We are all familiar with vlogging. Some comical, some serious, vloggers create short YouTube videos which consist of them looking into the camera and chatting about a particular topic. One of the first viral vlogger was “lonelygirl15” who had a wildly popular vlog in 2006. She was vlog about her quirky day to day life and it was eventually revealed that all of the videos had been scripted. The scandal only added to the video popularity and proved that YouTube can create stars as well as host them.
I did not expect YouTube fame and fortune while creating this YouTube video; just a chance to practice using screencast software and premiere. I worked with a team of two other students to create this and it was much trickery than I expected. Editing clips and adding icons is a slow time consuming process. I also struggled with delivering the script. I originally wanted to write down bullet points and then deliver the lines of the cuff. This proved more difficult than I imagined and resulted in copy sentences and awkward pauses. The next step was to write the entire script word for word and read it on screen while looking into the laptop camera. This was a huge improvement but didn’t fix everything. Instead I combined bullets points and reading off of the screen to achieve the final style. It’s still needs work. How do famous youtubers make it look so easy?!
I am thankful for social media for providing an outlet to create and share. Even if it is just about social media. The wonderful thing about creation on the internet is the variety of audience members a need creation can find. Some people might enjoy our video and other may find it dull. Please let me know what you thought of the video (or Facebook graph search) in the comments.
Thanks for watching!
This is a really good visual discussion of Graph Search. I had read about it but seeing it in action solidified what it can really accomplish.
Katie, I can totally relate to your struggles delivering the script. I’m making some book talk videos for a library right now and it is SO HARD to sound natural even when all I have is bullet points in front of me. I also find it hard to keep my eyes looking at the camera, but perhaps some more memorization on my part is needed.
It’s harder than it looks, right? At least Book Talks sound like fun!
I never heard of this tool before. It sound terrifying! lol
Great video btw!!
I can very much relate with your struggles too. I had to a video/tutorial for a class last semester, and you’re right it is a lot harder than it looks!
Great video! It was really interesting and easy to follow. As for Facebook Graph Search, it is a potentially useful tool (only because it depends largely on your network and friends). Shrtly after the beta was announced the power of Graph Search was demonstrated via some revealing searches: http://actualfacebookgraphsearches.tumblr.com/
http://gizmodo.com/5976328/these-people-are-now-sharing-horrible-things-about-themselves-thanks-to-facebook-search
Definitely a good time to review your Likes, privacy settings etc. as you mentioned.
Very informative. When were you in South Korea? I lived there a few years back.
Very informative! I had no idea what this graph business was, but had heard the term floating around, so I’m really glad you explained it. The accompanying visuals definitely made it easier to wrap my head around.
Nice job! Like Ken, I’d read about Graph Search, but really had no idea what it did (and I wasn’t that eager to try it out, to be honest). This was a really nice, straightforward explanation.
This was very informative. I didn’t know that you could search Facebook like this. I am going to take your recommendation and check my privacy settings. Thanks for the info.
It’s great you are working on the digital tattoo project. What is the scope of your work for them? Dean
Thanks Dean. I work part time for Digital Tattoo. I mostly work with content creation but I also lead a few workshops.
Impressive! This is fun and very clear – and I checked my Facebook settings afterward.
Katie, not only an extremely well made video (I too can relate with folks on the LIBR 535 video assignment) but this is a really great educational tool. Thanks for making everything (aka Facebook!) clear.
Thanks Dana!