In this blog I write about everything you need to know. How to promote your channel, how to promote your business, how to organize your life, and a bunch of other things.
If you think about it. Every superhero movie always starts with a normal boy. Then a tragic and life altering event occurs to that boy. After the boy recovers he realizes his super cliche power. In this video he gains super strength. Then you have the super villain with the evil mastermind plan to take over the world, but sometimes it's not that evil. Of course the superhero has a girlfriend and like always she's captured. Forcing the hero choose between girl and world. He chooses both and manages to save the world and his girl. And everything goes back to the way it was.
Movies that this plot works,
Man of Steel (Normal on his planet)
Batman Begins
Superman Returns
Wolverine
Robin
Spiderman
The amazing spiderman
If you have another super hero that this works for leave a comment
So after a couple months of making videos, I decided to remake one of my first videos. I tried to use everything that I had learned. I tried to use more angles. I did it handheld, instead of on a tripod. There were also a few other small things.
This is what I created. Please tell me what you think in the comments.
Lately I've been looking for a good place for free music to use commercially on my YouTube
Channel. If you want to make money off of videos with music in them, you need a commercial license for the music. Normally you have to pay a lot of money for these licenses. I found a free site where it's easy to find music with free commercial licenses.
The way to find the free commercially licensed music is simple. First, find the column with search at the top. Second, click sound (it's under everything) Third, go down to filter results. Go to the third item and click "to use commercially" Fourth, search for what you want using the big search bar.
Conclusion
I hope this helps! If you have a better site please share it in the comments. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments, or on twitter @creativevideo12
I started my second YouTube channel. It will cover the behind the scenes to the videos on my main channel. It will also be the place where I post how to's.
In about a month I will be posting a how to for a budget editing Hackintosh. If your interested subscribe to the channel.
If you have any tips on what tutorial I should do next leave a comment, or email me at behindthecreative@gmail.com
This effect is really easy. What we did is get a bunch of different angles of me preparing to jump out of the window. Then we got two angles of me actually jumping out of the window. (It was onto a trampoline)
After we got those shots we pulled the trampoline just out of view. We put the camera in the window that I had jumped from, and started recording. I got up onto the trampoline and jumped of as high as I could, towards the spot where I would have landed if I had jumped out of the window. If you look closely at the footage you'll see that I'm traveling sideways.
We then mashed up all of the angles created the final product.
Other Ways
You can do this effect other ways. You could film someone in a second story window. Make sure that you show that their in a second story window. Then go to a different 1 story window that looks similar. Get really low, right underneath them. Record them jumping. Now go back to where you were originally and get low to the ground. Have them jump into frame and act like they hit the ground really hard.
Conclusion
If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it right below this text. If you attempt this effect I would love to see it. Leave a link in the comments.
Enhance your views is a website that allows you to earn credits to use on their site. I would only advise using it when your first starting out, and trying to get traffic to whichever medium your interested in.
How?
You can make credits by just simply letting it run in your browser. If your planning on using it for a YouTube video. Don't have the video monetized. You might get banned. Like I said earlier, I wouldn't use this all the time, just in the very beginning to gain traction.
Conclusion
Enhance your views is a great site for gaining traction in your area, or areas. If you have a better site please share.
The site is called beatpick. It has a ton of different songs. You can narrow down your results, and get a list of songs that will fit to your video perfectly.
Tricks
Now to downloads the songs for free there is a trick. First you have to find the song you want. Then add it to your beatlist.
After you have all of the songs your going to want, click the "license" icon in your beatlist. Once you've gotten to the licensing page click on "try before you license." Now fill out the form. You only have to give a real email. The rest of the information is irrelevant.
Other Way
The other way to get free music is to click on "Show only songs for free non commercial use" It's above the songs titles to the right. Then when you have all the songs you want click license. Once your to the licensing page click on "non commercial projects" Do what it asks, and there are your songs.
Conclusion
I hope this site helps you as much as it's helped me. If you have a better site to get music from please share.
To be successful at marketing there is one key component. That key component is your story. To be successful at marketing you need a "great story."
There are nine parts to a great story. Here they are.
1. A great story is true
Not factual, but consistent and authentic.
2. A great story makes a promise
You'll receive money, fun, safety, shortcuts. The promise is bold and it's exceptional.
3. A great story is trusted
No marketer can be truly successful, unless they have credibility.
4. A great story is subtle
Let the audience draw the conclusion.
5. A great story is fast
It should engage the consumer right away. The first impression is more powerful than you would imagine.
6. A great story is NOT aimed at everyone
If you need to water down your story to fit everyone. It will not succeed.
7. A great story does NOT appeal to logic, but to our senses
People decide what they want and like through their senses.
8. A great story doesn't contradict itself
You need to match the image to the message.
9. A great story agrees with our worldviews.
Great stories don't teach new things, they agree with current beliefs.
So there you have it, the nine parts to a great story.
A great story,
1. is true
2. makes a promise
3. is trusted
4. is subtle
5. is fast
6. is NOT aimed at everyone
7. does NOT appeal to logic, but to our senses
8. doesn't contradict itself
9. agrees with our worldviews.
A question that gets asked a lot is, "How to make a good YouTube video?" The answer to that question can vary a lot depending on the type of videos your making. However, there are some key components that remain the same across the board.
Equipment
The two biggest components in making a good video are video and audio. Now don't get me wrong, you DO NOT need a $800 camera, or a $300 dollar microphone to make a good video. What you do need is a camera that shoots decent quality video, and depending on the type of videos your making, you either need a microphone, other than the one on your camera, or clear sounding music to overlay the video. It is nice if you have good lighting, but that's another topic.
Software
Another thing you need is an editing software. There are many free ones out there. My favorites are, Windows Movie maker for a Windows operating system, Kdenlive for an Ubuntu operating system, and iMovie for a Mac running system. The one I use the most is by far Kdenlive, because it does a lot of things that Windows movie Maker and iMovie can't do.
You might also need an audio editor. I have found that Audacity works best for all running systems. It's easy to use, has a lot of great features like autotune, and it works great.
Content
Now that we have all of the equipment and software that we need, it's time to discuss content. The content in your video needs to be entertaining if it's going to be good. You can't make a very good video by filming a cup on the table.
To make interesting content you need to figure out the audience your trying to reach. A guy looking for video game commentary is not going to be interested in a makeup tutorial. In the same way a girl looking for a makeup tutorial is not going to be interested in a video game commentary.
So after you discover what your interested in making, let's say you chose to make a vlog. When people are watching a vlog they want to watch someone with an interesting personality tell an interesting story. They don't want to listen to a monotone person tell a story about their boring life. Do you see what I'm trying to say?
In the same way if your making short films, you need to tell a good story, not a boring story. When your making short films it's not just about a good story. You could have the greatest story ever, but if you don't execute the shooting and editing part, it could turn into a big blob of bad.
Recap
So for a recap we see that we need a few things to make a good video. We need a good camera, and a good microphone. We need an editing software for video, and sometimes for audio. But most importantly, we need a story that gets people interested.
Challenge
Tell me in the comments if you think this video failed. If it did fail, then tell me how it failed.
Persevering is a very important when trying to overcome your mistakes.
Word Meaning
Persevering - The present participle of persevere
Verb -
Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success.
What It Means to You
There are many times when we have to persevere. Whether it's an
athletic event, getting traffic to our blogs, or getting viewers and
subscribers for our YouTube Channel's. If I were to list every instance
that one might need to persevere, I would be here all day.
For this post I will focus mostly on the times we need to
persevere, when were not getting the results that we're
looking for, because it is the most common reason for persevering.
It is very difficult to keep making
new content when you only have a few viewers. Many big YouTubers and
some bloggers have talked about how their first few years were extremely slow. Most of them talked about their thoughts of quitting, but instead they persevered and became what
they are today. You can also be one of these people, but to make it you need to be committed, and persevere. Don't give
into defeat. Many people will put out a large quantity of content.
That doesn't cut it, and that doesn't count as
persevering. Taking the easy way out is not continuing your
course of action in the face of difficulty. To persevere
you would have to instead, create a large quantity of quality
content, or even just a regular stream of quality content. You need to do the work. When you're in these lows it's very hard to stay motivated. Before
you get to the low, try and pick something to read, listen to, or
watch, so when you hit the low you have something to bring yourself back
up. It's best if the thing reminds you why you're trying to persevere.
YouTube Analytics are not the greatest. There are a lot of people that complain. I myself am one of them. As of right now people have trouble getting accurate information. The view counter is normally 2 days behind, and even then it's not always accurate. The earning are not correct. The amount of subscribers you have aren't always right in the Analytics. The amount of likes you have are probably wrong. The amount of dislikes you have are probably wrong. The amount of comments and shares are probably wrong. And basically every other service that YouTube Analytics track are wrong.
Yes I know that there is a delay, but even when it is showing data for a particular day. It still isn't accurate.
Solution
Is there a solution? The answer to that question is, "No, not really." The solution might be to just check YouTube Analytics every month. It might of evened everything out for you by then. If your like me, it probably didn't. If you are like me, then you'll just have to learn to deal with these problems. If you one of the lucky ones, congratulations. You've won a huge prize. Especially if you are trying to live off of what you make on YouTube.
Conclusion
If anybody has any better solutions, please leave them in the comments. If you have anything to add, leave me a note in the comments. If you want to see a cool video game idea, check out this video! In it we pretend like we're playing the sweet video game.
If you've seen any of my videos you might of been asking yourself, "I wonder what he uses to make these videos?" Well in this post I will answer that question.
Software
Let's cover the software that I use. I use Ubuntu 32 bit for my running system. For video editing I use Kdenlive, Openshot, and Cinelerra. I use Kdenlive for most of the editing. I use Openshot for most of the 3d title screens that I want. And I use Cinelerra for the more complicated stuff. I am also starting to use Blender.
If I want to edit an image I use "gimp image editor."
For editing the sound from a video, whether that be redoing spoken lines, adding in lines, and so on. I use Audacity. For songs, or drum beats, I used lmms which stands for "Linux Multimedia Studio". I also use a drum machine called Hydrogen.
All of the software and programs I use cost me the grand total of $0.00. Now that is not to say that this stuff is the best. It's not! I would love get my hands on after effects, but it's just out of my price range right now.
Equipment
For the equipment that I use, let's start with camera. The main camera I use is the Sony a65 dslr. I normally shoot 1080 at 24p. Right now I have three lenses, the Sony 50mm prime, the Sony 35 mm prime, and the Sony
18-70mm zoom.
For audio recording I use the Zoom H2.
I use the Slik U 9000 for my tripod. I also use a diy fig rig. It's the one that indy mogul has a tutorial on.
Props
Right now as far as widely used props go, I use airsoft guns. Here is a list of all of them, G36c, H&K .45, MP5, Spas 12, P99, Five Seven, Desert Eagle, Colt 1911, and Glock.
If I missed anything, and you want to know what it is, just leave a comment and I will tell you what it is.
For this post I'm going to explain the story for my Terrorist Attack Short Film.
The Terrorist Attack Short Film is the first long video I've ever done. It took us three days to shoot it. We shot one part each day. It took me about 3 hours to edit each part.
The short film starts when a kid named Kevin is over at his friends house. Kevin's friend notices out of the corner of his eye something through the window. He gets up and sees a bunch of terrorists going up and down the streets, barging in to his neighbors houses. Kevin comes over and also sees whats going on.
Kevin, who is terrified of what might happen, exclaims, "I need to get home!" Kevin and his friend argue for a second, but finally Kevin's friend points him in the right direction through the back. On his way home, Kevin gets into a couple of gunfights against the terrorists. First he steals a gun, then he shoots three more terrorists. He continues on his journey, killing another terrorist with a knife.
When Kevin get's to his home he finds his little brother Brice, hiding. They talk briefly about the journey that Kevin had just faced.
Brice tells Kevin to take a seat, and gives him the bad news that their parents had been murdered by the terrorists. Kevin trying to stay strong for his brother, tells his brother to pack up, because they need to get to hiding. They move out and head towards the deep woods.
In part 2 Kevin is walking through the woods on guard duty. When he gets back to camp he finishes the last of their food. Kevin has a meeting with his brother Brice, to let him know that they have to go on a run for food. Kevin tells Brice that they will be heading back to their old house, because the terrorists had made it a base.
They fight their way into the base. When they get in, Kevin sends Brice for the food and takes guard duty at the door. Kevin doesn't notice a terrorist in the stairwell, and is shot. Brice comes running to his brothers rescue, but he's to late. Kevin tells Brice, "Don't give up." Then Kevin breathes his last breath.
When Brice gets back to camp, he destroys it in a mad fury. Throwing everything, including the can that had contained the last of their food supplies.
Terrorist Attack (Short Film) Part 3 (click here for video)
In part 3 Brice after starting to settle down and cope with the loss of his brother, is captured. After being tortured for information, he is left in a quiet room for thought. He manages to break the bonds and starts an amazing fight for freedom.
He kills a total of 4 terrorists, in an attempt to not give up the fight. He manages to grab a set of keys on his way out, and heads for a car. He fights and fights to get the car started. All of the sudden out of nowhere the terrorist leader shoots Brice, from the front of the car, killing Brice immediately.
Conclusion
If you enjoyed the videos subscribe to my channel for more. If you think I need to work on something, let me know in the comments.
Looking for ways to get your YouTube content viewed?
Are you looking for a easy way to get your YouTube content viewed? Well I started looking for ways to get my content viewed just a little bit ago. I found that using Google+ Communities is a great way to show your content to many.
How?
How do you do this? Well here is what I did. First you need a Google+ account. After you make that go to communities on the side bar. Depending on what your video is about you'll want to share it to different audiences. Your goal with this is to show your videos to as many people as you can, that might be interested. Yes, you will have communities that you share all your videos to. For instance, I have a couple film maker communities that I always post my new videos to. Once you find a community you like click the "Join Community" button towards the top. You have now joined a community. To share the video and get as many views as possible, write something interesting that would get people interested in your video, or even videos.
Things to Watch for!
Are there other things to look out for, other than community names? Yes, one of the things you want to look out for are how many people are in the community. I have found that communities with 600 or less work better than communities with a couple 1000 members. The reason for this is the amount of time your post will stay towards the top, where people can see it without scrolling. Some people who have joined these communities don't share on them. They just watch and read what other people have shared. When there are thousands of members, a lot more posts are made. The other thing to watch out for is if the community is okay with people advertising their content. However, that has never been a problem for me. The last thing that you should look out for is that your sharing your content under the right category, in each individual community.
hope this helped! Now go make some videos and remember, a good video is never to long and a bad video is never short enough.
Video
One of my videos below. Do you ever remember shooting at things, people, or animals with your...... finger gun(s)? Watch to see what could of been done.
I just started a new Youtube Account called, "creativevideo12."
I make short videos between 30 seconds and 5 minutes long. I really enjoy making these videos.
I love creating special worlds for people to drift off to. I love creating different realities where people can forget about their own problems and think about someone else's problems, or lack thereof.
If you guys could check out some of my videos and give me some tips it would make me ecstatic. If you like my
videos and want to see more subscribe to my channel.
