My First Youtube Video

Hey, and welcome back to my blog.Today, I have some exciting news, I uploaded my first youtube video. From the video, you can tell I'm a little nervous by the way I cannot pronounce or form any sentences but it's a start! I'm finally ready to take the plunge! 

Before I began filming I first decided to sort out my youtube channel. To begin with, I had to make a very important decision regarding my profile picture. I believe this is one of the easiest ways to grab someones attention so I made sure I did my hair and make up as well as put on my bow headband to take a picture worth clicking on. 

I know a couple of youtubers who are know for a phrase they might always use but I decided that I didn't want a phrase, I wanted something that was going to always be in my videos and pictures and that my dear friends, is the bow headband. At the moment I only have two but soon enough, I'll find myself with a collection of them. I think this is a great way to make your mark. 

I then went on to do my channel art, the first thing you can do is research and by research, I mean, look at how other youtubers who are in the same field as you have set their channel art. It doesn't mean you have to follow strict guidelines but at least it lets you know what you should think about adding. 

At first, I was stumped on what to have as my background image as a lot of other youtubers have their face and text, but I went into my drop box account and found my folder full of images of the sky. I thought this was perfect as it wasn't over the top (being just a newbie) but it wasn't unprofessional. 

I then used a website called Canva which allows you to edit and personalize your banners and other sorts of platforms for images by giving you the right measured space to do it in. They also have some of their own creations which you can use and alter. 

I decided to add my name and what I will be doing on the channel. I think it's just simple and straight to the point. I was debating on putting down times, I would upload but my schedule is a mess. I chose two different fronts because I think it stands out better and I also added a line underneath it to accentuate it.

I'm really happy with my channel art and I think it links well with my profile picture too. Once that was sorted, I went onto the film a little something to begin my channel. I decided to start off with a haul as that way, I can continue to mention those products throughout the next few videos and kind of give my review on it. 

I started the video by talking a little about myself and what my channel will consist of to give people an understanding of where my channel is going and went straight into filming the haul. When it came to editing the video, I was using iMovie to do this task. It was my first time using it so it was a little difficult to begin with but I did it, I managed to edit the video, crop, add transitions a title, an ending credits and also add some music too. I'm pretty happy with my first time and I'll only get better with time (hopefully). Please check out my video and I hope you enjoy it. 

Thank you for reading and see you next time!