The Vlogger’s Handbook

Description

This fun, comprehensive guide to vlogging delivers the skills and tips you need to get started, produce a professional look, develop your skill level, and cultivate your creativity.

With a fresh, stylish design and bite-sized text and project prompts, this is a no-nonsense approach to learning about:

• Setting up and uploading a vlog
• Inspiration for what to vlog about
• How to storyboard a vlog
• Lighting and props
• Advanced video skills
• Editing your vlog
• Adding sounds and effects
• Building an audience
• Making your vlog pay
• Internet and social media safety guidance

Throughout the book, Q&A panels feature successful young vloggers who give their own personal tips and stories about how they got started. Your own vlogging success comes next!A fun, comprehensive guide to getting started with vlogging, and how to develop your skill level and keep creative.

SHANE BIRLEY is a seasoned blogger with a technical background and a degree in Literature. He has combined these talents to co-author several editions of Blogging for Dummies, as well as founding Left Right Minds, a web development and arts management company based in Vancouver, Canada.

Audrey Malo is a Montreal-based illustrator, born and raised in Quebec, in a household where her artistic nature was encouraged. Malo studied studio arts at Concordia University in Montreal. Curious and introspective by nature, Malo experiments with colour and contrast in her editorial illustrations and .gifs, always telling a story with a touch of humour. Her work can be seen in newspapers, magazines, and in product ads.

LET’S VLOG!
The Art of Vlogging 
Why Do People Vlog? 
Why Do YOU Want to Vlog? 
Vlog Types
Try It Out

THINK, WRITE, INVENT
Generating Ideas
Developing Ideas
Planning Your First Vlog 

TO SHARE OR NOT TO SHARE?
Online Safety
What Secrets Should You Keep? 
Using a Pseudonym 
Password Protection 

THE TOOLS YOU’LL NEED
Equipment
Accessibility


FILMING YOUR VLOG
Get Started with Your Story
Visual Storytelling
Camera Placement 
Set and Location 
Sharing It Live 

LIGHTING YOUR VLOG
Lights, Lights, Action
Natural Lighting 
Artificial Lighting 
Your Lighting Setup
Colour Magic 

HOW DOES IT SOUND?
Yo, Audio! 
Your Audio Setup 
Types of Microphone 
Mixing Audio 

CUTTING AND EDITING
Post-production
Video Editing Software 
The Basics of Editing 
Timeline Tips 
Choosing Your Cuts
How to Add Audio 

GOING ONLINE
Vlogging Platforms
The Basics of Social Media
Which Social Media Should You Use?
Hello Hashtags! 
Managing Your Audience 
Scheduling is Critical 
Getting More Views 

CONCLUSION
It’s a Wrap!
Useful Links
Meet the Vloggers!
Glossary
Index

“Given the popularity of vlogging, this well-written book should be considered by most libraries.”  —School Library Journal

Additional information

Dimensions	0.55 × 7.4 × 9.45 in
Imprint	QEB Publishing
Format	General Trade
ISBN-13	09780711242876
ISBN-10	0711242879
Author	Shane Birley
Illustrator	Audrey Malo
Audience	Children
BISAC	JNF061000, JNF012000
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