Welcome to my journey on learning to film and edit videos.

I’m sure I’m not alone in having the unrealistic dream of becoming a YouTuber, and while I do not expect to create a career out of this project, I have always wanted to learn how to film and edit videos in an aesthetic way. I also think knowing how to film videos could be helpful as a teacher as I can create videos for my subs to play or just to change up ways I give knowledge or instruction to my students.

The only YouTube video I have edited was through iMovie and definitely not up to the standards that I have set for this project. I have avoided downloading TikTok until now, but I am willing to download it for this project as it seems to be a great app to film and edit short form videos on. I will take inspiration from all of the accounts I follow, but specifically Matt and Abby, Jennica and Annica, and Maya and Hunter.

My plan for this project is to try and film a short form “Day in the Life” video once a week, which I will post or link on this blog so you can watch my editing progress. For the final week of class I want to integrate what I have learned into a longer video which I will also post.

More specific skills I am hoping to learn are:

-doing voiceovers

-adding background music

-how to choose the right things or angles to film something

-adding text or other effects

Most of the videos I am interested in at this time are “Day in the Life” videos, which is why that is what I am focusing on filming for this project. I have always chickened out when wanting to film a video in the past, so having it be an actual assignment will give me the push to actually go though with it. I am very excited to see the results!