How to make a great first video blog: 8 steps

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2023 Author: Martin Macey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 06:41

So you've decided to videoblog and may have gotten permission from your parents. Now you need to make your first video - but how? And how can you make it good?

Steps

Step 1. Start with a high quality camera

Find a camcorder for filming with a quality of at least 720p. People are more likely to follow YouTube users who have high definition videos.

Step 2. Choose the right lighting

You don't want to be shadowed, so try to keep the lighting behind and on either side of you. You don't need to have powerful studio lights, lamps and windows will suffice.

Step 3. Find a regular background

If you are not vlogging in public or near your home, then you need a background that you can always use. To pick something interesting, look at the background "+100500" or "This is good". To choose a simple, monochromatic background, look at Dmitry Puchkov's background.

There is no good or bad background. An unusual background attracts attention and attracts the viewer's attention, but a simple background also has its positive sides, for example, the viewer will listen to you more attentively without distractions

Step 4. Be original

Don't borrow ideas from popular YouTube users or someone else who does it too. Have fun and think about what you are about to say.

Step 5. Take time to think about ideas ahead of time when you are not vlogging

When you turn on the camera, do not stutter or invent anything on the go.

Step 6. Once you've recorded your video, start editing

Buy editing software or use iMovie or Windows Live Movie Maker. If you don't edit, your video won't look professional. You can see a lot of tutorials on using such programs.

Step 7. Use the description box

Write about yourself and your video. If your first video is called "My First Video", do not write it in the description, because everyone will know about it, and this is unpleasant.