Already on my tenth video! · Booking Big Fish Clients

James Makoni

May '23 • 🙌 Wins

Already on my tenth video!

Making videos is a whole different kinda fun.

Already on my tenth video in 2 weeks.

I generally aim for a minimum of 5 videos a week, though I have 2 more I shot but haven't edited yet.

My editing workflow is fully mobile and streamlined.

Doesn't take more than a few minutes to edit the clips and post them.

Sometimes when I have several ideas, I actually record them in a row and save them separately.

Once you get into a groove...

This stuff is fun.

Here's a few tips from my protocol:

1- wrote down all ideas into a notepad app on your phone.

2- batch record when possible, if you have plenty of ideas just record them sequence then upload day by day.

3- if you're going the editing route, keep your process as simple as possible. The more steps the more points for you to drop off. I edit exclusively in Filmora android (bought the perpetual license).

4- The only other app I use is Capcut for captions (capcut can autocaption videos and it's 100%, yay for VC money funding our tools!)

5- I use a Ringlight with a stand to hold my phone. I use a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra so the pen can be used to start recording remotely, allowing for a faster workflow.

6- I don't bother with fancy microphones, too much tech in the way.

7- A selfie stick with legs that can prop on a table is another useful tool I have. Makes it easy to just use any random table at home.

8- The Geometric pocket tripod is a credit card sized tripod for phones, and can fit in your wallet. This gives me a mini stand to mount my phone if I want to record out of the office.

9- Using music is a total minefield. I just make 2 final edits of my videos. One for TikTok without music, and one with music for everywhere else. TikTok will mute all videos longer than 2.5minutes with music. I just use creative commons attribution tracks from Lakey Inspired, and the 300 songs for creators I got from David Cutter (his whole discography is $10, free to use just credit him).

10- Have fun, be animated, dance a little before playing record and really get into the groove. How excited you are in the video is how excited your audience will be watching it.

....yeah, that's about it.

Here's to a lifetime of more videos!

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