In this task, we are creating and uploading a self-introduction video on to YouTube. In my way of understanding self-introduction is though this video to express myself, and let people know more about me, bother inside and outside. Before I started doing my own video, I have gone on to YouTube and explored the other bloggers’ self-introduction videos, and from them to gain experiences and write my own script. From one’s self introduction, audiences can tell one’s value and personality, and it’s really important that we know and focus on our personal values. Personalities is something can’t be changed, but personal value gains while we grow and improve. Video is a really good way to express and discover one’s personality. Through the way one speaks, their body languages and emotions, to let the audiences know more about the exponent, and video can actually show one’s authenticity. I have roughly divided them into 4 sections: a basic introduction of myself, introduction of my hometown, my family, my university and my hobbies. I have specifically concentrated on my hobbies. Hobbies is like a bridge to connect people. Just as our daily communication with friends, only when people have same hobbies, or similar personalities can resonate together and become friends. However, I’ve shortened my speech due to the duration of the video, I have to control it around 1 minute.

After finishing my script, I also looked at how YouTubers position their cameras and how they express their body languages. I’m not a professional video blogger, I used the Camera SONY A7R3 with the Zeiss 55mm f1.8 to create a cleaner background, and blur out the background, so that the audiences can easily focus on the key point which is me on the video. Just as the other video bloggers, and since it’s a self-introduction, I have positioned the camera right in front of me and concentrate on especially upper part of my body. However, for aesthetics, I did leave blank on top and both sides, so that I can be more centralised. In order to have more interactions with the audiences, I have involved body languages and images to relate to my speech, which brings interestingness and can be more detailed, this will attract the audiences’ eyes. I have used some fascinating editing strategies, such as during the video clips where I was talking about my motorcycle, I used my helmet as prop, by putting it on and off, which makes the video more cool-looking. Also, by add on photos relate to my speech, will make the video more authentic, and good images can actually be attractive. Just as other video bloggers, the video doesn’t need to be one-record, and it can be cut and joint afterwards. This provides me more time to learn my speech, and organise my emotions, speaking and body language.

Through this task, I have learned more strategies on editing videos. Just as what I have illustrated above about the helmet, I went on film editing courses online to learn how to cut and play with the video. Also, I’ve learned to add images into the video, and control the duration of the video. Other than editing the videos, I’m a very shy person when talking in front of the camera, I have overcame my fear, and first time being brave to speak in front of the camera.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

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