- Welcome back to another episode of The Low Down.
We're gonna be hanging out
with the one and only Symonne Harrison,
an amazing content creator
who has over 5 million followers on social media.
- Not only is she a content creator,
but she's also an actress, dancer, model
and she's already accomplished so much at such a young age.
- We're also gonna be talking about
the new Sony ZV-1F vlog camera,
so, stick around, it's gonna be a fun one.
- Hi guys.
- Hey. - Hello.
- Hi. How are you?
- Good to see you.
Now, we have to ask,
how and why did you start off as a content creator?
- I moved from Cleveland, Ohio to LA for acting
and I've always loved social media, watching YouTube,
I always thought it was so cool
and I wanted to try something new.
Welcome back to my YouTube channel.
- So, what is your creative process like?
- I always see things either in real life
or I get inspiration from other content creators
and I plan it out and I have all these different options
and I come up with my creative
and I kind of just take it from there.
I have a bunch of projects coming up
that are super exciting.
Guys, she's dragging me.
Help! Help!
If people don't like you, they have a problem,
because you are amazing.
If I'm doing it for YouTube,
I make sure to incorporate little mini challenges
or just parts of my day to make it a longer video.
If it's on TikTok, I can do like story times
or do a little like, text video.
When I posted my first YouTube video, it got traction
and I loved it and I loved making people happy
and everyone enjoyed the content I was putting out.
- So, your first YouTube video took off?
- Yes. I had other YouTube videos from like a long time ago
but when I really started putting an extra effort
and work into my content,
then everyone really started watching it and enjoying it.
- What is it about creating content
that just makes you happy?
I wanna make someone stay a little bit better.
When they watch my videos,
I want them to feel like we're on FaceTime
and they can tell me anything.
They can DM me and we can just be besties.
You made my day 10 times better
and I hope you have an amazing
morning, night, afternoon, wherever you live.
I love you.
Now that I have such a big platform
where I can spread positive messages
and things that I feel like need more awareness,
it makes me really happy
and everyone just enjoys what I put out.
So, as long as I make everyone happy, it makes me happy.
- Speaking of content creation,
I see that you have a new camera right next to you,
the Sony ZV-1F vlog camera.
- Have you been using that lately?
- Yes. So, recently I've been using this, it just came out.
So, how light it is.
It's so nice because I can stick in my purse
and it doesn't get too heavy,
especially if you add a microphone on it or anything.
Nothing is too heavy.
And also, when I'm working on my content,
whether it's for vlogging,
it has like the really wide angle,
which even though I've been doing this
for two and a half years,
I always get something out of frame every single clip.
So, everything's always in frame with this camera.
And also when I'm making TikToks
and really elevating my content, I love high quality.
So, I've been using this camera
with the blurry background to make TikToks.
Whether I put it on a tripod
or I have have my family use it,
my parents know the camera too and they're able to use it.
It's really user friendly for everyone and I really love it.
- So, there are a lot of really cool features
like the background you focus and the product showcase.
How has that changed how you go about making your content?
- So, when I'm showing what kind of makeup I'm using
or just something I got,
I can just turn on product showcase
and it automatically focuses on the product
and knows the product's going to be coming into frame,
which is so easy and convenient.
You don't have to sit there and wait and then cut it later.
And going into the cutting and editing,
there's also the shot marker on the camera
which has helped so much,
especially with post production
with people who don't have editing softwares.
I have mine but even for editors,
it makes us really complicated
when I'm sending a voice memo and I'm like,
cut the beginning but keep the middle.
So, with the shot markers, it's really easy
so they know exactly what points you want.
It's basically everything someone would do on the backend
but the camera does it for you.
Even though it's a block camera,
I use it for all platforms.
I use it for Reels and TikToks.
And the defocus button for the background is amazing
because if you're in public,
you can blur whether it's lights behind you or people
or you can just really make your content
look more high quality
and makes your channel overall look 10 times better
and I really enjoy it.
- Well, thank you so much for joining us.
It was really cool just hearing your story
and how you create content,
like, I'm more inspired to like, create more TikToks
like, that's pretty cool.
- Stop it.
- We got some, you know,
we got the ZV-1F cameras right over here.
So, definitely check it out if you're interested.
If you wanna follow us on our social channels,
you should do so because we want you to.
- That's pretty cool.
- Definitely follow Symonne
and we'll see you in the next episode on The Low Down.
- Bye. - See ya.