The Vlogger's Handbook by Shane Birley

The Vlogger's Handbook by Shane Birley ISBN-13: 9780711242876 Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: QEB Publishing Released: September 17, 2019

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
This fun guide to vlogging delivers an overview of the skills and tips you need to get started, produce a professional look, develop your skill level, and cultivate your creativity. With bite-sized text, learn about starting a vlog, inspiration for what to vlog about, how to storyboard a vlog, lighting and props, video skills, editing your vlog, adding sounds and effects, building an audience, and internet and social media safety guidance. Throughout the book, Q&A panels feature successful young vloggers who give their own personal tips and stories about how they got started.


My Review:
The Vlogger's Handbook provides basic advice on how to get started vlogging. It appears to be aimed at younger people (teenagers and up), and the author chose four young vloggers to offer tips and advice on each vlogging topic. The author covered how to decide on what type of vlog you want to do, how to come up with ideas to vlog about, online safety, what basic equipment is needed and what equipment you might like to get someday, the basics of filming, lighting, sound, and editing, and choosing what online platforms to use. If you've never really done video or audio editing or have never learned to storyboard or create a story sequence, then this book will get you started off quickly with good advice and basic information. However, this book didn't provide much detail (no step-by-step projects) or cover more advanced skills, so it might not be useful if you've already done some video work.


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