/youtubeVideoIdeas

ideas that will lead to making creative youtube content

Approach to Making Compelling Videos !

Step 1: (Very) Minimalistic Equiptment Requirements

  • Lighting: softbox
  • Microphone: lav mic etc
  • Backdrop with correct lighting. This should add mood and set the video’s tone

Step 2: Writing a script: Essential Parts and Content

  • Content is king. In my opinion, this is the most important step. Scripts should be mostly just outlines and the videos messege or story should be authentic/internalized enough so the material flows outward and it takes flight

Step 3: Approach and Mindset – Letting go of perfection

Just create. Good ideas are simple and self-propel.

Step 4: Editing it all together with Effective Software

  • Video Software on Linux Unfortunately there is no good video editing software for linux. The best bet here seems to be Davinci Resolve for linux. This software can be installed on kde/ubuntu with a open source installer with this link – since Davinci provides for (I think) redhat linux OS only (link). However The linux version of this was lacking capability to do basic functions like adding a voiceover track (see this forum). Such a missing basic functionality means this is not a good option, as Resolve’s linux build does not seem to be up to par to the mac’s, and no other linux video editing software stands out as a possibility. Hence, for video editing, mac still seems to be the best bet.

    • Hackintosh Idea. Buying a beefy mac with video editing specs is prohibitivly expensive, so I would like to explore, is possible to install the mac OS onto certain computers? eg OS X Cataline on this Dell

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  • Video Editing Skills – List.

  • learning from others. While watching a top youtube creator, it should be useful to script out what they are saying, and how that dialogue meshes the camera action. By putting that in a two-column list, one can see the action-dialogue coordination, like in the table below. How those two elements interact can add to the video’s cohesiveness. They can either cohere or clash.

    I think really effective youtubers learn each other frequently this way – we have instinct for what’s good, then getting down to bare bones as to why and how the creator achieved that.

    • Something like this:

      Action Dialogue
      Fade in screen recording from Black Hello and welcome. Today we will be covering some useful skill in emacs-calc Mode
      Show a title slide with tutorial agenda items in a bullet list In this Video we will be showing basics of reverse polish calculator notation which is tricky at first , cover basic ways to access calc’s most useful functions, graph a function, and last show how to integrate emacs-calc with other area of emacs to increase workflow, such as with org-mode.
      Fade talking head But thats not all !