Bored with Interviews? Take a Testimony!

Video In the Courtroom is the new up and coming form of videographers “dream job“. Although many might think this an uneventful and non-important job, it has risen to be one of the highest paying forms of video making. Whether it be slightly in a courtroom, or in most cases, on your own time, the work can be quite lucrative.


In a time and nation where everyone is litigious, it has become important to document and back up every claim and video is becoming the medium of choice. One might think that taking video for the courtroom is easy, however the fact of the matter is otherwise! A legal videographer must not only record the video, but he/she is the one that researches the activities undertaken, reads and takes laws and regulations in context and uses them well as to not be impeached.

After researching laws, the actions undertaken and the purpose of the video, they must then shoot the short video. After we can just imagine the use of editing t bring out the finite details to make the point we are creating for the jury. From angles, lighting and the content presented it is important to meet each aspect and make the video right, as the outcome could lead to a decision effecting a man, woman, or company for the rest of their existence.

Certification is not needed, although highly yearned for. Two programs providing certification are the “Guild of Court Videographers” and “National Court Reporters Association“. From these you can get a qualification which will make you not only more respectable in the form of trust within the courtroom, but makes it easier to find work through attournies.

All in all, this buisness is a well respected and highly open field. Attourneys accros the country are searching for new bodies to embody the emotions and anicdotes/testimonies of their clients into a video form. Not only is the work respectful and meaningful, but the $500 to $3,000 per finished minutes is also enjoyable when you work solo.

1 comment for “Bored with Interviews? Take a Testimony!

  1. Shaw
    May 24, 2010 at 7:53 AM

    Interesting career I am sure. So how does this tie into class and/or the videos you are currently working on?