How to Film Yourself to Become a Video Content Creator

[Jasmine]

You also need to understand this. If you want to shoot something, you need to find a subject, you need to find a story, you might have to travel, and there is a lot of hard work.

How about becoming your own subject, telling your own story?

You can talk about what you know best, you can tell your own story.

How do you do it?

First of all you need a script, you need a written text that you are doing to speak.

Secondly, you need equipment. You can start with your own mobile phone but tripod is must to take videos in good angle. You need lighting equipment such as lights, light diffuser, etc. You also need a microphone.

Thirdly, shoot your video. Keep your head straight, look straight into the camera, talk confidently, try to engage your audience through light humor, etc.

Fourthly, you need video editing software along with graphics, background sound files, etc, to make your videos better.

 

[Mika]

In order to become a video content creator, you don’t really have to shoot yourself, but you need to understand this, at one point, you will have to appear in the camera and talk to your audience in order to grow your audience and get more views. You might have to show yourself even when you are live streaming games or screen capturing for a tutorial video. If you are camera shy it is quite difficult to grow big on youtube. If you check the biggest YouTubers, you will see most of them are showing themselves. First of all, you need to develop communicative skills, you need to have the skills to talk fluently. Secondly, you need to be confident enough to stand in front of the camera. If you cannot face a camera, you do not have any chance of excelling on youtube. Even though the technology allows you to shoot yourself, you need an assistant.