Making videos is hard

05.04.2023

I finally started my YouTube channel. So far I've managed to publish 1 video and I have 2 videos in progress. One thing I've learned is that it's really really difficult to make good videos. Some thoughts and lessons so far:

Writing script is difficult, much more than writing a blog post
- I've learned that word-for-word script doesn't work for me
- But then again I don't want to be too vague in my scripts
Recording high quality video is difficult
- slog3 or hlg3?
- Then you realize you have 8-bit camera so it doesn't even matter
You have to make sure the set is clean and you have no shit in the background
Depth is good unless you want your video to look like green screen
Making sure the set is well light is difficult... at least if you don't have proper lights :D
- I've had to rely on sunlight so far
Talking to a camera is SUPER DIFFICULT
Oh shit, you also need to make sure your hair isn't a mess and you're wearing something
Camera keeps stopping recording after just 4 minutes... oh well it's protecting itself from high temps. Gotta disable that setting
Audio is 50% of the video. Camera's own mic aint good enough. Let's record audio separately
Fuck, forgot to record the audio
Now that you recorded audio separately let's just do some post processing to that too... should be quick, right?
After bazillion hours let's finally edit the video!
How do I use Premiere Pro?
Oh damn, lights flicker on the camera.... gotta buy new lights. And record everything again
Editing is slow. So so slow. At least when you suck at it.

You get the point. So much stuff to learn. Well, each time it gets a bit easier since you learn from your mistakes. Atm it's very frustrating but I still love it.

Right now I go with consistency before quality mentality. My videos are pre shit, but I want to release something and get the snowball rolling. Better to release 10 videos, and make each video 10% better than the previous, than release 2 videos and make them 20% better than the previous one. The final 20% of a project takes as much time as the first 80%.