New respect for content creators

Barnoe

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When i did the NC500 i took a single camera, a Gopro hero 9. And filmed as much as i could.

I had no idea how i was going to put this footage together as i have never edited a video before.
i downloaded some free editing software and started..... and then give up!

Crikey, its one thing filming stuff but you need a computer degree to sort it out lol
as i watch a fair bit of YouTube, i now have a massive respect for anyone putting their videos out there.

Anyway roll on a year or so and my mate was asking what happened to the footage i filmed when we did the Scotland trip?
So i started tinkering and ironically watching other YouTube video on how to edit video using the software i downloaded.
and by some sheer miracle i managed to put something together that nearly makes sense!

Roll on a month and i have 26 people who have subscribed to my channel and over 350 views!!! (not exactly Itchy Boots i know)
i am amazed and i have to be honest i didn't expect views, i just did it as a challenge to myself and a little promise
to my mate who went to Scotland with me that i would share it with him.
i half expected my mate would be the only viewer lol

if anyone on here has a channel on YouTube that posts regular content, fair play to you! :thumby:
 
I reckon they are all in it for the money, bit of filming chuck it up on YouTube and let the money roll in :)
 
I feel the bike reviews like Missenden and Freddie Dobbs require are fair degree of production forethought. Eg Im going to talk about the seat during a ride, so I need close up / cropped seat shots.

I have to say Fortnines recent video on tyre sealant is a work of art, a complete review with no dialogue.

https://youtu.be/nT1_QGtn0VA

Steve
 
When i did the NC500 i took a single camera, a Gopro hero 9. And filmed as much as i could.

I had no idea how i was going to put this footage together as i have never edited a video before.
i downloaded some free editing software and started..... and then give up!

Crikey, its one thing filming stuff but you need a computer degree to sort it out lol
as i watch a fair bit of YouTube, i now have a massive respect for anyone putting their videos out there.

Anyway roll on a year or so and my mate was asking what happened to the footage i filmed when we did the Scotland trip?
So i started tinkering and ironically watching other YouTube video on how to edit video using the software i downloaded.
and by some sheer miracle i managed to put something together that nearly makes sense!

Roll on a month and i have 26 people who have subscribed to my channel and over 350 views!!! (not exactly Itchy Boots i know)
i am amazed and i have to be honest i didn't expect views, i just did it as a challenge to myself and a little promise
to my mate who went to Scotland with me that i would share it with him.
i half expected my mate would be the only viewer lol

if anyone on here has a channel on YouTube that posts regular content, fair play to you! :thumby:

Any chance of a link? :beerjug:
 
I think most people start it as a hobby to fit it around the real job.
if you start getting paid that's a bonus
 
Piece of piss eh?

You and your mates should try it sometime...:D

Yeah - it's hard for sure. Just learning to use decent video editing software takes a while - and if you dont use it regularly, then you forget the key commands and such.

And actually filming the content is also tough to do well. It's easy to strap a camera to your bike, but you end up with hours of very dull footage unless you are judicious about when you are shooting. And if you want to create interest, you need multiple camera angles and viewpoints. Then you may need to roughly keep them synchronised if you are editing bits from multiple streams into a single timeline.

I have respect for people that do it well. It takes me a long time to even make a simple five minute video like this: https://youtu.be/teV0As-coxk
 
Any chance of a link? :beerjug:

Well i purposely didn't include a link, as i didn't want my post to appear as an advert for my channel.
i wanted the conversation to be about the background work that goes into a video online.

you just wanted to laugh at me didn't you lol

interestingly on the subject of making money on Youtube...
a channel needs at least 1000 subscribers
and at least 4000 public watch hours
OR 10 million video short views

that takes some doing lol
 
Piece of piss eh?

You and your mates should try it sometime...:D

I of course was being flippant

As some of you may have seen I run a fairly modest channel where we review classic bikes (and some modern classics)

It started because I have been doing onboard videos for years (going back to 2005 when I strapped a big old video camera to my GS and filmed the adelaide hills)

Fast forwad to 2021 I am back living in the UK and back in touch with my mates from the 1970s and we have access to a load of very tasty classic bikes and a pretty good level of knowledge

So the process is :

Find negotiate and procure bikes to film
Arrange date for filming (hardest part when everyone is free bike is availible and weather plays ball)
Decide suitable location
Get whoever you are interviewing prepared and scripted
Whole day of filming Onboard with Go pro, Beauty and interviews mirrorless
Ensure clean Audio (this is much much harder than the video bit)

Post production
Go through everything you have filmed and recorded and choose optimum clips
Create the Story before you jump into editing (this is also vital ) ie Storyboard
Colour grade all clips to ensure they have a similar colour profile (DaVinci resolve or Adobe Premier)
Clean Audio using Audacity
Find any advertising pics etc
put all that together into a timeline Premier
Choose Audio (I use epidemic sound)

Create first cut

Send out to the team for review - this is an iterive process - I tell the guys to be brutal and can go through 5 or so versions
when you have the finished video send to the owner of the bike or shop owner for approval

Publish

Get slagged off coz it is shite in the comments section :)
 
we are currently at
nearly 10k subs
768k views
81k watch hours
14 mill page impressions

And we are a niche piss ant channel
 
we are currently at
nearly 10k subs
768k views
81k watch hours
14 mill page impressions

And we are a niche piss ant channel

Impressive.

The sound on a moving bike is more difficult than it seems to get right.
Ive only done a handful of videos so far and still having problems.

I have just ordered a splitter for the go pro and my comms headset
so i can just use the comms mic for both at some time.

for years ive been able to talk to my mate at any speed clearly
yet the gopro cant pick up anything after 40mph?
maybe i need to change my helmet for one with a chin curtain to reduce wind noise?

i will keep filming and posting video's and see where it leads too.
if it goes nowhere, i will likely keep posting for my own enjoyment albeit less frequent
i enjoy the process of the editing and ending up with something half decent :)
 
Impressive.

The sound on a moving bike is more difficult than it seems to get right.
Ive only done a handful of videos so far and still having problems.

I have just ordered a splitter for the go pro and my comms headset
so i can just use the comms mic for both at some time.

for years ive been able to talk to my mate at any speed clearly
yet the gopro cant pick up anything after 40mph?
maybe i need to change my helmet for one with a chin curtain to reduce wind noise?

i will keep filming and posting video's and see where it leads too.
if it goes nowhere, i will likely keep posting for my own enjoyment albeit less frequent
i enjoy the process of the editing and ending up with something half decent :)

I use a lav mic in the cheek lining of my helmet direct into the gopro
I also use a zoom field recorder that I place at vairous points on the bike then synch and blend the two in post production, getting a true representation of the sound is the hardest part

But really story is king one of our videos about my mates 90 year old dad on his 70 year old SQ4 has topped 100,000 views, if your content isnt really interesting no matter how good your production the video will be boring
 
I find a lot of the you tube very watchable, and subscribe to a large number channels, but having tried it anyone who does has my respect, I couldn't.
 
I find a lot of the you tube very watchable, and subscribe to a large number channels, but having tried it anyone who does has my respect, I couldn't.

Harder than it looks and very time consuming, although very rewarding if people subscribe and watch your stuff.

Ive only 4 videos online at the moment with another 3 uploaded and scheduled over the next week or so.
I will advertise on the forum when a few more vids are online :D
 
… I have to say Fortnines recent video on tyre sealant is a work of art, a complete review with no dialogue https://youtu.be/nT1_QGtn0VA

Steve

Very slick presentations - but how come his reviews rarely seem to match my, or my friends, real life experiences? I am also ‘impressed’ by the inordinate number of commentators who wish prostrate, genuflect or have his babies … is it some sort of bonding or transferred approbation they seek?
 


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