How to VLOG & create video content for business & fun
What you'll learn
- How to start a vlog
- Finding a topic
- Identifying your audience
- Scripting & Preparation
- Filming
- Editing
- Finding a platform and upload video content to it
- Continuing your vlogging journey
Requirements
- A smartphone or basic camera
- A curious and creative mind
- That's it! We'll talk you through the rest of it!
Description
So you've always wanted to start a vlog (or just create video content in general)? Whether it's for business, income or fun, it all just looks hard... Like, really hard.
You might be frustrated that it's not going to look right, or be petrified of being on camera, or just confused about where to start with it all. It doesn't need to be like that though. This course is built from the ground up to get you on your vlogging and filmmaking journey.
It's comprised of 35 lectures built around:
Section 1: How to begin
Who is our audience and how can we help them?
Finding topics to vlog about
Who's done it before successfully?
Section 2: Film your first vlog
Creating your starting vlog set up.
What kit might you have access to already?
Scripting and planning your vlog
What sort of camera should I use?
Camera set up
How to get great sound
How to light my shots correctly
Cheap & Easy upgrades that you can make to your kit
Editing - where to begin? (Using Adobe Rush & others)
Where to find music for free (& why it's useful).
Section 3: Finding your Style
What style of video suits you best as a filmmaker?
How to present in front of a camera in a way that makes you look brilliant
Picking the right focal length to make you look good
What clothes should you wear on screen?
What sort of background you should set up.
How to film B-Roll for your vlogs.
Section 4: What platforms should you use?
Finding the right platform for you
Setting up your Youtube, Facebook and LinkedIn channels and uploading to them
Formatting your videos correctly for Instagram
Adding Subtitles to your videos
Using Thumbnails to get more viewers.
Section 5: Where to go from here?
Continuing your vlogging journey
How regularly to create content
What kit to upgrade to from here
How to progress with editing, using Adobe Premiere Pro CC
How to keep coming up with new ideas.
With 3 hours of content and 35 lectures, (one of the most comprehensive on Udemy) I go into every element of how you can make your vlog a massive, huge success as a Videographer, Vlogger, Filmmaker and Video Guru.
With zero technical knowledge, a bit of creativity and a minimal amount of kit (seriously, we're talking a mobile phone here) you can start your vlog, have a tonne of fun, do more in your business and reach more people.
I'll see you on the course.
Who this course is for:
- Complete beginners who want to start their very first VLOG
- People who are nervous about throwing themselves out there and creating vlogs and video content about something they love
- Someone who's tried filming themselves, is getting frustrated or unhappy with the restults and wants to improve!
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Instructor
I'm an award winning producer & director, creating video content, TV adverts, music videos & promotional videos as the Managing Director of CineRobota Video.
In addition to this I also giving one to one training to business owners, entrepreneurs, marketing professionals and sales people to help them create video content for their business and life.
As well as all of that, I'm also a lecturer in Advertising, Film & Music Video Production.