Joined: Aug 16, 2009 Age: 22 Posts: 64 Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:39 pm Post subject:
This is a video of me. I never plan what I'm going to say, so this is pretty much just introduction babbling. With cats and ukuleles.
I have a vlog (link in my signature) if you're interested in watching me babble some more, too. _________________ "There's not a word yet for old friends who've just met." ~ Gonzo, 'The Muppet Movie'
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:06 pm Post subject: My Intro To WP
Alrighty, here's my long-awaited introduction.
^_^
Yeah, I've just realized that it's "in the night-time", not "at night-time". Shame on me _________________ Learning about other people helps you understand yourself.
Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong in this video, and how should I improve? I see that someone has already rated it 3 stars, but didn't leave a comment saying why they gave it that rating _________________ Learning about other people helps you understand yourself.
Joined: Feb 25, 2009 Posts: 1502 Location: YouTube
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:57 am Post subject:
^ Hey Mathgirl, I was the one rating it three stars and I did give a comment "cool!" is what I said, and my comment is there when I update it now,weird that you cant see it
I was a bit in a hurry as I wasnt supposed to have the computer on by now
I always do the "have to do stuff " before turning it on but today is one of the rare days when I did the other way round and that use to make me restless and nothing is beeing made properly
Anyway, some further comments about your video. For the first I appreciate it because it was technically well made. Very good and high quality. We can see you and your faceexpressions very crystal clear and you got the light conditions perfect. Also you are talking very clear, all words is highlightened. So five rates on just that!
You could had made it a bit shorter though, I see you had already cut it down a bit and thats good. But dont take that part so personal because I know its most about me there not having much patience on listening to someone talking a lot when nothing else is happening around. I was almost about to fast forward at some point when I loose focus, so there came two stars minus...
But I did not and watched the whole through and listened. You appear as a very nice person!
About improvement. Here is some spontanious ideas from me...
You can make your videos more dynamic only with taking more time with editing and be more creative with yourself and your environments. If I made the exact video you did. I would play around a bit with the room and the books which is the only tools you have. I would place myself in diffrent corners and angles as silent and cut into the video in seconds in between. I would make the presentations of the books more creative in more cuts of only one book, like from diffrent angles and show each of them in diffrent ways...and maybe cut in a second shorty where you is seen reading the books and such...
Then the viewer get to see more variation but you still saying the exact words you do, because you could also separate the audio and the video. For example we hear you keep talking but watching you reading a book while we hear you saying Im reading a lot of books around AS....
But I know, that takes way much more time and work with your videos which you also can see as loosing the spontanity
Because some videos is the best when not doing a lot of fuss around them, just presented as plain...its a matter of taste and seconds
Because in videomaking, time is going at least twice as fast as in real time... _________________ I am female and 35, these are My words: *be yourself and try your best*
I would like to be your YouTube friend, do you want to be mine....?
http://www.youtube.com/xalepax
*videouploading is freezed at the moment*
Last edited by xalepax on Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:37 am; edited 1 time in total
Xalepax, thanks for your input. I really appreciate it.
Unfortunately, I find it impossible to make a really short video. I babble on a lot. I tried to make it short, but then there are more and more things I decide to add when making the video, and it ends up being way longer than expected. _________________ Learning about other people helps you understand yourself.
Joined: Feb 25, 2009 Posts: 1502 Location: YouTube
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:30 am Post subject:
^ oh, and I was just about to say, forget about all about the above I said. Thats because I was watching also the videos of MONKEY and sarbear1987
And I realise I have to take back all of that videotechnical stuffie...I mean. I havent made any vlogs myself and havent seen many of them either
I usually both watch and produce completely diffrent kind of videos myself and felt it was wrong to think like that here
Because vlogs of this kind is probably supposed to be like this, people turning on the cam and start talking straight up and on directly in front of it and THATS IT!
I just realise I have some to learn out of this kind of videomaking
So, I felt I was too hard on you in rating and comments on YouTube, sorry for this!! _________________ I am female and 35, these are My words: *be yourself and try your best*
I would like to be your YouTube friend, do you want to be mine....?
http://www.youtube.com/xalepax
*videouploading is freezed at the moment*
Joined: Feb 25, 2009 Posts: 1502 Location: YouTube
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:13 am Post subject:
Danielismyname wrote:
You don't speak for me.
Hey, I hope you didnt decide to delete your video due to my comments here. My gosh, I really hope not....
I saw you have disabled comments but I would feel it be a pity if you delete it. Your video is somehow artistic and all make videos in their own way _________________ I am female and 35, these are My words: *be yourself and try your best*
I would like to be your YouTube friend, do you want to be mine....?
http://www.youtube.com/xalepax
*videouploading is freezed at the moment*
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With cats and ukuleles.
