Things You'll Need:
- A recent computer, such as a PC that runs Windows XP or a Mac OS X
- High Speed Internet connection
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Step 1
Write a list of topics that you want to cover in your video blog. You can also decide what kind of blog fits your video blogging ideas and style. You may want a free-flowing unstructured video blog, called a reality blog. Or if the idea of unstructured sends you screaming up a wall, how about a planned video blog. Decide first what type of video blog you want to set up. Do you want a polished and planned video blog or a “comes from the gut level” blog? The video blog must fit your vision and style in order to succeed and attract viewers and other bloggers’ responses. If you think your video blog is awful and you don’t want to view it, then why would other people tune into your video blog. Be a critic about what you want to present.
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Step 2
There are large and growing numbers of video-editing programs. If you have a PC, Windows XP has Windows Movie Maker. It is a simple tool for creating and editing movies. If you have a Macintosh OS X, then you will be using iMovie. Either way, get familiar with your camcorder and the software on your computer. Re-read all the instructions that came with your camcorder and your digital camera. Frustration overtakes and destroys any project when you forget to check out everything on your camcorder and your computer to ensure that you are good to go. Forgetting to click Save or Copy causes people to stop and break into monumental temper tantrums when a simple Save or Copy would prevented many problems.
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Step 3
Download the uncut, unedited video from your camera, camcorder or whatever source you have chosen, to your computer. Begin editing the raw video or photos to a video-editing program and convert these images to a web-ready file format. When you are satisfied with your video, convert the edited video to a web-ready file format. Don’t take editing lightly. The finished product will hopefully get viewed by a large audience
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Step 4
Get a free video hosting account. Start looking at other people’s video blogs. Be sure to post your video to an RSS-enabled blog on the Internet. You can use Windows Media Player, QuickTime, and Flash as your file players. One important thing to remember when you post your video blog on the Internet with video file players is the compression. A video file has to be compressed or the file will be too large for anyone to download and watch. The three file players I named are your best bets as a newbie to get your file compressed and watched.
