For science students doing traditional laboratory experiments, often it may feel as if the apparatus and experiment have been specifically chosen for good results. They suspect that the science they are learning in the classroom will not match nearly as well in the real world. However, many educators have observed that student motivation and learning are improved when students make a connection between the classroom and the real world. Connecting the physics classroom to the real world can be accomplished, even in times of social isolation, with video analysis lab projects using videos taken by students based upon their interests.