Secrets to Consistent Content Creation

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[00:10] success isn't about greatness it's about

[00:13] consistency consistent hard work leads

[00:15] to success and greatness will come or J

[00:18] aside if you want to be a Creator on

[00:20] this platform and find some success in

[00:22] that consistency is definitely the key

[00:24] with that I'm sure that you felt that

[00:26] creating consistent content might feel a

[00:28] little bit impossible but you know in

[00:30] 2024 this year I have created 96 videos

[00:35] yeah 96 videos so today I wanted to

[00:38] share six tips that help me keep

[00:39] organized and consistent with creating

[00:41] content on YouTube and no I haven't lost

[00:43] my mind yet so let's head to the office

[00:45] and get into

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[00:54] it okay we're going to get straight into

[00:56] it and there's going to be a lot of

[00:58] talking so if you're interested bring

[01:00] out a notebook and Pen I'm sure there

[01:01] will be a couple of ideas that you can

[01:03] write down here we're going to get into

[01:05] the first topic though which is

[01:06] pre-production and idea generating being

[01:09] consistent means that you have to create

[01:11] a lot and creating a lot means that

[01:13] you'll need to have a lot of things to

[01:15] create so I like to sit down and

[01:17] generate a bunch of ideas and pre-plan

[01:19] some of those ideas into videos I've

[01:21] noticed that the creative part of your

[01:23] brain turns on at the most random times

[01:25] especially when you're doing nothing

[01:26] that's why I keep a notebook on me so I

[01:28] can always jot down these ideas on onto

[01:30] paper so I can turn these ideas into

[01:32] something in the future even though I

[01:33] nearly made 100 videos this year I am

[01:35] also human and sometimes when I sit down

[01:37] I don't really get the ideas coming to

[01:39] me this is when I lean on AI for

[01:41] assistance use AI as a form of support

[01:43] in these moments to then generate ideas

[01:46] which can help you come up with your own

[01:48] ones from them now once you have those

[01:50] ideas turning them into actual videos

[01:53] takes a lot of effort and this is where

[01:54] pre-production really helps now try this

[01:57] out write out all your ideas on paper

[01:59] this gives you Bird's ey view of your

[02:00] possible videos from your ideas and you

[02:03] can clearly see which videos will work

[02:04] together and decide on the best approach

[02:06] for filming and content flow proper

[02:08] planning and organization gets you a

[02:10] long way when it comes to video creation

[02:12] and creating consistently can feel quite

[02:14] overwhelming so I definitely recommend

[02:16] you try this

[02:22] out so I was just editing one of my

[02:25] reals and I came across a problem I

[02:27] wanted to create this short form video

[02:29] to show case this new candle that I got

[02:31] however I realized that after I filmed

[02:33] that I didn't leave enough head room

[02:35] above my head to leave any text in this

[02:37] particular situation what I want to do

[02:39] is expand the scene to allow more text

[02:41] above my head and for this I'm going to

[02:43] use adobe's generative expand the trick

[02:46] here is I'm firstly going to take a

[02:48] screenshot of the video and import it

[02:50] into photoshop with the same resolution

[02:52] of the video project and here I'm going

[02:53] to Simply expand the scene as much as I

[02:55] want here I'm going to use a simple

[02:57] prompt just to expand the background now

[02:59] after the the expansion I can use the

[03:01] selection brush tool to manually adjust

[03:03] any specific part of the image that I

[03:05] think needs fixing this is perfect for

[03:07] detailing or cleaning up any specific

[03:09] areas that the expansion may have not

[03:11] Blended perfectly now once we have done

[03:13] this the second trick here is to export

[03:15] this as a PNG file this will allow you

[03:17] to Overlay your image or your new

[03:19] background on top of your original video

[03:21] and now I can complete this video by

[03:23] adding the text above my head now this

[03:25] is a situation I come across quite often

[03:27] so having a tool as powerful as Adobe

[03:29] Photoshop just ensures that you can

[03:30] create the video exactly how you'd like

[03:33] it even if you didn't shoot it perfectly

[03:34] at that time it's important to remember

[03:36] that the key to stay consistent is to

[03:38] work efficiently not harder back to work

[03:42] now the second point I want to talk

[03:43] about today is being efficient while

[03:45] shooting you've done your planning and

[03:47] pre-production and now you at the point

[03:49] where you are shooting your video my

[03:51] personal video settings are quite heavy

[03:52] and they take up a lot of space so when

[03:54] I'm shooting I try to be as effective as

[03:56] possible I don't want to overshoot

[03:58] because firstly that takes up more time

[04:00] but it also takes up more storage space

[04:03] and when you're shooting consistently

[04:05] storage space becomes a problem so while

[04:07] I'm shooting I like to outline a few

[04:08] certain key shots in the pre-production

[04:11] phase so that when I'm shooting it's

[04:13] very easy I know what I need and then

[04:15] once I've shot it that's it it's done

[04:17] I'm sure we are all very busy people so

[04:19] saving time while shooting gives you

[04:21] more time to then edit and do other

[04:24] parts of the whole video creation

[04:25] process another key tip for shooting

[04:27] especially when creating reels is to

[04:30] batch film your content let's say you

[04:32] pre-produce three videos a series

[04:34] perhaps and by batch filming these three

[04:36] videos you're going to save time on

[04:38] setting up and shooting again and you

[04:40] can just edit all these three and then

[04:41] schedule them for different days of

[04:43] posting this might sound pretty obvious

[04:44] but it is a great time saer now this

[04:47] next tip is something that you should

[04:48] definitely ingrain into your workflow

[04:50] and it is file management and

[04:52] organization I film things with my

[04:54] camera my phone every single day and to

[04:57] keep on top of things at the end of

[04:58] every day I take SD card I put it in my

[05:01] computer and I organize the footage

[05:04] being meticulous in organizing your

[05:06] footage will save you hours and hours of

[05:09] time when it comes to it now how I do

[05:11] this is I have a separate folder for

[05:12] each project and within that folder I

[05:14] have a footage folder which will then

[05:16] separate into different days and the

[05:19] different camera this way if I'm looking

[05:20] for a specific file I know which camera

[05:22] I shut it on I know which day I sh it on

[05:24] and it'll be much easier to locate it

[05:26] when I'm working in the editing software

[05:28] having each folder separated into its

[05:30] own category makes it ridiculously easy

[05:33] to then edit chronologically as a lot of

[05:35] my videos of Vlogs having a

[05:36] chronological timeline makes a lot of

[05:38] sense for me and if I don't need to

[05:40] worry about putting the footage in the

[05:41] correct order then this has already

[05:43] saved me quite a bit of time now in this

[05:46] project folder for everything else that

[05:47] I need in my video there is definitely a

[05:49] dedicated folder for it such as

[05:51] screenshots and thumbnail pictures

[05:53] overlays that I draw on my iPad

[05:54] miscellaneous things music I'm sure you

[05:57] get the idea another great thing about

[05:59] organ izing your files correctly is that

[06:01] sometimes I have to find a specific clip

[06:03] from a previous video and when I need to

[06:05] do that then I know where it is exactly

[06:08] I think pulling clips from previous

[06:09] video has a very high value especially

[06:11] for returning viewers so I love doing

[06:14] this in videos and I think it is a great

[06:15] thing it might be a little tedious to do

[06:17] this but once you ingrain this into your

[06:19] workflow trust me you will thank

[06:21] yourself later now that you have shot

[06:23] your video and you have your files

[06:24] organized the next step is of course

[06:26] editing your video now there are a lot

[06:28] of time saving editing tips out there

[06:30] but I want to talk about one in

[06:32] particular which is color coordinating

[06:34] your Clips you can color coordinate your

[06:36] Clips so that you create a visual road

[06:38] map for yourself which will help you

[06:40] when editing a video sometimes I find it

[06:42] a bit intimidating when there is a lot

[06:44] of footage especially when creating

[06:46] longer form videos for YouTube so by

[06:48] color coding the different clips on your

[06:49] timeline for different sections makes

[06:51] your whole edit a lot more digestible

[06:54] for example let's say you're making a

[06:55] vlog over a week There's an introduction

[06:57] section where you're making coffee

[06:59] there's a middle section where you're

[07:00] out in the city doing something with

[07:01] your friend and then at the end there is

[07:03] a talking segment where you're back at

[07:04] home chatting about some updates or

[07:06] pickups I'd color code these different

[07:08] colors on the timeline just so I know

[07:10] when I'm looking at it at an overall

[07:11] ground scheme there are three sections

[07:13] and they're all separate so when it

[07:15] comes to the next step of chopping the

[07:16] footage up and sorting it into place

[07:18] it's a lot easier to understand I also

[07:20] make sure that the clips where I'm

[07:21] talking to the camera the dialogue I

[07:23] highlight these as they are the more

[07:24] important parts of the video now I'll

[07:26] give you another tip when it comes to

[07:28] editing videos and for me personally

[07:30] this is by creating the spine of my

[07:32] video first not sure if there is a

[07:34] proper term for this but I call it the

[07:35] spine this is where you create the backb

[07:38] of your video first if you have dialogue

[07:40] Clips or crucial key points in the video

[07:42] I've laid this out on the timeline first

[07:44] sort out the music situation sort of

[07:46] have an understanding of how the video

[07:48] is going to flow before adding all the

[07:51] b-roll Clips in between to then fill in

[07:53] the gaps I've also heard this being

[07:55] called a radio edit I personally think

[07:57] that if you're editing chronologically

[07:59] like a Vlog this will save you a lot of

[08:01] time because that first step of editing

[08:03] deciding how you want to create the

[08:04] video is usually the hardest so just to

[08:07] recap real quick when you have your

[08:08] files organized you can easily import

[08:10] them onto your video timeline and while

[08:12] they're categorized are already you can

[08:14] color coordinate them to different

[08:16] colors so that you can understand what's

[08:17] going on and from that you can then

[08:20] create the spine of your video and then

[08:23] you can insert everything else to then

[08:26] create your video it sounds a little

[08:27] complicated but this is how I simp

[08:29] simplify my whole editing process to be

[08:31] able to create videos consistently

[08:33] without wasting too much time on the

[08:36] actual edit now the last tip I want to

[08:38] give you guys this is for the hustlers

[08:39] out there this is for the people who

[08:41] want to maximize their efficiency when

[08:43] it comes to content creation and that is

[08:46] effectively maximizing the footage that

[08:48] you have shot now what I mean by this is

[08:50] that if you've created videos for

[08:52] YouTube for instance you can repurpose

[08:54] the clips that you've already shot for

[08:56] then posting on Instagram Tik Tok and

[08:59] YouTube shorts you've already shot the

[09:00] footage you've done the hard work you've

[09:02] created a video already and from here

[09:04] you can just select clips that will work

[09:07] for a short form content and repurpose

[09:09] them let's say you did a little unboxing

[09:11] in your latest YouTube video you can

[09:12] easily repurpose this to work for

[09:15] Instagram reals and Tik Tok and YouTube

[09:17] shorts this will give you four chances

[09:19] for the same footage that you shot to

[09:21] reach a larger audience now if you're

[09:23] shooting horizontal videos and you

[09:24] already know you're repurposing the

[09:26] footage for Instagram and Tik Tok then

[09:28] you know that when you filming the video

[09:30] you can have everything framed and

[09:31] centered so that when you repurpose it

[09:33] for Instagram and Tik Tok everything is

[09:36] going to be in that vertical frame as

[09:37] well if you're doing that then you know

[09:39] what's up when it comes to creating

[09:41] consistently for Content creation you

[09:43] don't need to give your soul away for

[09:44] this it's about working effectively and

[09:47] efficiently I have made so many videos

[09:49] this year and I don't plan to stop so

[09:51] hopefully if you've made it to this

[09:52] point in the video you can take parts of

[09:54] what I have said and apply it to your

[09:56] own video creation process we discussed

[09:59] a lot of things today my friends so if

[10:00] you have any questions please let me

[10:02] know in the comments below I'm sure I

[10:04] will be able to help you there and other

[10:06] than that hope you have a nice

[10:07] productive day stay cretive friends

[10:11] peace

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