Doll Armature Video Tutorial!

I've finally finished my doll armature video tutorial! This video took a long time to make because I had to re-record the voiceover several times until it sounded okay. I'm not sure if it's my sound equipment of my actual voice, but when I talk naturally I sound to myself like a very little girl talking through a very big stuffy nose and when I attempt the Batman/Rorshcach voice I sound more like a normal person. I still ended up sounding more sad and bored than I should have, but I should get better at this with more practice.

The little tripod was a huge help for getting a better angle on the work while I'm doing it. In the past I just used the built-in webcam on my laptop, meant I had to hold everything up to the screen while I was working on it and my arms got tired! That inexpensive little tripod was definitely worth the small investment!

I've tried my hand at making videos a couple times in the past with "okay" results. I used to try and do the audio and visual stuff all at once, which makes editing nearly impossible and lets in a lot of awkward background noise, like when I accidentally kick a table leg or drop something. This time, I broke the process up into multiple steps that took a lot longer but also yielded much better results:
      1. I filmed the construction process of the project without talking at all.
      2. I plugged my camera into my computer and brought the video into iMovie. Then I separated the audio (just background noise like the clock ticking and me scooting supplies across the table) from the video and deleted all that.
      3. Next I used iMovie to record a voice-over describing the process shown in the video. This made it much easier to edit the sound and video independently of each other, and eliminated any unnecessary background noise because I was able to keep completely still since I didn't need to build the project while talking about it. This also let me easily re-record the audio when I needed and eliminated a lot of stuttering since I am not the best at trying to work and talk at the same time!
      4. Lastly, I added in background music with a title and credits.

Well, that's about it. I hope this helps someone like me who is trying to figure out how to get started on Youtube. Or, if a Youtube expert sees this and has any tips on how I could do better, let me know (nicely, of course)!

Without further ado, here is my new tutorial!

I'll see you next week, with dreams of dolls and video editing!