The following directives published in a 1960 Better Homes and Gardens article, "Shooting Script for Christmas Time Home Movies"
- Shine the lights in the direction of the subject for several seconds before actually beginning to shoot the scene.
- Don't encourage your subjects to look at the camera. They will look much more natural if they simply continue to do what they were doing before you start shooting.
- Grown-ups will be much less self-conscious if they are engaged in some activity with a child while you are shooting.
