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How To Film Real Life

How to show the story without pissing everyone off.

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I set out vlogging with the intention of doing a continuous series of my daily life — the record of a perpetually traveling author / journalist / blogger as he moves through the world with his family.

It turned out to be a little more difficult than I at first expected.

Filming real life is a challenge because your life is invariably interwoven with that of other people — and sometimes those other people don’t want their lives documented and plastered all over the internet.

Filming real life is a walk down a very thin line between showing the story while not pissing everybody off around you.

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Filed under: Malaysia, Vlog, Vlogging

About the Author:

I am the founder and editor of Vagabond Journey. I’ve been traveling the world since 1999, through 91 countries. I am the author of the book, Ghost Cities of China and have written for The Guardian, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Diplomat, the South China Morning Post, and other publications. has written 3723 posts on Vagabond Journey. Contact the author.

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