Ahoj! How to film story vlog and camera settings.
See? I'm lefty. I always end up with dirty hand or smudged text. This is a title of
today's video. I've watched some amazing vlogs and I watched some bad ones too
to the point that I started watching, then I never finished watching, just
clicked away. Few of the most frequently asked questions I'm getting from you is
where are your camera settings? How come nobody's watching my vlogs and how come
nobody's subscribing to my channel? And since those questions are popping up at me
from everywhere, I thought it's about a time to help you out. And if you are new
here, welcome. My name is Zdenka Darula. If you want to learn how to take better
photos and videos with the latest gear and possibly participate in
creative camera challenges, consider subscribing. There are a few things you
need to consider when you're planning your next vlog. Unless you are a huge
youtuber with thousands of subscribers and already made that connection with
people, or unless you're planning your vlog which is going to be super
funny, super entertaining, full of information, a lot of value or super
cinematic so you're gonna blow them away, or unless you're that someone who's
got that charisma that people will instantly fall in love with you,
nobody's gonna watch. Nobody's gonna care. If you think that you're gonna grab a
camera and let them follow you as you're doing your daily chores.... no. You gotta
give them it and by grabbing a camera and just filming whatever, it's not it.
You gotta think about it as a film, as a movie which has a story. What I find that
works for me is to make some sort of a plan. You don't have to write word by a
word, step-by-step but the main points, so when you look at the plan, you can think
from the other side as a viewer and you can think what is he or she getting out
of this.
Let's use one of the last videos I found and that was, can you make it in
photography and videography in 2020? That video was filmed in this house, in this
room, on this sofa, no special location whatsoever. The video actually received
many comments and many likes. It did exceed my expectations so thank you.
There was a mystery, there was a hook. A special package which
was shown at the beginning of the video but was not revealed what's inside until
the very end. There was a lot of honesty and a lot of personality.
This is who I am, I was trying to be just me. I was giving out a lot of information.
I was trying to help people. I was trying to be as inspirational as possible. I was
trying to talk to my audience to you like you are sitting right here next to
me. So when you are planning your next vlog,
plan it what's best for them, for your audience. Not necessary what's best
for you. It's time to talk about camera settings. Whenever I'm filming myself
talking to the camera.. Hi. How are you doing? Two numbers will never change. I
only chang third number. First of all I film at 24 frames per second to get
the most natural look and that means that the shutter speed has to double
which is one fiftieth of a second. Because I want to see myself sharp and
the background blurry, I will go with the aperture as low as possible and this
lens when I have it at the widest 15 millimeters allows me to use aperture F
3.5. If I'm filming outdoors, I will need an ND filter to block excessive
light. My ISO will be 100. The darker it will get outdoors, the less ND filter
I will use until I remove it completely. And then ISO needs to go up
if it's dark, maybe I might have to go to ISO 200. So when I get indoors, no ND
filter needed and my ISO right now is 400. The darker it will get, the ISO will
go higher, but also you will have more and noise in your footage which means,
you need to use a lot more light. You need to add the light to get rid of that
noise. And this is only when I'm filming myself. If i filming b-roll and other
things, the aperture value will change depending what focal length I'm using,
depending what I want to see. By the way I made a video how to film in manual
mode. I'll post a link in a video description below so you can watch it after this one.
Moving on the actual filming process. Today's people, the viewers on the other
side of the camera don't have patience anymore. You need to grab that attention
right away in order for them to keep watching. Let's say I film myself walking
and talking, walking and talking. After a while watching it's gonna get quite
boring but if you add some action shots between or if you add b-roll on top of
the main clip, on top of the talking head, suddenly it's gonna get a little bit
more interesting. Let's talk about cinematic sequence, you know b-roll as
everybody calls it. You know that part of the video that cinematic sequence when
nobody's talking. You're not talking, just showing something really cool and
cinematic. How long should it be, how much of it?
I've seen some people filming and showing tree branches that after 40
seconds of still looking at different tree branches I've had enough. So keep it
short and sweet. 10 to 20 seconds, maybe different angles, different focal length
so when the eye is looking at it, the eye is not gonna know what's gonna be next.
That way it stays very informative and very entertaining. And then move on. Most
of the time I've been filming on this Canon M50 but because my schedule is
so hectic, always on the go and sometimes I'm even running out of the time, I've
been really enjoying this insta 360 go last two months. It's been saving me so
many times. I just press it whenever I feel like it. I have it on me all the
time and I take those clips which I can insert in the video or even use it for
my social media. It really saved me many times. So my point is, if you have some
action cameras laying around or even a drone, don't be afraid to use it. It never
hurts to have extra footage. It's actually never enough to have extra
footage. You just never know what you can use it for and if you have few minutes
of your time, just upload it to stock and you can make some extra money.
Let's talk about music. Music can make or break your video. Whenever I'm making a
tutorial in the studio downstairs, I'm kind of using very subtle, kind of
like beat, very easy listening music which I really make sure is not
loud at all. But if I'm shooting something scenic on a location or if I'm
doing even just a vlog outside like a scenic video, I am extremely picky when
it comes to music. Try to choose music so it fits to the video. Here is for example
video from the last one with no music.
So it finally arrived. Package, very special package I've been waiting for
for a month and a half. It's been delayed for a month
it came yesterday. I had it sitting on the shelf over there, I didn't dare
opening it. And here's the same video with music.
So it finally arrived. Package, very special package I've been waiting for
for month and a half. It's been delayed for a month. It came yesterday. I had it
sitting on the shelf over there, I didn't dare opening it. Very special
package. I was so waiting for this. It can really change the whole feel of your
video. It can set the tone of the video. What I usually do when I'm editing the
video, I'm playing it and then I'm choosing different music. I'm trying to
throw it there and see if it is in sync, if it works together. If I can see and
hear a very strong message or the outcome if for that video. If I selected a
different style of music like a dance music, it just would not work. And later
on when you are editing, later on in the video you can select whatever genre you
want. You can change the beat so it really suits it. It fits it. It's
entertaining. You know it's just like a movie, like a film. Filming vlogs is
lot of fun. It's up to you to make it fun to watch for your audience.
Computer desk, small desk on wheels.... shelving system or cabinet on wheels... one
light, second light, third light, fourth light. Background... not so sure about that
one. Big changes are coming here, big changes. Hit the thumbs up button if
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out what kind of music service I'm using it is in the video description below. The
first month is for free so feel free to check it out. Also let me know in a
comment section below what is your next vlog gonna be all about? What are you
currently working on? What are you currently filming? I will be very curious
to find out or if you have any other questions or comments or simply want to
say hi or Ahoj you can do so there as well and I will see all of my friends in
the next video. Cau... Ahoj...