Is there anyone who has never ever watched a Vlog or video blog on YouTube? Is there anyone who has not searched for product and services reviews on YouTube? Don’t you feel, even our searches have moved from Google search to YouTube these days? Even for some simple reviews, we are trusting more on Vlogs. This is because we are now more fond of watching than reading as we can visually and mindfully connect to it rather than just reading and imaging it out.
Did You Know? Mind Are More Programmed For Vlogs
As per a survey, around 6 billion hours of videos are watched on YouTube per month. Around 90% of mobile users are constantly watching and sharing videos every 5 minutes. As per the mobile usage, 85% of the people spend their maximum hours on watching videos than reading.
But, this does not mean blogs are of less importance if blogs are the rocket then vlogs or video blogging are the fuel to the rockets. Its very simple when we read an article our mind is busy imaging up whatever we are reading. That’s great when we are reading some novel or stories as we can have our own space of mind there, but when an article is meant for any product or service it is very much important to make your audience relate and connect to your own vision and idea, you want them to understand and catch up.
This is only possible when you have a vlog or a video blog. The human brain can retain only 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear and 80% of what we can see, hear, and experience. That is enough to buy into why video blogs are so in demand for marketing.
Want To Start Your Own Vlog??? Still Thinking!!!
Still in a dilemma of starting your own Vlog? We totally get you, there are many questions boggling your mind like ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘where’ to start… Right??? As there can be millions of thoughts to stop you, there is a simple thing to understand the digital world is now getting overpowered with vlog marketing all you need to wear is your confidence. So why don’t you just let yourself free from all your fears and get-go with your passion for video vlogging?
5 Essential Tools For Starting Your First Vlog
Till now we have done enough boosting for you, now we would help you in setting up your vlog from scratch with these 5 essential tools
Camera
IPhone 
GoPro
Yes, the most essential one you need to have is a camera or to ease you up a bit you may have a smartphone with good camera features to start with. Nowadays, most of the smartphone has quite good camera specs that can produce good quality videos. A camera or a smartphone having high-quality video camera features will lend you up in making better videos. Moreover, it also depends on the type of content your video will cover if it is more of an outdoor and in the movement like the travel or sports/activity vlogs action camera needs to be taken into consideration. Action cameras like GoPro are more on the go cameras that bring your videos to life by letting your viewers experience the real spiritedness of your video even when you are cycling the rugged terrain, diving underwater, bungee jumping the cliffs. But if you are more into indoor videos like describing or reviewing any product or service its good to start with your good quality smartphone camera.
Microphone
Yeti
Video with bad audio is a big NO-NO. Choosing a good microphone for your audio recording is as essential as choosing a camera. Audio has the power to make and break the video. When you are Vlogging it’s obvious you will have your speech on it and if the audio quality is not good people will not continue with your video and will not subscribe to your channel.
A good microphone for vlogging has to subdue the surrounding noise and make your voice as clear as possible. For beginners, you may start with your camera microphone just make sure there is the least possible background noise. You may also use Dynamic microphones for clarity audio recordings as it cuts down the background noise well.
There is another one Lavalier microphone tiny in size and can be clipped on your clothes near to your mouth. It also provides clarity recording with noise reduction, the only disadvantage is you won’t be able to move much with the wired clipped mic on your clothes, or else it might catch up the mic friction sound. There are also smart device microphones that can be mounted on your camera or smartphone or headset and can record high-quality audio for complete clarity.
Stands
Tripod
As you will be occupied with your content and video making you need someone to hold your camera or smartphone for shooting. No, you don’t need another person, this can be done all alone if you have a mobile phone stand or tripod to take care of your camera. You may find many mobile phone selfie stand that can be used as support. For indoor shooting with a camera, choosing a good tripod will be a better idea. Another one is Gorillapod, which is a flexible tripod, it is a very compact one with high flexibility and can be managed in all possible directions. It is capable of holding smartphones to DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. For an action camera, you may mount it anywhere and it is ready to shoot on the go.
Lightning
Ring Light
To start with, beginners can use their room light or sunlight entering the room only by facing the correct angle. To get into a bit more professional mode there are many LED Ring lights available online within budget. V Flat is another tool for the lightning effect, this is actually a reflector that reflects light on to your desired position adding lightning effects to the video.
Video Editing Tools
Once you are done with your video shoot, the most crucial task is editing the video perfectly. There are few free video editing tools like Windows Movie Maker for Windows and iMovie for Mac. You may also opt for premium video editors like Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro where you may get the best results with fewer efforts. Video editing is a learning process the more you work on it the more you will learn, and each time your videos will come out to be better than the previous.
These basic essentials you will need to start your vlog along with your confidence. Just remember the most central and foremost thing is the ‘content‘. If you are able to create good content with these listed additional vlog essentials you are all set to create magic in the digital world. So, don’t let the fire die within let it enlighten the world.
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