Au Pair Video
To be more successful in the hopes of finding the perfect host family, I got the advice to make a video about myself, and so I did. The agency told it was a good video, so I'm content. =)
I knew that many of you have lots of questions about how you make such a video, what's important to think of and say et.c., so I'll do a list of things that I find important.
Important things when making an au pair video
1. There's this site, http://aupairvideos.com, where you can find hundreds of au pair videos. (Hence the name). I would recommend you to watch a bunch of them, and to write down things that you think the au pair did well, i.e. nice phrasing, good angles, smiling et.c
2. Write a script. The easiest thing to do is to base it on your personal letter to the family, but you will still have to say something more than that, something that will get the families interested in you. Practise reading your text out loud.
3. When you're recording yourself, a good advice is to record small pieces, and to put them all together to one video later. And record every one of these pieces several times, so that you know what you're going to say and are able to say it as fluently as possible. It shouldn't sound like you're reciting it straight from your script, though.
4. Smile. A lot. It really makes a big difference.
5. If you know how to play an instrument, dance, sing or do horseback riding, it would be a good idea to show the families that in the video. But remeber to keep it short. If you have video clips of you when you play together with children that's very good to have in your video as well.
6. Think. What would a host family think of your video? If you were the host mom or dad, would you hire the person on the video?
Hopefully this will be of help to someone out there trying to make an au pair video. =)
Here's my video:
Love to you all
- Wikenfors
I knew that many of you have lots of questions about how you make such a video, what's important to think of and say et.c., so I'll do a list of things that I find important.
Important things when making an au pair video
1. There's this site, http://aupairvideos.com, where you can find hundreds of au pair videos. (Hence the name). I would recommend you to watch a bunch of them, and to write down things that you think the au pair did well, i.e. nice phrasing, good angles, smiling et.c
2. Write a script. The easiest thing to do is to base it on your personal letter to the family, but you will still have to say something more than that, something that will get the families interested in you. Practise reading your text out loud.
3. When you're recording yourself, a good advice is to record small pieces, and to put them all together to one video later. And record every one of these pieces several times, so that you know what you're going to say and are able to say it as fluently as possible. It shouldn't sound like you're reciting it straight from your script, though.
4. Smile. A lot. It really makes a big difference.
5. If you know how to play an instrument, dance, sing or do horseback riding, it would be a good idea to show the families that in the video. But remeber to keep it short. If you have video clips of you when you play together with children that's very good to have in your video as well.
6. Think. What would a host family think of your video? If you were the host mom or dad, would you hire the person on the video?
Hopefully this will be of help to someone out there trying to make an au pair video. =)
Here's my video:
Love to you all
- Wikenfors
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