Is it possible to make video blogs cinematic and artsy?
I have always been the one, who wanted to be on the other side of Youtube. Vlogging was always a part of my life, but only until recently I became more confident in myself, so that I could make videos myself. Obviously long time before that I had to watch loads of them and to be honest I do still watch them. I have more than 100 subscriptions on Youtube, that's my guilty pleasure. As I have a lot of watching experience, I can try to explain what's for me cinematic vlogging.
Cinematic vlogging is extremely hard. Because not only you have to think about the narrative of the story, you are telling, but also you have to think about cinematography, it's aesthetic and meaning. That's what nearly impossible, because when you try to capture your everyday life it's hard to think about cinematography, as a lot of stuff happens really fast and there's no time to analyse - you just have to record the moment.
But there are certain people on the internet (and I have to stress that they are Youtube filmmakers), that managed to nail it.
I will start with my role model, as she is the woman filmmaker, which is hard to find nowadays. Her name is Hazel and the reason why I decided to show her work is her series "Time of the Month". During whole month she records her life, then reflects on it and edits in a beautiful video. There is may be not that many perfect cinematographic shots, but she tells her story amazingly! My personal favourite video from that series is August. It is emotional, has an artsy intro with a deep meaning and a beautiful cinematographic decisions and also a brilliant editing.
Hazel is not the only person, who does this sort of the videos. There tons of Youtubers with monthly vlogs. But she is my favourite so far.
There are also bloggers who do amazing travelling blogs. With traveling it is much easier, because you usually have a lot more time to think about constructing the story. Jack Howard for example (one more inspiration of mine, yes) does them really well. Obviously as a filmmaker. I don't know how, but he always creates an amazing narrative and edits the whole thing in a perfect video. Is that magic or a superpower? xD
The whole Youtube topic is overwhelming for me. I can talk about it for hours, but it is really hard to write. Making usual vlogs cinematic is hard, because essentially they are just videos from people's bedrooms. But it is possible to bring them to a new level. Even normal vlogs with talking to a camera. You can easily make them more cinematic by adding some more relatable shots or may be creating a sketch (if the channel is a comedy one). But anyway it is a lot of work.
Cinematic vlogging is extremely hard. Because not only you have to think about the narrative of the story, you are telling, but also you have to think about cinematography, it's aesthetic and meaning. That's what nearly impossible, because when you try to capture your everyday life it's hard to think about cinematography, as a lot of stuff happens really fast and there's no time to analyse - you just have to record the moment.
But there are certain people on the internet (and I have to stress that they are Youtube filmmakers), that managed to nail it.
I will start with my role model, as she is the woman filmmaker, which is hard to find nowadays. Her name is Hazel and the reason why I decided to show her work is her series "Time of the Month". During whole month she records her life, then reflects on it and edits in a beautiful video. There is may be not that many perfect cinematographic shots, but she tells her story amazingly! My personal favourite video from that series is August. It is emotional, has an artsy intro with a deep meaning and a beautiful cinematographic decisions and also a brilliant editing.
Hazel is not the only person, who does this sort of the videos. There tons of Youtubers with monthly vlogs. But she is my favourite so far.
There are also bloggers who do amazing travelling blogs. With traveling it is much easier, because you usually have a lot more time to think about constructing the story. Jack Howard for example (one more inspiration of mine, yes) does them really well. Obviously as a filmmaker. I don't know how, but he always creates an amazing narrative and edits the whole thing in a perfect video. Is that magic or a superpower? xD
The whole Youtube topic is overwhelming for me. I can talk about it for hours, but it is really hard to write. Making usual vlogs cinematic is hard, because essentially they are just videos from people's bedrooms. But it is possible to bring them to a new level. Even normal vlogs with talking to a camera. You can easily make them more cinematic by adding some more relatable shots or may be creating a sketch (if the channel is a comedy one). But anyway it is a lot of work.
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