on mobile device Outdoors:

  1. Avoid windy days, and position yourself close to the camera.
  2. Use your headphones if you’d like.
  3. Avoid shooting hand-held if possible.
  4. Arrange phone so that it is shooting horizontally and not vertically.
  5. If possible, try to position phone so that it is equal to, or above your eyeline so that you are looking directly into the camera while not having to tilt your head down.
  6. Center your face slightly above the middle of the frame.
  7. Speak clearly and feel free to start over if you don’t like what you said.

 

We do prefer video for this project, but if you have thoughts on these questions but just can’t get into the video thing, please still send us your thoughts, again to [email protected].

You may see your video as a part of our Earth Day Virtual Benefit Week on any day, in the finale video, or on other places on our website and social media in the future.  Also, we will take the fact that you sent us a video as permission to actually use the video, unless you tell us otherwise.

Thank you so much for sharing yourselves with us!

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