{"id":304,"date":"2010-07-26T17:26:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T21:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nerdhut.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2010-07-26T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T21:26:11","slug":"so-im-thinking-about-vlogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nerdhut.com\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"So, I’m thinking about vlogging…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’ve been thinking about vlogging.<\/p>\n

Some of you might be thinking that I have a hard enough time keeping this place updated and how could I possibly think going multi-platform with the blog is a good idea? Well, some of you are right, I do have a hard enough time updating the old nerd hut. But I don’t care.<\/p>\n

Ze Frank says that people who create and distribute original content on the internet do so because they want to connect with others. “To feel and be felt.” I want to feel that connection too. If done well, vlogging can be much more personal and engaging than blogging is. The good ones (Ze Frank<\/a>, John and Hank Green<\/a>, Philip DeFranco<\/a>) make it look easy. I really want to give it a try.<\/p>\n

I have the tools – barriers to entry are really rather low. You need a video camera (xmas gift), some editing software (free, free, free!), and some online hosting (the youtubes). But even though it’s easy to get started – just get in front of the camera and start talking – it’s also easy to ramble on and bore your viewers. It sounds like it’s hard to get and keep and audience.\u00a0 And, if we’re talking about connecting, that is the point.<\/p>\n

So here’s the plan I have rolling around my pea-sized brain:<\/p>\n

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  1. Cut the random clips from the early july road trip together into a recap-themed youtube video. This will help me learn the ins and outs of the editing software as well as what I’ll need on the back end to make a good video. Post it to facebook and see what the reaction is. See what feedback I get.<\/li>\n
  2. Come up with a framework for how each installment of the vlog will work. Nothing’s worse than a “here’s what I did today” blog\/vlog if there’s no point. Figure that out – what’s the point? I have an idea I’m working out in my head – each episode will have me pulling a “random” volume from my admittedly-too-large book collection and relating the book to larger issues: world events, my life\/outlook\/etc. I might change my mind on that, but it will be good for me and easier on viewers if the vlog has a theme – if it’s going somewhere.<\/li>\n
  3. Write it out. I don’t know how others do it, but I know I’d be doomed to a sea of “uhh” and “umms” if I try to wing it. Not saying I’ll write an exact script for every episode, but I need to at least bullet point it – know what I want to say in what order I want to say it. Know the intro, the pertinent points to cover, and the conclusion.<\/li>\n
  4. Film a pilot episode. Not for public consumption, just to get the visual parts right: where each episode will be shot, what lighting I’ll need, lighting, etc. Put it all together and see if I’d want to watch what I just filmed.<\/li>\n
  5. Get over the fact that I hate my own voice.<\/li>\n
  6. Begin!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So that’s what’s been on my mind the last few days. I don’t know how fast I’ll be able to move, but I think I’m going to start playing around and eventually give it a shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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