Since I wrote my latest blog post I’ve been busy, and I finally got myself together and got uncomfortable but in a good way.
Ive been recording and editing videos every day and today id like to share my work process when I make my videos on you tube. Im still very new at creating content and video editing, but since I started 2 years ago, ive come a long way.
It starts with an idea…..
This one is actually the hardest of video making, I would never ever have though that this would be the hardest part, but finding a suitable idea that is at the same time interesting enough for the viewer to see as a video, but also something that is fun to make, so it shines through in the video, is hard.
I have a lot of ideas, and things I would love to make a video about, but having a great idea takes time to think about, and also that its an idea that will make a great video
Maybe I’m more critical of my own ideas that I would like, but the thing is making videos, its all just you, you are the boss, the employee, the handy man, the customer, you have to be everything. You got no one to lean on, or ask questions to, or give you advise, so all I have is my own judgement., and the only way I can find out if my ideas are good or bad is by learning from them, after its been created into a video.
And learned I have, and I still learn this lesson
Recording
Once I have an idea that I can see being made into a video, and im happy with the recording starts
This process can easily take up to a few days of footage. I think the biggest amount of footage I had compiled for a 7 min video was 18 hours of recording.
Did I need that much footage?
No absolutely not, but it gives me more to shift through, and sometimes that’s not a bad thing
While I record, I also get more ideas of how I wanna make the video. I get inspired.
I normally put music on while I do this and just zone out.
I fully immerse myself into what im doing, and its hard sometimes to take a break from it. It’s the part I love the most of creating videos.
Script
Sometimes this come before recording it depends, sometimes its something I do at the same time.
I never finish a script before I record, because I often add more to the script when I record my footage.
After my recording is done, I can sit down and fully write the script, while I look back at the footage to get the facts right.
Then I record what I want to say in the video, reading up from my script.
I don’t always say what Ive written sometimes I tweak it a bit when I record, sometimes I change my words or even voice to get a slight comedic effect or a more serious tone, depending on again what I make.
It’s the hardest process for me. Since its still a little weird recording yourself while you talk to yourself. I mess up a lot, saying ehhhm, or suddenly bursts out laughing because I said a word wrong. And this can take a while to fully finish. Sometimes I had to wait until the next day because I sounded a bit tired or couldn’t concentrate enough on saying what I needed to say.
Editing.
This process is quite intense. I can sit for hours and hours fine tuning every clip, cutting, extending, cutting, shortening my video clips, and if I have 18 hours of footage to shift through then this can take hours.
Editing isn’t just about cutting your video down, its adding music, adding your script you voiced, its animations, its effects, even just adding a simple cross dissolve to your clips so the video transitions look smoother. Its knowing when to cross dissolve and when to not, and that im still learning how to do well.
Its adjusting sound so its not too loud or too quiet. Its adding a cool intro with a few text animations.
Learning how to edit well, it took a lot of research and often while I edit, I have a plan on how to do it in my head but I haven’t learned how yet, so I look up a video and learn while im doing.
Once the video is fully edited, and I have run it over and over again to double check for mistakes. I press the upload button
Uploading a video
This always fills me with a feeling of excitement but also a tint of sadness. Saying goodbye to the video ive been working on for hours and hours on end, is a weird feeling.
Always fills me with “Now what, I was enjoying this. Now its over”. It’s a weird feeling, but also fills me with excitement of getting to watch it live on my channel.
I always upload my video to be private first, so I can watch it while I make the thumbnail to make sure there are no mistakes.
I add the title and sometimes its hard to think of a creative title, to think of what my tags for the video is going to be, and to write a text what the video is going to be about. I have to make sure nothing is copyrighted and make sure my facts are checked and to add it to the video if Im using a song where I have to add a text in my video description.
In the beginning I was always nervous doing this since I didn’t know what was copy righted and what was right to use. I spend hours reading about this to make sure I understand it fully, so I have a clear conscience when I upload my videos. I can proudly say that I haven’t been copy righted striked yet since I learned this.
When my video is uploading I make my thumbnail, and its my least favorite thing. Its also one of the more important things to have in a good video, since the thumbnail is often the reason why someone clicks on your video.
So I try my best to make good thumbnails.
The finished product.
Now its time to press the live button and watch my video live for the first time, and im not gonna lie I do this over and over again. Both to say goodbye to 3 – 4 days of work but also be filled with the sensation of pride.
I created something from nothing and made something eternal. Atleast while you tube is still a thing and while I still want my video out there.
This feeling I get when I watch my videos is why I create videos. Its why I sit and work for hours on end to get this feeling when its done.
I made this!
After the video is done, and Ive watched it a handful of times, getting over the high of posting my video. Its time to start all over again
So it starts with another idea….
There is also a downside to making videos, and its something I am still working through. Its before I press the record and when im still in the idea section. When I think about my ideas, but sometimes are too scared to even start.
Its where miss negative peaks out of hibernation and says no can do inside my head.
When I start doubting if my idea is good enough or if I make the video what if no one likes it, what if It’s a stupid video, what if I do something embarrassing, or say something wrong. What if no one ever watches my videos.
That is one of the bad sides of wanting to make videos, and sometimes miss negative voice wins and I don’t make a video for a looong time, sometimes I overcome this irrational fear and just don’t think but do instead.
In my last blog I promised myself to get busy, and I have been and im going to. I was for months so worried about not knowing what videos id like to create in what genre. Since I love two games not one, and cant just stick to one.
I was debating with myself to pick one, and I couldn’t so, I quit the idea of being a specific kind of video creator and just settled with making whatever video I want to make from now on, and then eventually ill see what happens, and it gave me the freedom to just do, so that’s what im doing now, and I have videos for the next few months incoming 😊
Thank for reading and I hope you have an amazing day out there 🙂
Ill try and blog more, but blogging for me is the same as video making. Sometimes miss negative says no can do today.
I am going to try to do the same I will do with my videos and just “Dont think just do”
until next time
MissFaylyn out ❤
Missfaylyn 