so it is November 17th
there's currently a snowstorm outside
and i am going to start documenting behind the scenes of filming a video
I've watched other youtubers do this before and i always find them so fascinating
i love watching how other youtubers
create their content and i always learn something new that i can use in my own videos
the video i'm going to be working on in this video is going to be an updated all about hamster behaviors video
so the first thing i like to do with educational type of videos is
start out by writing a little script this isn't like your traditional
tv show script, this is just like points to things so that i don't forget as soon as i turn my camera on
my blane-
my blane
my brain literally goes
what does my brain do
this is what i'm talking about my brain goes blank
so i have to have some sort of visual indicator to remind me what i'm talking about
so i just got done writing everything out i'm also going to send this to a hamster friend
to just make sure i didn't miss
any other behaviors
so it is november 30th
9:43 am and i'm finally getting around to filming this video
um so i have to do my makeup first so that's what we're gonna do
ignore the fact that i just put my mirror on top of my air purifier and that's
how i do my makeup i don't have a fancy desk
i also am going to straighten my hair for this video
okay so now it is time to set everything up
the filming camera i use is the Sony Lumix GH5
and i use the 50 millimeter lens with it so I go to switch this out
tada
so first things first put the camera on the tripod
this one because of this lens has to sit pretty far back in order to get the whole shot
i'm also going to grab my battery dummy
so this is what a battery dummy is it's a battery that
you can plug into the wall so that you can film for hours and hours and not have to worry about
your battery dying
my mic and the stands that i use, it's just a stool this setup is really it's
more complicated than it needs to be i use the Blue Yeti Mic with the Lumix but you cannot
directly plug the Yeti into the Lumix so it's a little bit more steps
i also grab my ring light even though there are two windows and it is pretty bright i also use the ring light
there's a lot of cords okay
okay that should be good
so i grab my macbook air and that is what the blue yeti plugs into
so that we can get sound
i'm just going to kind of clean up my desk area turn my mac on.
I also have to change out the famous letterboard and add something related to the video
okay turn on the ring light
so then i usually will press audio recording and the record button at the exact same time
and also because i have to sync up the audio with the video i usually do a little clap
ACTION
since we can't speak to our hamsters it's important that we learn their body language
i like breathed
since we can't speak
i do that a lot by the way i repeat myself you will come to see
do keep in mind that if you do notice your hamster suddenly changes behavior that it is important
that you visit your local exotic vet because this can indicate that something is wrong with them
so i will see you guys in my next video bye
and that is a wrap
stop
yay
now to see if it's good or not
so now i put the memory card in
and we can open up Final Cut Pro
so we place that in there and then i grab my audio
and i basically have to line it up
if i don't line up it's going to be opposite like um like this
so i gotta line this up
that's pretty good
now for the fun part that is going through and clipping
everything and listening to my voice 562 times
so here we go
good job
hey you gonna help me?
Hey that's not helpful
meow
what?
oh! you fell goodbye
alrighty we got the video down to 11 minutes and 47 seconds so that is
really good um considering there was an hour of footage that's mainly because
i have issues with having to make the perfect sentence
so this video is going to rely pretty heavily on b-roll clips
lots of which i don't have videos of my hamsters doing some of these behaviors so i'm
going to do an instagram story to reach out to some of my followers to see if they have
any of these videos that i could use
in my video with credit
so that is what that looks like and now i will just have to wait and see
if anybody has any of these clips
it is December 1st
8:58 am and i'm getting ready to edit the rest of the video i'm going to be adding all of the fun little bits and bobs
so i am going to add in my intro
and then we're going to overlay my social media
i've gotten over a hundred people submitting videos of their hamsters doing behaviors
so i have to go through those and um pick which ones i'm going to be able to use in my video
i had to get myself a really healthy snack because i'm still looking through emails it's
been like an hour
it is 12 p.m and i've now retreated to using some blue blocking glasses
even if they don't seem to do anything
that's not helpful
no i'm busy
i'm busyyyy
scootch
it is now 2:30 p.m i've kind of put the video together to my liking
now i have to add music this is my least favorite part
i get my music off of epidemicsound.com
i hate doing this i hate looking through music
okay so i gave it a final watch through this is what the timeline looks like when i'm done
it's now 3 p.m oh gosh
can you even see that it's now 3 p.m and i'm going to be exporting the video
there we go
the next thing i do is i put the exported video into the app handbrake this is like a compression app
it will make the size of the file smaller so that i can upload a little bit faster
so i do that
and that will probably take a couple of minutes to export out
and now we can upload the video
now i have to add in all the important details that people may not notice
in the video these are things like the description bar, the title, i cards, the ending of the video
subtitles, thumbnail, tags
all that jazz
so for the description bar uh it already has my stuff pre-added but i'm gonna add a little bit of a blurb about the video
i also am going to add a little blurb to the people that submitted video clips
so that is all done now i'm going to do the end screen portion this is like super simple
just add it in
and then the i cards these are little cards that will pop up during the video in the corner if you ever notice
and i usually will use these when i'm talking about a specific topic
the next thing i have to do is the subtitles this is my least favorite thing to do because it takes a really long time
but i think subtitles are super important
not only if you have any hearing issues but a lot of people just find it easier to read the thing being said on screen
while it's happening like i can't watch a show without subtitles
so i always try to make sure i have them
okay so i'm finally finished doing the english subtitles so we can save that now one of the
fun parts is i can now add other languages these are auto translated
so they're not perfect but it's going to be better than nothing for someone who doesn't speak English
So I add pretty much as many languages
as i can, i wish there was a check all option but there isn't
so i just tend to stick with the most popular ones
the last thing i have to do is add the thumbnail i make my thumbnails using a combination of
my iPad and the app procreate as well as picmonkey.com
so it is december 4th
8:59 a.m I'm getting ready to put my video public
I put my video public at 9:00 a.m
so I'm just getting everything set up to press save
i've also got a
little instagram story for me to post at nine for my instagram followers
so yeah
and it is now nine so i can post everything
and i usually would respond to comments
right away but i actually have to go out and do some errands so i'll have to do that when i come back
but that is pretty much the entire process of how i film my videos
hopefully you guys have enjoyed seeing the behind the scenes
and yeah i will see you in my next video bye