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Starting on YouTube: Dos and Don'ts and Equipment

2010-07-19
hey guys and welcome to part two of my full series showing you how to create your channel how to make videos how to get them to use all that kind of stuff so in Part C we're going to talk about making the videos themselves of course you even watched part two I recommend going ahead and doing that we covered how to decide what kind of videos you want to make making your channel name and looking ahead and creating a channel layout so now that is if you have all that down we're ready to go ahead and begin making your videos quarters that's that's the whole reason you're here so I can't exactly just say you make a video this way that way I can give you some tips on what kind of equipment and do some don't small that kind of stuff so let's cover some of the big do's and don'ts so one of the big things that a lot of that get some people into trouble is copyright so guys copyright you know it could be music all kinds of different stuff can really come back to bite you whether it's immediately or later so although obviously there's you know the standard stuff you know you don't want to be using music so for example you know maybe like Metallica you don't need to be using the song from them or something if you do need to use music I didn't have a link in the description check it out it's incompetent that's what I get all my music from he makes fantastic free royalty-free music all you do is just put a link maybe two back in the credits of the video or in the description to him just saying that he made it and then you can use the music however you want so guys it's fantastic I highly recommend go ahead and check that out if you do need music but copyright is farther than that dope really to you know to explain how it works if you did not create it so for example this video I created obviously because it's just me in Barbican or so I own the copyright to it so that's one thing that's totally fine now if you have permission to use it so for example that's the incompetent music he made it but he's giving you permission as long as you give it you know the proper credit so that's something else that is okay now guys there's also something called fair use and this is where it gets really you know really shady so sometimes you can use copyrighted content in videos and it's under fair use so take for example a video game review obviously you don't you didn't create the video game and you can't really you know you say that you own it but if you're doing it for review purposes that is considered fair use and YouTube is 100% fun with that um now where it's not it's for example when you're doing all video game walkthrough that is where it's not because you're just showing people how to get through it you know actually reviewing it so guys there's a fine line and it's kind of hard you know to say whether what's good and what's bad but guys in general if you did not create it or it's not for reviewing purchases or something like that you probably should not be using it one of the biggest things that will help you on YouTube is if you are a really good speaker so what that means is that you need to be able to be confident and you need to keep away from the arms and ears and stuff like that so for example I say guys way too much it's just kind of something I do I say that in real life as well as videos and that's something I really should learn I've been trying to cut down on and stuff like that will really help you if you know that you you see what your weaknesses are so you see that maybe say on too much if you can concentrate on that and you know stop saying mom and her and stuff and just continue to speak that will really help you out and the other thing is if you really need to be confident so for example right now I'm staring at a camera lens and I'm talking just as if it was a person you really do need to be able to do that because most of the time you're gonna be by yourself or you're not really gonna you know obviously you're not gonna be seeing you know YouTube you're just looking at a camera so you really need to get past that you really need to understand that you're actually talking to you know this is there gonna be a full video but you need to be confident you can stand like what you know what you're doing so I mean that's which one would you prefer listen to me who I'm obviously keeping eye contact with the camera I'm you know speaking you know relatively well not you know saying a bunch of arms nerves or you know if you're doing something like this like stuff like that is obviously really gonna not help you make your videos sure you may get some views but people are going to watch the video they're not gonna go I'm gonna want to subscribe they're not gonna wanna ever watch any of your videos again because of like no like I doesn't know what he's talking about so guys if you're a good speaker if you're good natural you know good speaker course ooh they'll start saying I start messing up my own speech but if you're good at speaking if you know what you're doing you sound confident and if you're okay with talking in front of a camera then you will go really far it really will help you out one really great piece of advice I can give you guys is the do not need to be afraid to fail so for example for all I know this series might not be very good you guys might not be learning anything and it might be a total fail I guess look I'm going to take a chance because for all I know it could be very good and I might have millions of people watching it tomorrow you never know so guys don't be afraid to fail if you don't know maybe maybe a video is not going to be as funny as you thought or whatever it happens all the time so don't worry about it you know every single video isn't like a life of death situation you know so if we make a video people aren't really liking it that's okay for all you know the next video which you might be unsure about might be fantastic people will love it and you know you took a chance and it paid off ok guys so now that you have up doing some general tips let's go ahead and begin with what kind of stuff you will need to make your videos so the first thing is that you are going to need a camera so guys this might be likely will already have a camera that will work so you know if you have a digital camera almost all of them have some kind of movie mode you don't necessarily need you know a really expensive high-definition camera because while video quality is important you know the video content what what you're saying how you say it all that kind of stuff is more important than opinio quality so I mean just because you have maybe you have a really expensive high-definition camera on the other hand does not mean that you're going to make fantastic videos so if you already have a camera that's great you might want to go ahead and invest in maybe a cheaper high-definition camera so for example all my videos were shot on the same you exactly CG 10 which currently can be found for just about 120 to 130 dollars so that's the very cheap camera but it does give me good video quality and it's a really decent camera so guys go ahead whatever you do if you already have a camera that's great or if you go ahead and spend new $100 $200 whatever on a new camera that's just fine too now for something that depends on what kind of videos you make is your lighting so for example when I'm talking to the camera right now I obviously want a lot of light on me I want you guys be able to see so I have quite a few lights so above me I have three pretty powerful lights to go ahead and illuminate to the left to the right into the top of me then I have a 150 watt flood lamp straight on my face which just kind of gets a little bit annoying after a while but it does really light up the video and really lets you see more so guys I'm going to show you what the difference with no light with a little bit of lighting with my full light so guys this is what it looks like with no lights on I'll have it just my window open it's kind of an overcast day so as you can see it works but it's not very good quality now I have my top three lights on this is the way I used to make videos and while it's pretty bitching you guys can see me pretty well I hope but still it's not quite better so there you go guys this is just a break thing lighting is usually very important you don't ask there I have to have a huge lighting rig I mean sometimes maybe just like a couple of lamps or whatever you happen to have around well a lot of times give you good lighting but it is really important for most videos now guys but you have all the hardware if it's just one last thing and it is a computer I'm sure most of you guys do have a computer obviously you're watching YouTube right now so the thing is though is that you will need to be able to be capable of video editing now pretty much any computer can video eight it but it depends on what kind of camera you have and everything and how powerful the computer is at how well it will it so guys there's not a magic number there's not like what we need this computer or that computer a lot of computers will work and they wor just fine if you have a newer computer it definitely will help you out especially if you're editing high-definition video like I do so guys trust me when I say if you have a more powerful computer it will really will help you out when you're editing videos but as long as your computer can do it without you know pausing and freezing and I'm taking you a couple hours to do that you should be okay okay guys that's it for my setup video about the do's and don'ts of creating your videos as well as some general tips and what kind of equipment you should use that force guys this is what equipment I use now of course you do not make this a lot of times you might need less sometimes you might be more for example you might have to need a green screen or maybe you might not need lighting maybe you do string casts or something like that so guys this is just kind of general stuff that you might want to consider whether or not you need any well guys definitely stay tuned episode 3 will be coming soon thanks for watching
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