It’s officially one of my favorite parts of a production project: finally gathering the pieces to put everything together! This week, I’ve gathered lots of materials to help my post-production process go by smoothly. Creating my scripts beforehand heavily helped with this, as I knew which images or music to grab for editing!
Keeping up with my production journal, I was able to track everything I was doing, and keep up with my to-do lists on Notion. This week, I was tasked with completing the rest of my scripts, gathering music and graphics, and completing my intro for my YouTube channel. Not only did I complete these tasks, but I also began my tasks for the next week, and also ended up customizing my YouTube channel appearance. Doing all this also helped me come up with a different YouTube name. Initially starting off with my complete first and last name, I decided to go with a nickname. I feel that this can help make the channel much more approachable, as I felt that having my first and last name made it feel much more like an assignment.
When creating my intro, I decided the same thing. I researched many popular YouTubers and their intros, and decided to make one for myself. I took a lot of inspiration from YouTuber Vanillamace, as I like how her intro shows a bit of her personality before getting into the video. In my intro, I used random clips of myself I found in my camera, and put them together to show a different side of myself. As I continue filming, these clips will most likely change!
Another item checked off from my to-do list was choosing background music for the video series. Aiming for something more relaxed and not too loud, I ultimately chose “Lazy Sunday” from Uppbeat.com. This music is copyright free, and the website provides me with the credits to use in the description of my video. With the free plan, I have up to three free downloads – so I highly recommend this website! As for the music, it is not too overpowering, and is more of a lofi beat, which matches the aimed aesthetic of my video series pretty well.
The last thing that I’ll talk about is gathering my graphics for the video series. While writing the script, I decided that it would be best to incorporate images on the screen that match what I’m saying, to grab viewers attention and guide them through the information. While creating my scripts, I grabbed images from Google (with links to credit them of course), to add into the video as I speak. I found that doing this while writing the script was much easier, as I could envision in my head exactly how the video would look with the images popping up as I go.
Overall, all that’s left for me to do is film and edit! I’m excited for this part to come up, as I have been looking forward to dusting off my camera and tripod for a while! I am also heavily prepared with any difficulties that may face me, and am prepared for any revisions that need to be made. Catch you next time with some more updates!
An updated production journal this week!
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