YouTube | April 2017

On YouTube your videos can be seen all over the world by people who can watch them whenever they want. Viewers can leave comments with their feedback, and if you allow ads, YouTube will even pay you money! BMC has all the resources you need to become a successful YouTuber - this class will explain how to go about it...

 - How to set up a YouTube account, how views, likes, subscriptions and advertising works.
- Successful YouTube production practices - examples of successful YouTube videos, platform issues, optimal video durations, how to cover complicated subjects, possible topics to consider, how to attract viewers and promote your videos on YouTube and other social media.
- How to create the basic components of a video - tempting thumbnail image, cool opening, captivating lower thirds, interstitial links that take people to related material, end cards that allow people to subscribe and watch more of your videos, etc.
- How to record your computer desktop if you want to show software, games, powerpoints or other computer-generated material.
- Cool stuff we can do at BMC - green-screen techniques, multicamera studio shoots, live streaming.

Instructor: Bob Lamm