Thank you for those kind words :) Just trying to document my findings as I’m learning and exploring things on youtube and filmmaking in general :) Hopefully with some likes and shares from people like you we’ll get the message out there :) Btw, I checked out some of your videos, loved the «The Weekend»-one :) You might wanna go into your video settings and turn off the «made for kids»-settings though - that particular setting actually limits the videos to an extent, and is meant for use only on videos made specifically *for* kids (which means youtube don’t show ads and do other weird stuff like turning off commenting) - so unless your videos are specifically targeted at kids that setting should be off :)
Hey man, thanks for watching, now that warms my heart cause this has to be the most editing I’ve done since the first video ;) Slicing it down from almost 15 minutes … still not satisfied though, *really* wanted to do some re-recording to tighten the delivery but … gonna have to apply that time to the next one :)
Thanks man :) We’ve all been there haven’t we, when the GoPro first arrived we used to tape it, put strips on it, even glue it when trying to capture that downhill longboarding and that skateboard shot, my problem is I never went past that phase ;)
Bravo Sir, one in the eye to all the kit marketing departments. I've worked in the "biz" for a few decades and I always say to folks that: "most, if not all, ideas for videos, tv programmes and movies all started as an idea that could be written on one side of a piece of paper."
Hahahaha :) Totally true, never underestimate the power of «the elevator pitch» :) (for those who don’t know: if an idea can’t be pitched during an elevator ride the idea is not simple and clear enough yet :) Thank’s for taking the time to watch and comment :)
This was TOO GOOD!! The message is absolutely on point and i think all of us get caught up with the gear cause that’s what we are consuming but the point of just starting is key! Start with what you got. You killed it! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks man :) For watching and taking time to comment :) I’m taking the advice of thousands of ‘tubers and just rolling with it, documenting things as I move along, happy you decided to ride along :)
This is probably the most useful video I have seen this month, and I've been watching a lot of tutorials on all sorts of things. Stop making excuses, use your brain, janky is fine, practice (do the thing!), and don't take yourself too serious. Oh, and cardboard can do pretty much anything. :-) I mean, that's not even confined to starting a channel! Any project, any stage! Now, 'scuse me I gotta go raid the back porch pile for some cardboard.
Loving this :D (Almost) anything can be solved with cardboard and tape, and some glue ;) More cardboardstuff coming up soon, have to redo my keylight in a v2, and make some wallmounted holders around my studiospace for filming, and a magnetic ceiling mount for filming almost anywhere in the shop ... cardboard all the way :) And your summary: golden, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :)
This is some of the best advice I've seen for beginners. I sat on the fence about this way too long. I remember the early days of Film Riot, and when Linus was still on NCIX thinking, I can do that, then I didn't. I found every excuse not to do it. I needed better gear. Linus can do that because he works for a computers store that loans him the products to review. I have a face for radio and a voice for print. Then I got a day job in IT that pays pretty well. Plus when 2020 hit, I had slowly amassed enough gear to start a side business in event streaming. Now I literally dont have time. All BS. Anyone that wants to start can. It takes motivation and saying I can instead of I can't. You got a hobby press record and film yourself doing it. Learn from what does and doesn't work, and grow. The only thing holding you back is you.
Thank you for those kind words :) and yeah, we should have and could have but didn’t - but then we did :) It’s all about just doing it and see where it takes us :)
Hahahaha, thanks for watching and commenting :) Hopefully time will make it spread, as well as the follow jo videos I’m working on for making a complete youtube «studio» from cardboard down the line ;)
By the way, I sent your video to all my friends - so they can also see there is no darn reason not to try - whatever it is they are trying... You're a good guy.
@@MyHomeVideosByPDWarner Wow, thanks :) Appreciate it :) I’m working on a couple of follow up videos now on how to handle the talking to camera/scripting bit to supplement the «put down your phone and record»-approach, just talking and recording while walking about a topic, *then* running it through chatGPT to organize it and clean up the structure of the content, and then creating a keyword/bullet point structure for use while recording. Removes the big hurdle for many of having to be good at writing things in a structured manner, making it easier to get to the recording stage. Having a structured script like that also takes a lot of the decision making out of the editing phase, allowing one to focus on learning the basic cutting and editing features of one’s chosen software, and then figuring out good audio once one has a couple of videos down :)
And... it's good to reuse stuff, friendly to the environment 🙂 as well! But you won't fool us it didn't take some real time to edit the video hehe.. Great stuff André!
You should see my selection and collection of cleaned and sorted takeaway boxes and lids I’ve saved for a special project since before the pandemic … it’ll probably feature in a future video ;) Reusing as much as possible is the goal, I’m always using old cardboard I’ve gotten to send goods to the roller skate shop customers, their stuff shows up in the post office in everything from old shoeboxes to weird packaging from japan :) As for the editing … I never said editing was easy did I ;) Just get going filming with the cardboard stand is the «easy» part, gonna have to do a separate video om the editing in a later video and how to make that «easy» as well … maybe ;)
If somebody gave me a dollar for every time I’ve stood there with my phone and thought: «Crap I wish I had a small tripod now» … Easy to make and easy to take with you everywhere you go :)
You should trademark "overhead cardboard holder thingy" it'd be a hit! Yeah the problem with me is that I have a small "hobby" budget that I allow myself for stuff like this then I make excuses and try throw money at the problem buying gear and stuff when my rational brain tells me that I just need to put in the time, edit the videos, and post these damn things. I've already accepted that my first 50-100 videos are going to be crap.. but I just need to do it so I can get the crap out of the way
Hia Ann :) First up, soooo sorry I haven't been able to reply to this comment before now, doing a *major* haul on catching up with comments today, and almost up to speed working my way backwards - so *thank you* for the nice words and taking the time to watch the videos and commenting :) Secondly: (is that even the right way to say it?) just watched your latest (and last for a while) video on your channel, seeing this comment reminded me that nothing of yours had popped up for a while, and that video: what an incredibly honest thing to put up there, out into the world - That thing is brutal. And very, very true for many people. Back in my "gaming days" I would spend soooo much time on that, until I one day just stopped. But: the thing is, we need you back on UA-cam, creating stuff, taking things to another level, that's just the way it is - we need to see what happens after the 31 days. So I have a suggestion: Do a youtube search for "heather ramires huddle up". Every wednesday a small group of creators, me included, meet over there for the wednesday live huddle up, it's an hour long, we discuss youtube, creating things, and sort of holding each other accountable for creating shit by logging what we want to do the coming week, and also checking in with wins every week - but there is noooooo pressure, nobody going "but you said" or "shouldn't you have" at all, it's all a very informal "cheering each other on" just setting plausible goals for ourselves (even though we track it in an open spreadsheet) it's more of a cheering group celebrating wins and helping each other stay on track. and if someone fails to achieve a goal? Try again next week, new week, new chance of nailing that goal :) It's also allowed to come visit and just lurk around in the shadows for a bit, just to see what it's all about, no need to show yourself in the comments or anything if you don't want to. It has helped me to stay "somewhat" on track the last 7-8 months, although, to be real, I haven't *yet* managed my own goal for this week, but there is still 1 hour left to the live today so I *might* have time to edit that video still - check out the live tab, that's where every wednesdays "live broadcast" lives and it starts in an hour :) - (me burstin' into the live chat 10 minutes before it ends exclaiming "I finished a video" is now a sort of standing joke ...). Anyway: Hope you are doing well all things considered, please think about lurking around a bit at the huddle up to see if it's for you and if it might trigger the urge to make some stuff, and take care :)
Great video brother! I made a DIY telepromter kit concept a while back ... I havent used it 😂I would love to see what a full camera gear room looks like but every bit of hardware is cardboard :)
Oooooh, sweet, and thanks :) I have been toying with the idea of a promoter myself since I’ve harvested 4-5 old phones from my family to test a couple of things, like a cheap multicam setup for recording and editing in davinci resolve using the multicam feature, and I thought about using one of the phones running a prompter script and making a cardboard prompter … as for the 100% cardboard studio … I have some plans … including studio backdrop as well … stay tuned the next couple of months ;)
Haha, you are a genius 😂 this is so good André! Keep it going, you will grow big with this stuff in no time 🤩 and the fact that you don’t take this seriously, will get you far, I believe 👍
You were the guy who thought my idea (it was my friends idea really) of dumping all my home videos online was the best idea you heard in years. so I came to check out your channel... thanks for that compliment. But like I said, I never wanted to do it - it was my friend who pestered and pestered me for six months (after she saw in those six months 130 of them that I sent her) to do it, that I said finally "fck it. okay, let me try it out. we'll see..." just wanted to say hello... so Hello. (this takes more time than I thought. i have like 258 videos uploaded so far - I have a total of a bit over 1,600 of them... this is work... let's put it that way... it's work...). although the content is made, uploading and setting the settings is not a 2 minute task... it's like 20 minutes a video. and I got other shit I gotta do also. this is a side thing for me - that's it. but it's really becoming a part of my life... so weird...
@@MyHomeVideosByPDWarner Hahaha, yeah I remember your name, and «Hello» and thanks for checking out the channel :) I’ll say it again, you’ve got a smart friend ;) For sure it’s lot’s of work, but now not only will your family and friends enjoy them, complete random strangers on the internets will too and you get some cold hard cash in your pocket for your work as well :D I bought a film scanner for my dad for christmas a couple of years ago, since they have thousands of family pictures on photo slides in the closet, he spent almost a month, every evening while watching tv, scanning those slides - keeping memories alive is a thankless job but somebody has to do it ;)
@@AndreSjoberg I think like your dad... someone's gotta do it... LOL!!!! AGAIN, your video, I feel, is so right on ... I wish I saw it years ago.... You make what seems difficult at first glance, to actually be something simple - that's greatness: making what looks complicated, easy.
@@MyHomeVideosByPDWarner Thanks man :) Probably the most important thing I’ve personally learned over the years is to not take things too seriously, myself included, and just do things - it’s how I ended up DJ’ing in between concerts for a week at a norwegian festival 20 years ago, learning to skateboard when nobody was skating and smuggling my first skateboards into norway from sweden (it was illegal in norway from 78 until 1989), drawing and public speaking in front of hundreds of people, not caring but still putting in an effort, and understanding the basic principles of things get you the first 80% of the way, which is usually enough to enjoy doing something :) Like with making movies, for the longest time I though my gear/camera was the problem, until 2018-ish where I discovered a youtube-video about the importance of lighting and *how* it should be used and how to balance the strength of different lights to create dark or light backgrounds relative to the light on the subject or object and suddenly everything «clicked» and the idea of actually doing something on youtube started to form, and then I kept experimenting until I pulled the trigger late last year :)
Hahaha, it’s «frugal living» but not as most people know it :) Keeping focus on the story is one of the benefits of keeping it low budget, but oh boy does it eat up time :) Stay tuned for another video coming up soon expanding on the lighting-situation, trying to «re-create» some of the bigger ‘tubers talking head setups on the lowest of budgets :) Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :)
Love the story in this! Great stuff!
Thanks man for watching and commenting, really appreciate it :) stay tuned for more crafty fun :)
Dude now all I want is cardboard! You know how light cardboard is! Maaaan!
“Instant fancy” hahaha
Hahaha, glad you liked it :) Cardboard works for *almost* anything on the cheap ;) Thinking about doing a follow up with «Toilet Roll Tube Lights» ;)
love the story and shots!
Thanks for watching :) More vids about the neverending story of trying to wrestle the studio/workshop into shape coming soon :)
@@AndreSjobergthats amazing! looking forward to it!!
Love this! Your a natural ⚡️
Gee, thanks man, and thanks for watching another one of my «creations» :) Just don’t latch on to that new buzzword … authentic ;)
😂😂😂 I love it! So simple, yet so genius! 👏🏻 And you’re right. There’s, absolutely, NO excuse, WHATsoever. Love your skate shop! ❤
This video should have more views. It’s the genuine struggle that prevents so many from starting.
Thank you for those kind words :) Just trying to document my findings as I’m learning and exploring things on youtube and filmmaking in general :) Hopefully with some likes and shares from people like you we’ll get the message out there :)
Btw, I checked out some of your videos, loved the «The Weekend»-one :)
You might wanna go into your video settings and turn off the «made for kids»-settings though - that particular setting actually limits the videos to an extent, and is meant for use only on videos made specifically *for* kids (which means youtube don’t show ads and do other weird stuff like turning off commenting) - so unless your videos are specifically targeted at kids that setting should be off :)
This video just needs SO MUCH MORE VIEWS!
Hahahahaha, thanks man :) Gonna have to make a follow up called «another piece of cardboard» then ;)
And thanks for sharing it, spreading the love for #onepieceofcardboard one share at a time :)
@@AndreSjoberg pleasure is all mine!
Your editing on this video is spot on, bro!
Hey man, thanks for watching, now that warms my heart cause this has to be the most editing I’ve done since the first video ;) Slicing it down from almost 15 minutes … still not satisfied though, *really* wanted to do some re-recording to tighten the delivery but … gonna have to apply that time to the next one :)
My first "selfie-stick" was literally a stick and an elasticband. I called it the "do-it-yourselfie-stick" 😅. Great work, another fantastic video!
Thanks man :) We’ve all been there haven’t we, when the GoPro first arrived we used to tape it, put strips on it, even glue it when trying to capture that downhill longboarding and that skateboard shot, my problem is I never went past that phase ;)
Just what I need, thanks André.
You're welcome :) And thanks for taking the time to watch and comment, much appreciated :)
Yup, we have all been making way too many excuses for way too long. Thanks for this sir.
@@ranplan That’s the spirit :)
Bravo Sir, one in the eye to all the kit marketing departments. I've worked in the "biz" for a few decades and I always say to folks that: "most, if not all, ideas for videos, tv programmes and movies all started as an idea that could be written on one side of a piece of paper."
Hahahaha :) Totally true, never underestimate the power of «the elevator pitch» :) (for those who don’t know: if an idea can’t be pitched during an elevator ride the idea is not simple and clear enough yet :)
Thank’s for taking the time to watch and comment :)
This was TOO GOOD!! The message is absolutely on point and i think all of us get caught up with the gear cause that’s what we are consuming but the point of just starting is key! Start with what you got.
You killed it! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks man :) For watching and taking time to comment :) I’m taking the advice of thousands of ‘tubers and just rolling with it, documenting things as I move along, happy you decided to ride along :)
Get this on trending
This is probably the most useful video I have seen this month, and I've been watching a lot of tutorials on all sorts of things.
Stop making excuses, use your brain, janky is fine, practice (do the thing!), and don't take yourself too serious.
Oh, and cardboard can do pretty much anything. :-)
I mean, that's not even confined to starting a channel! Any project, any stage!
Now, 'scuse me I gotta go raid the back porch pile for some cardboard.
Loving this :D (Almost) anything can be solved with cardboard and tape, and some glue ;) More cardboardstuff coming up soon, have to redo my keylight in a v2, and make some wallmounted holders around my studiospace for filming, and a magnetic ceiling mount for filming almost anywhere in the shop ... cardboard all the way :) And your summary: golden, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :)
This is some of the best advice I've seen for beginners.
I sat on the fence about this way too long. I remember the early days of Film Riot, and when Linus was still on NCIX thinking, I can do that, then I didn't.
I found every excuse not to do it. I needed better gear. Linus can do that because he works for a computers store that loans him the products to review. I have a face for radio and a voice for print.
Then I got a day job in IT that pays pretty well. Plus when 2020 hit, I had slowly amassed enough gear to start a side business in event streaming. Now I literally dont have time. All BS.
Anyone that wants to start can. It takes motivation and saying I can instead of I can't. You got a hobby press record and film yourself doing it. Learn from what does and doesn't work, and grow.
The only thing holding you back is you.
Thank you for those kind words :) and yeah, we should have and could have but didn’t - but then we did :) It’s all about just doing it and see where it takes us :)
This was a great video and a lot of fun!
Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment :) I had a lot of fun making that one, more cardboard fun coming up in the future :)
UA-cam decided I needed to see this, and I have to say, this was a fantastic video and great message! subscribed and shared!
Hahaha, thanks for taking the time to watch, glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for sharing :)
This is gold mate! Scandalous how this doesnt have more views. New sub from me.
Hahahaha, thanks for watching and commenting :) Hopefully time will make it spread, as well as the follow jo videos I’m working on for making a complete youtube «studio» from cardboard down the line ;)
This is a great "how to video"! Seriously.
@@MyHomeVideosByPDWarner Hahaha, thanks man :) Thanks for taking the trip over here to the channel :)
By the way, I sent your video to all my friends - so they can also see there is no darn reason not to try - whatever it is they are trying... You're a good guy.
@@MyHomeVideosByPDWarner Wow, thanks :) Appreciate it :) I’m working on a couple of follow up videos now on how to handle the talking to camera/scripting bit to supplement the «put down your phone and record»-approach, just talking and recording while walking about a topic, *then* running it through chatGPT to organize it and clean up the structure of the content, and then creating a keyword/bullet point structure for use while recording. Removes the big hurdle for many of having to be good at writing things in a structured manner, making it easier to get to the recording stage. Having a structured script like that also takes a lot of the decision making out of the editing phase, allowing one to focus on learning the basic cutting and editing features of one’s chosen software, and then figuring out good audio once one has a couple of videos down :)
I found you via a comment you left on one of Darren Naylor’s videos.
Aaaaaah, I see :) Darren makes some wonderfull videos, I hope to be able to match his quality and delivery when I grow up :) Glad to have you here :)
And... it's good to reuse stuff, friendly to the environment 🙂 as well! But you won't fool us it didn't take some real time to edit the video hehe.. Great stuff André!
You should see my selection and collection of cleaned and sorted takeaway boxes and lids I’ve saved for a special project since before the pandemic … it’ll probably feature in a future video ;) Reusing as much as possible is the goal, I’m always using old cardboard I’ve gotten to send goods to the roller skate shop customers, their stuff shows up in the post office in everything from old shoeboxes to weird packaging from japan :)
As for the editing … I never said editing was easy did I ;) Just get going filming with the cardboard stand is the «easy» part, gonna have to do a separate video om the editing in a later video and how to make that «easy» as well … maybe ;)
Home made phone stand😅 Smart👍
If somebody gave me a dollar for every time I’ve stood there with my phone and thought: «Crap I wish I had a small tripod now» … Easy to make and easy to take with you everywhere you go :)
You should trademark "overhead cardboard holder thingy" it'd be a hit! Yeah the problem with me is that I have a small "hobby" budget that I allow myself for stuff like this then I make excuses and try throw money at the problem buying gear and stuff when my rational brain tells me that I just need to put in the time, edit the videos, and post these damn things. I've already accepted that my first 50-100 videos are going to be crap.. but I just need to do it so I can get the crap out of the way
Hia Ann :) First up, soooo sorry I haven't been able to reply to this comment before now, doing a *major* haul on catching up with comments today, and almost up to speed working my way backwards - so *thank you* for the nice words and taking the time to watch the videos and commenting :)
Secondly: (is that even the right way to say it?) just watched your latest (and last for a while) video on your channel, seeing this comment reminded me that nothing of yours had popped up for a while, and that video: what an incredibly honest thing to put up there, out into the world - That thing is brutal. And very, very true for many people. Back in my "gaming days" I would spend soooo much time on that, until I one day just stopped.
But: the thing is, we need you back on UA-cam, creating stuff, taking things to another level, that's just the way it is - we need to see what happens after the 31 days.
So I have a suggestion:
Do a youtube search for "heather ramires huddle up".
Every wednesday a small group of creators, me included, meet over there for the wednesday live huddle up, it's an hour long, we discuss youtube, creating things, and sort of holding each other accountable for creating shit by logging what we want to do the coming week, and also checking in with wins every week - but there is noooooo pressure, nobody going "but you said" or "shouldn't you have" at all, it's all a very informal "cheering each other on" just setting plausible goals for ourselves (even though we track it in an open spreadsheet) it's more of a cheering group celebrating wins and helping each other stay on track. and if someone fails to achieve a goal? Try again next week, new week, new chance of nailing that goal :)
It's also allowed to come visit and just lurk around in the shadows for a bit, just to see what it's all about, no need to show yourself in the comments or anything if you don't want to. It has helped me to stay "somewhat" on track the last 7-8 months, although, to be real, I haven't *yet* managed my own goal for this week, but there is still 1 hour left to the live today so I *might* have time to edit that video still - check out the live tab, that's where every wednesdays "live broadcast" lives and it starts in an hour :) - (me burstin' into the live chat 10 minutes before it ends exclaiming "I finished a video" is now a sort of standing joke ...).
Anyway: Hope you are doing well all things considered, please think about lurking around a bit at the huddle up to see if it's for you and if it might trigger the urge to make some stuff, and take care :)
Great video brother! I made a DIY telepromter kit concept a while back ... I havent used it 😂I would love to see what a full camera gear room looks like but every bit of hardware is cardboard :)
Oooooh, sweet, and thanks :) I have been toying with the idea of a promoter myself since I’ve harvested 4-5 old phones from my family to test a couple of things, like a cheap multicam setup for recording and editing in davinci resolve using the multicam feature, and I thought about using one of the phones running a prompter script and making a cardboard prompter … as for the 100% cardboard studio … I have some plans … including studio backdrop as well … stay tuned the next couple of months ;)
Haha, you are a genius 😂 this is so good André! Keep it going, you will grow big with this stuff in no time 🤩 and the fact that you don’t take this seriously, will get you far, I believe 👍
Hahahahaha, thanks man, appreciate it :) We'll just have to see then, time will show if it works or not ;)
You were the guy who thought my idea (it was my friends idea really) of dumping all my home videos online was the best idea you heard in years. so I came to check out your channel... thanks for that compliment. But like I said, I never wanted to do it - it was my friend who pestered and pestered me for six months (after she saw in those six months 130 of them that I sent her) to do it, that I said finally "fck it. okay, let me try it out. we'll see..." just wanted to say hello... so Hello. (this takes more time than I thought. i have like 258 videos uploaded so far - I have a total of a bit over 1,600 of them... this is work... let's put it that way... it's work...). although the content is made, uploading and setting the settings is not a 2 minute task... it's like 20 minutes a video. and I got other shit I gotta do also. this is a side thing for me - that's it. but it's really becoming a part of my life... so weird...
@@MyHomeVideosByPDWarner Hahaha, yeah I remember your name, and «Hello» and thanks for checking out the channel :) I’ll say it again, you’ve got a smart friend ;) For sure it’s lot’s of work, but now not only will your family and friends enjoy them, complete random strangers on the internets will too and you get some cold hard cash in your pocket for your work as well :D
I bought a film scanner for my dad for christmas a couple of years ago, since they have thousands of family pictures on photo slides in the closet, he spent almost a month, every evening while watching tv, scanning those slides - keeping memories alive is a thankless job but somebody has to do it ;)
@@AndreSjoberg I think like your dad... someone's gotta do it... LOL!!!! AGAIN, your video, I feel, is so right on ... I wish I saw it years ago.... You make what seems difficult at first glance, to actually be something simple - that's greatness: making what looks complicated, easy.
@@MyHomeVideosByPDWarner Thanks man :) Probably the most important thing I’ve personally learned over the years is to not take things too seriously, myself included, and just do things - it’s how I ended up DJ’ing in between concerts for a week at a norwegian festival 20 years ago, learning to skateboard when nobody was skating and smuggling my first skateboards into norway from sweden (it was illegal in norway from 78 until 1989), drawing and public speaking in front of hundreds of people, not caring but still putting in an effort, and understanding the basic principles of things get you the first 80% of the way, which is usually enough to enjoy doing something :)
Like with making movies, for the longest time I though my gear/camera was the problem, until 2018-ish where I discovered a youtube-video about the importance of lighting and *how* it should be used and how to balance the strength of different lights to create dark or light backgrounds relative to the light on the subject or object and suddenly everything «clicked» and the idea of actually doing something on youtube started to form, and then I kept experimenting until I pulled the trigger late last year :)
Really nice video! 😊 So simple and yet so effective ☺️👍🏻
Thanks man :) Simplicity is king (until shit get’s *really* complicated ;)
Got enough cardboard?
Think you could fill your office even more!
I need to come live with you while I’m on my low budget content creator journey 😂😂😂
Hahaha, it’s «frugal living» but not as most people know it :) Keeping focus on the story is one of the benefits of keeping it low budget, but oh boy does it eat up time :) Stay tuned for another video coming up soon expanding on the lighting-situation, trying to «re-create» some of the bigger ‘tubers talking head setups on the lowest of budgets :) Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :)