Film 'cut-aways' & not just your subject

While you are filming your subject take time to take shots of the surrounding scene that is relevant to the subject. These could be long shots of the scene or close-ups of objects, expressions or reactions of people around etc. These shots allow you to edit out parts that you don’t want and also remove the monotony of a single shot or view. But remember that such “cut-aways” should be appropriate to the subject or theme of the video.