“Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.”
In filming a video, it occurred to me that YouTubers have to have a certain knowledge or awareness about how they want everything to look. As a novice, I had no idea about lighting, background, or sound or how I wanted my video to look. So of course, I winged it! This was my setup yesterday. I used the tips on vlogging given on Jacksgap.com to help set up my video.
The purpose of my video was to share my summer favorites. I thought it would be a simple video to start off with. Unfortunately, I was wrong. It was more difficult than I anticipated to remember all the things I wanted to say about a certain product - and since I don't like reading off a script, I used a lot more space-filling words than I wanted (things like "umm," "yeah," "so," and "okay"). Fortunately I enjoy editing, but it was still a struggle to get comfortable in front of the camera. I pretended that I was talking to a friend and it helped a bit.
Anyway, I'm glad I tried making a YouTube video. I know I'm not the best at it, but I had a lot of fun making and editing the video.I'd love to make more - I just don't know when that will happen. Maybe I should simply vlog - my life is normally like the bloopers at the end of the video, so at least that will keep viewers entertained.
Kensie bag
"Naples" Okabashi sandals
Daisy Eau So Fresh by Marc Jacobs
Julep Mint Condition Foot Cream
Bumble & Bumble Surf Spray
From Left: Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya, MAC lipstick in Ravashing, Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Lip Gloss in Candy Baby, and Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss in Kiss Me Coral
Something you may not know about me... I'm a YouTube addict. I think what's worse is that I subscribe to more British YouTubers than American YouTubers. I suppose there could be worse things, but still - it's killing me that most of my favorite YouTubers are in Anaheim right now and I'm not. In the most passive-aggressive way I could think of, I decided to retaliate against them and their fun-having. I made a YouTube video.
I've been thinking about working on a vlogging channel specifically for Foolish in the Crowd for a while, especially as it's one of my challenges to make a YouTube video. I have made a couple videos before, none that I've ever made public on YouTube, but now I think I will! I mean, I really enjoy making and editing videos - so why not?
Anyway, the video I shot and edited today will be uploaded to YouTube tomorrow. I'll post a link as soon as possible.
