Nick Willoughby - Making Youtube Videos (B & n Exclusive Through 1/31/16)

MAKING YOUTUBE VIDEOS

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015947350

ISBN 978-1-119-17724-1 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-17725-8 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-17726-5 (ebk)

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1. Table of Contents

HELLO FUTURE YOUTUBERS!

Welcome to Making YouTube Videos the book that does exactly what it says on the cover.

You want to be the next YouTube star? Do you find yourself watching YouTube videos and thinking, I could do that! Or, I really want to do that! Well, youve picked up the right book.

Millions of people are uploading their videos to YouTube and theres plenty of room for you, too. All you need is to turn the creative ideas in your head into videos. Youre going to have so much fun and Im going to guide you through every step.

YouTube started in 2005 for people all over the world to share videos. I dont think anyone guessed how successful it would become. Would you have guessed it?

Now if you want to learn how to do something or watch funny videos, where do you go? YouTube. And did you know that some people make YouTube videos as a job? How fun would that be?

Your safety is the most important thing. Dont include any personal information in the videos that you share on YouTube. Dont tell anyone online what your name is or where you live.

They dont teach you how to make YouTube videos at school, do they? If they do, you go to an awesome school. In Making YouTube Videos I share what Ive learned to help you make films. (I wish Id had this book when I was a kid. That would be impossible, of course, unless I had a time machine for me and for YouTube.)

They say a wise person learns from his mistakes and a clever person learns from other peoples mistakes. Ive learned everything I know from working in different parts within the filmmaking industry, and the mistakes I made along the way made me better. The great thing is that you get to avoid making a bunch of the mistakes that I made.

In this book, you

• Explore the different cameras you can use.
• Discover how to record sound.
• Find out how to light your scenes.
• Edit your video.
• See ways to share your videos on YouTube.

Sometimes youll see a URL (web address) for forms or examples I put online for you. You can find those extras at www.dummies.com/go/makingyoutubevideos .

Some figures will have a magnifying glass, like you see here. The glass is drawing attention to the parts of the screen that you use. The highlighted text draws your attention to the figure.

Youre interested in making movies. Thats why youre here reading this, right?

I also figure that you have a way to capture film (a camera or phone) and a way to edit it (a computer or laptop).

I bet youve been online before and know all about clicking icons, and that youve pressed the Record button on a camera.

As you read through the projects in this book, youll see a few icons. The icons point out different things:

If something could be dangerous, or if its something you shouldnt choose, you see this Warning icon.

The Remember icon gives you the most important things. This is information youll use all the time when making films.

I use the Tip icon when I have information or advice that could help you with your film project.