The necessity of utilizing a legal videographer for remote proceedings
The system of conducting depositions and trials has changed in recent years. Witness testimony in the form of videography has gained the attention of people involved in litigation matters to present the best case in front of jurors. Professional legal videographers have become a crucial part of the judicial system to create the best possible evidence in an admissible way.
What is a legal videographer? A legal videographer records depositions, signing of legal documentation, courtroom cases, and films evidence at crime scenes. Court reporters create a word to word transcripts of the courtroom proceedings using a steno machine while a legal videographer creates a video recording of the courtroom proceedings.
Why do you need a legal videographer? People are used to watching videos and sound clips these days. So, showing a video recording as testimony can prove to be a preferable way. Also, it identifies the body language of a person, the facial expressions while answering, the reaction while listening to the question, and the hesitation before answering a question, which a written transcript is not able to convey.
Recording a remote proceeding Recording using video conferencing tools won’t make the video officially submissible to the court. You need a skilled professional legal videographer with the right hardware and software to officially manage the proceedings. He should be an uninvolved and unconcerned third party who can also protect the video recording, keep it safely in his custody, and prove its authenticity in front of the court. Legal videographers have the right tools to record the witness in such a way that only the witness is in the spotlight. This requires ensuring the witness is placed in the right frame and is clearly audible and visible in the whole recording. The testimony must be recorded in a neutral arrangement without adding any special effects that may cause ambiguity in the testimony.
A legal videographer knows when to pause and when to play while recording. Someone who is experienced and a certified court reporter knows the important things to be captured in the videography, which can influence the jurors and prove to be beneficial to the client.
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