How To Film and Edit Your First Youtube Video | Youtube Starter Kit 2023 | Equipments & Resources

[Music] thank you hey guys and welcome back again to the channel my name is kelechi in this video I'm going to be walking you through the step-by-step guide on how to start off your YouTube Journey now if you're someone who is tired of procrastinating you do not know where to begin or how to start then you are in the right place and in the Right video because in this video I'm going to be sharing with you guys a lot of tips a lot of tricks as well as a lot of resources to get you started

oh so like I said this is going to be a guide and this guide is broken down into four segments we have the pre-production section we have the production section we have the post-production section and then the optimization section each step is very critical and it's packed with a lot of information so you definitely do not want to miss out or skip through this process don't start off with the mindset that you have to be a pro or that you have to have everything figured out but this video is going to help you get your

idea out of your head and into production the first step is pre-production now this is the planning phase this is where you plan out your topic as well as your video something that I always advise for creators especially if it's going to be your first times is to script out your content you want to make sure that you've outlined all the key points that you want to talk about so that way you're hitting all the points and you're delivering value if you are scripting out your content and you've written out your outline something that you

want to do is to practice you want to practice your script and something that you can do is to stand in front of a mirror or you can even stand in front of your camera and record playback and see what you look and sound like and then see if there are ways to improve on it because there will be ways I kind of judge yourself and be your first critic before the whole world gets to criticize now you always want to look put together especially when you are intentional with being in front of the camera

and know what you're going to look like because again YouTube is a visual platform in as much as it integrates audio into it next up is the production now this is a filming section this is my favorite section this is where we kind of bring all our ideas into action right so we're talking about equipment as well as accessories to help visualize your ideas and your content right so we're talking all about camera lenses tripod microphone lighting all of this to help you create the content so let's talk about the recording device when it comes

to recording the best camera that you can use in filming is the one that you currently already have and that's most likely going to be your mobile phone and guys mobile phones are amazing and you can see that right now because I'm filming with my mobile phone and this is a Samsung Note 20 Ultra and it is absolutely amazing you can definitely start up with filming content on your mobile phone however if you are looking for a more Pro option you can definitely invest in a DSLR camera or a compact camera and for this video

I'm filming with my Canon M6 Mark II I've been using this camera for about three years now and I have no absolute regrets and for my lens I am using the sigma 30mm F 1.4 lens this lens is absolutely amazing also another amazing camera to start off with is the Sony zv1 it is compact it is beginner friendly this is what the sun is everyone looks like and it looks amazing it does amazing and you guys are hearing the internal invuked microphone if I wanted to amplify and improve on the Audio I would definitely use

an external microphone I went ahead to attach this microphone to this camera to the Sony zv1 so you guys can see how you can improve on the audio quality and the general quality of this camera my personal advice for beginners is to start off with your mobile phone it is easy it is quick and it is simple to kick start with however if you want something budget friendly then definitely invest in the Sony zv1 or invest in a compact camera that already has a lens so that way you don't have to go out and Splurge

or you know buy the expensive lenses because lenses can be expensive so next up is lighting lighting is everything to me if you are meeting me for the first time hi I love talking about lighting I have lots of resources with regards to lighting setting up your studio with artificial or natural lighting my personal preference and what I would definitely advise for anyone to start off with is to start off with your natural light that is what I'm currently filming with I have a huge window in front of me and it's the most beautiful the

most natural and it is the most budget friendly when it comes to filming so microphones guys if you are filming on your mobile phone I definitely recommend for you to get a wireless microphone they are pretty much inexpensive and they are beginner friendly this is what I'm currently using right now I do have a video on this where I kind of show you guys my mobile phone set up and I'll leave the link on here so you guys can check that out as well to get acquainted with what I'm talking about this is a wireless

microphone and this is what it sounds like and this is what it looks like as well and this is definitely a way to get started with my DSLR camera with my compact camera something that I personally love using is this microphone from Boya this is what I started off with and you you can use this on your mobile phone your laptop your DSLR camera your compact camera and it is amazing it does have it is wired but the wire is pretty long so you can have your camera far away from you and it is inexpensive

hey so just for reference purposes I went ahead to clip on my lavalier microphone and this is what it sounds like and yeah again if you're using this you do want to be discreet about it so that way it's a little bit more discreet and the wire isn't everywhere that's what the Boya lavalier microphone sounds like and this is what the fee fine microphone podcast microphone sounds like but yeah something that I would definitely advise you to do is to invest in a microphone whether you're filming with a Tesla camera or with your mobile phone

you do want to invest in an external microphone to help with the audio quality next up tripods depending on what you're currently recording with your recording device that will determine the type of tripod you invest in so for instance this is a tripod for both mobile phone and compact camera however I cannot use this one for my DSLR camera you do need tripods to help with stabilizing your shots also needed to help secure and hold your camera in frame however if you do not have the budget for it it is okay it is fine something

you can do is to stack up you know couple of books or a couple of boxes and put your recording device and then start recording you have to make it work always make sure that whatever you are using to stabilize your recording device is sturdy again because your mobile phone your camera are investment and they are expensive something you always want to consider is your filming environment or your background now there are different types of backgrounds and I talk about this a lot in a lot of my videos again I'll have the link over here

whatever it is you want to make sure that it is at least tidy and clean Focus needs to be on you and less on what's going on behind mind you or around you okay so now it's post-production this is where we bring our content to life so in this section we're going to be doing all things related to editing I'm going to be showing you guys the basics on how to edit your videos personally I love using Final Cut Pro for all of my edits but for the purpose of this video I'm going to be

using cap cut which is a beginner friendly video editing software available on all mobile phones as well as on laptop and desktop so when it comes to editing there are five basic things I'm going to be walking you guys through that will help in elevating your content which are trimming slash cutting adding text adding effects or overlays adding your music as well as adding color adjustments the next thing you want to do is to create a folder and then import it into your editing app okay so I'm gonna go ahead and open up a new

project on capcodes and as you guys can see there are four layouts or four sections on here and this is for the media this is the player this is for the adjustment and this is a timeline so I'm going to go ahead and just import all the clips that I'm going to be working with what I typically do is just select all drag and drop onto my timeline amazing so now that we've successfully imported all the clips that we're going to be working with the next thing you want to do is to cut and trim

any mistakes any lags or any redundant Clips I want to be using for this video so this is a point whereby you want to delete and get straight to the point okay so to get our first draft what we're going to be doing is to cut trim and delete any redundant clip that we're not going to be working with right we want to get straight to the point and we want our content to be highly focused and highly detailed so any mistakes any blurs any you know lags you want to take it out and keep

the video content as focused and as detailed as possible so that's what I'm doing right now now adding text is another way to improve on your production value this helps in making your content SEMA look more engaging right so you can utilize the text over here and I'm going to show you exactly how I do that so I'm going to click on the text icon over here and just play around with the default text right this is the most basic that you can start off with right I'm going to go ahead to label all the

products that I showed off in this content something you can do is maybe add your name if you were creating content with someone you might want to like write the person's name whatever I is you might want to put the details in a text so that way you're able to retain your audience attention because again you're introducing a new element to the content to the video right so I'm just going to be labeling all this and you can go ahead to change the font size you can change the font itself you can change the color

of it you can play around with it you can even use a template right these are templates available in this editing app and it's so amazing I'm going to go ahead to click on one and just customize it and write whatever I want guys this is beginner friendly if you want more details um if you want a more detailed tutorial let me know but yeah this is what we are working with just introducing text element to our content now that already looks amazing so now what we're going to be doing to take this to another

level to bring this to life and action as well is to add some music as well as sound effects personally I love to create a Synergy between what you see and what you hear so that way it tells a story and it creates a reaction that way it makes the video more engaging so something as little as just zooming in and adding a sound effect to that and then zooming out and then adding a sound effect that makes a whole lot of difference also even adding text a sound effect to that just makes it more

engaging and thrilling right so for all our music and sound effects we're going to be using epidemic sound which are the sponsor of today's video to get you started on this journey I've partnered with epidemic sound to make this easy and accessible to everyone by using my discount code kelechi 50 you know only get a 30-day free trial but you get 50 off for the next two months which is amazing starting off on this YouTube Journey could be hard could be expensive could be difficult so providing you with resources like this just helps in getting

you through this process and getting you started at the same time so make sure you are taking advantage of this discount and you're taking advantage of this platform so I'm gonna go ahead and just download some sound effects that I feel like would work for my video content and apply that drag and drop that onto my timeline align it properly so it fits with the action that but you know I want to synchronize the sound width and yeah anything like whoosh Zooms in um clicks I love using elements like that and also drag and drop

my music onto my timeline and reduce the volume so that way it works now if you are filming a voice over this is where you would want to record your voice over click on that icon over there and maybe even use an external microphone and then record that so we want to add some effects some transition some overlays whatever you can add to help with elevating the production value of your video now you can add stickers you can add effects transitions you know overlays but I'm just going to be playing around with what we have

available here obviously you want to add a subscribe button and maybe play around with some arrows um some you know some elements that you can use to kind of help to tell your story so in this case I'm playing around with this arrow and it's just pointing at the product so it just makes sense right so so use all these elements to help tell your story and create your story and this is what it's looking like again you can play around with it add some effect add some transitions to it maybe add some bell icons

and see how it flows again this is where you are able to explore your creativity you can even add effects on here and these are what some of them look like right this is what this is what it looks like it has like a straw being flashing um effect to it and this is what it looks like so play around with it make sure it helps it enhances your story you don't want it to be overwhelming or overbearing right so these are some of the effects that you can play around with and I think it's

absolutely amazing especially since it's like beginner friendly right so I'm gonna add this Radiance effect because I feel like it's cool and I'm gonna use this just on the um relaxer kids box just to add a little bit of you know Pizzazz to it I guess and I like it so I'm also going to be adding my branding kit so you can go ahead and add yours at this time add your overlays your effect anything that you can add on to enhance your content so with color adjustment this is the last thing I typically do

I love to amplify and improve on my color right if you want to add a lot you can add a lot if you want to add a preset a theme whatever it is you can do this during this stage next up we're going to be adding a little bit of color adjustment or enhancement like I like to call it sometimes and I'm going to be adding that to my timeline now feel free to play around with this and let it fit your style and your aesthetic but what you can do at this point is that

you can add your own lot right as well as play around with some filters that comes with this app which is amazing because it's beginner friendly right so I'm going to be just focusing on the adjustments section and I'm going to be adjusting the Highlight the Shadow the you know saturation just play around with this because with this you can create your own custom presets depending on what your Aesthetics is like right some people like it Moody some people like it bright I like mine bright but not too oversaturated so play around with it and

let it soothe your own Aesthetics and way of editing I'm gonna drag that down to the end and we're done amazing so guys we are done with editing so next up I'm gonna let this render and then go ahead to export this so that way we can move on to the next section which is optimization so next up we are going to be exporting this file because we're done editing I'm going to be renaming this I'm going to add a different title we're going to title this DIY hair relaxer routine and make sure that all

the settings are correct it's in you whatever you filmed in make sure you're exporting in the same size and format right and yeah this is going to take about nine minutes I'm going to let this export now if you walk through this process with me that round of applause was definitely for you you have done an amazing job and I hope that this video serves as a guide and a building Stone to help you get better and better with your creation process it's content optimization and this is the final section right this is where we

upload we optimize we publish as well as promotes our content on YouTube so once you're done exporting your video content you want to go on to YouTube and upload this you also want to make sure that you are optimizing your videos as much as possible in order to gain visibility and discoverability note that YouTube is a search engine so make sure that you're optimizing it for search as well as Discovery so you want to optimize your title your description as well as your thumbnail now talking about thumbnails I do have a detailed video with regards

to how to create your thumbnails and I'll leave the link over here I walk you through step by step on how I create my own thumbnails in the way that it's catchy and that it gets clicks so once you are done with optimizing the content the next thing is to save and to hit the publish button once you've done that then congratulations you have succeeded in uploading an amazing YouTube video next up something that you might want to do is to promote this now you can definitely promote this to your friends your family or to

your existing audience and community on other platforms and get people watching the amazing thing is it only gets better from here once you upload the first one the next one and the next couple of ones are only going to keep getting better always remember to plan ahead you want to film with confidence and authenticity as well as edits with a lot of precision now if this video was helpful do let me know down in the comment section and if you feel like you have more questions with regards to how to film or how to edit

or you want me to dive deep into any topic let me also note down in the comment section if you are new here I do have a playlist list I do have a couple of videos to help you get started with creating and growing on YouTube and I hope that you guys take advantage of it and guys be sure to take advantage of epidemic sound and do not forget to use my discount code kelechi 50 for 30 day free trial and 50 of the next two months now that is amazing so be sure to take

advantage of it this is basically two month free trial so yeah I will see you in the next one till then make sure you stay amazing you get started with your YouTube journey and all the best bye guys [Music] thank you