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Kelly Field our very own YouTuber spent time with 6 children today talking about her process of creating videos for her YouTube channel - Bright Sparks Arts and Crafts. She has 24 videos available and 1,660 subscribers. Some of her videos have over 66,000 views!
Kelly shared how she got started and the equipment she uses to create a professional looking video. Luckily the equipment is all things that are easy to get hold of at home. Kelly makes a light box using a big cardboard box. By cutting a window in each side and placing a lamp outside each window she can get a nice even light and minimise shadows. By lining the inside of the box with white paper it creates the perfect clean background to photograph on. You can make one that looks a bit like this:
Kelly uses her phone to record the footage and edits it in iMovie.
Kelly’s YouTube Tips
- Tip #1 Commit to posting to YouTube regularly e.g. 1 a week so your viewers tune in regularly. Try to post the same day and time every week
- Tip #2 Choose content you can create on a regular basis. Try not to swap and change what your channel is about e.g. lego gaming
- Tip #3 Each video needs an interesting thumbnail picture to attract viewers
- Tip #4 Keep your title page and opening video short so people don’t lose interest
- Tip#5 Put a closing video at the end to remind people to “click like and subscribe”
- Tip #6 Edit out the mistakes and distractions to make your video clean.
- Tip #7 Tags and descriptions are really important
Kelly's Internet Safety Rules
- If you see something that isn’t appropriate pause it and show your parents so they can report it.
- Turn off the comments on your video so you don’t get people saying mean things
- Don’t reply to emails about your videos even if they seem nice
- Make sure your caregivers know you have a YouTube account, have created videos and what it is you are uploading every time. Let them have access to it
- Only upload videos that are kind and respectful
- Be careful if you plan to add music to your videos. Most music is protected by copyright laws. You can get common music from YouTube that does not break the rules
- Never use your name. Initials are ok but don't use anything that identifies you to others.
Kelly taught what a thumbnail picture is the importance of having a great thumbnail picture for your video to attract lots of views to click on it. Kelly showed us the tools we can use in Photos to brighten up our image and reduce shadows. Here are some of Kelly's thumbnails. Notice how clear and bright the photos are.
We created our own thumbnails using some lego creations we whipped up. Here they are:
Aryis and Xander
Bobby
Charlotte and Hayley
Laila
After we created our thumbnails Kelly taught us how to film a quick video to showcase or creations. It took us a couple of takes to get our creations in the right place, but we quickly mastered it! Here are some photos of us at work-
Once the filming was done, they learned how to import the film footage into iMovie and some of the basic features they could use to edit the footage. They learned about speeding up sections of the footage so people didn't have to watch you complete a process for 10 mins! We added filters and music to our video. Here is our finished clip:
With all of these practical tips and tricks up our sleeve we will be YouTube stars in no time! Thank you Kelly for sharing your knowledge with us!
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