First of all!; I have to actually vlog to be able to give you advice, but I actually did vlog a little bit in the past (VERY rarely though! Not enough to call myself a vlogger. Although I say that I am a vlogger in the blog description.) But I still know a thing or two about this topic. And my NR. 1 tip is to be who you really are. Be yourself. Just like my photo says. No fake copycat behavior. I don`t even know what that means although I have the tendency to steal quotes from other people who I thought was smarter than me. Don`t do that! Make up your own quotes! When you have the guts to be who you really are (even though you`re crazy) then we can go to the next steps...
My next step would be...
Equipment...
Don`t have a "real" camera? Use your phone! You can`t get it more real actually. Sometimes - the crappier it looks - the better it gets. You know, that 90`s VHS style. I would even BUY a new camera that just had the 90`s VHS effects on it. I would go crazy to be honest! I imagine inside of my mind an advertisement for a "new camera" with these weird effects and filters easy to use for ANYONE. And a loooong line outside a weird camera - shop. In my mind crowds of people are fighting over this particular camera. I get to the shop and there`s only me standing there. That is how I feel about most things in life. I am the only one standing there just LOVING everything weird and only I turn up for these events.
Let`s move on...
Charging your camera(s)! Obviously you need multiple cameras. Like all over your apartment...almost like surveillance. (Just kidding!) Then you shoud be thinking about a storyline, but in my unique case (like I`m weird or something); I start with this at the end...and then everything had been a waste of time and energy! (That ADHD - way!) I`m so sorry, I am not the person you need to teach you this. Because only you know. Only you know YOUR recipe on success. JUST BE YOU! That is actually my main advice.
Filters...
I sometimes use this filter on my videos.
Which I did make myself, because I was afraid that I wouldn`t be able to find the Youtube filters in the future, because YouTube evolves really fast nowadays. And intuitive as I am , I was spot on, the filters are GONE from YouTube now. *Crying!* No, I`m not, that was irony. (This is an exact copy, almost, of that " 8mm old film" whatever filter, although an exact copy is impossible to make)...
Transitions... - with weird video clips (funny clips downloaded from youtube (but be careful of copyright claims! I would prefer NOT to do this (OMG, I am such a BAD teacher! Yes, I wouldn`t do it if I was you...but I am not you...Omg, Mali, just shut up! ) Or you make your own. I made my own...
That infamous french accent "A few hours later" - transition that so many YouTubers love to use. But can you make one that is more "retarded" than mine? Didn`t think so, honey!
I TRIED to vlog in the past , though...
But I ended up just throwing 100+ effects on the top of each other. But even that can be a vlog. A vlog is anything you want it to be.
