How To Make A Video Essay (For Beginners)

In this video you'll learn how to make a simple video essay from start to finish.

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0:00 Introduction
0:10 Example Video Essay
0:32 What You'll Learn
1:40 Choosing Your Software
1:58 Choosing Your Microphone
2:58 Step 1: Write Script
3:29 Step 2: Record Rough Voiceover
4:18 Step 3: Find Video Footage
6:37 Step 4: Import Video Footage
7:26 Step 5: Find Background Music
9:21 Step 6: Record Final Voiceover
10:14 Step 7: Improve Voiceover Quality
12:37 Step 8: Finish Editing Video
13:36 Step 9: Create YouTube Thumbnail
14:23 Step 10: Upload & Share

All links and info mentioned in this video are in this Google doc - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-...

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USB Microphone I recommend: ATR 2100 USB Mic
Amazon link - https://geni.us/VideoEssayMic

PAID VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE
Final Cut Pro (Mac)
Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac/PC)

FREE VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE
iMovie (Mac)
Davinci Resolve (Mac/PC)

AUDACITY (RECORDING SOFTWARE)
https://www.audacityteam.org/

BEST FREE STOCK FOOTAGE SITES
Pixabay - https://pixabay.com/videos/
Videvo - https://www.videvo.net/stock-video-fo...
Pexels - https://www.pexels.com/search/videos/
Videezy - https://www.videezy.com/browse
Archive.org
Beachfrontbroll.com
Mazwai.com
Wedistill.io

BEST PAID STOCK FOOTAGE SITES (MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION)
Envato Elements
Videoblocks

OTHER PAID STOCK FOOTAGE SITES (CHARGE PER CLIP)
Adobe Stock
Shutterstock
Pond5

FREE MUSIC SITE SPREADSHEET
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

PAID MUSIC SITES
Audio Network
Envato Elements
Musicbed

IMPROVE VOICEOVER QUALITY
Auphonic

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