Content Creator Kickstart

7 Tips for filming yourself

It's not easy to film yourself (at all), but you get better in time. These are some of the things that I keep reminding myself of before I hit record.

1. More light on your face and body (face a window if you don't have lighting gear)
2. Less space above you (move closer to the camera until your torso and head show)
3. Place camera at eye-level (Put your camera/computer on a shoebox)
4. Sound quality matters a ton (Get a USB microphone or use a newer phone/laptop)
5. Move away from the wall (Create depth in the shot by having more of your space showing behind you)
6. Lock exposure (This can be done both on phones and cameras)
7. Simple editing (Cut out dull moments, and add subtle music)

If you tick off all 7 tips before you upload your next video, I'm sure you will be very glad to see that the result comes off much more professional than before. Good luck with the shoot!

What's a T-shaped content creator? The T-shape symbolizes a generalist skillset with one deep-dive; a skill that you've honed and are great at.

In this episode, I'll dive into the importance of supplementing your expertise with other skills to give your expertise utility. In order to convert what you know into something valuable to others, you have to add a few things to your toolbox, like business, marketing, WordPress, SEO, and more.

Thanks for listening, rating, and reviewing this podcast. Much love!

Rued

In this episode, I've gathered the most frequently asked questions about Explain Academy. As this is a premium program, where you learn communication and content creation, it's also more expensive than a video course.

So of course (no pun intended), this raises more questions about the program and whether it's the right thing to join for you specifically. The questions I answer are:

1. What if I’m already decent at Vyond?
2. What if I don’t have the time?
3. What if I’m in a different time zone?
4. What if I’ve already bought something?
5. What if I don’t have the money?

If you want to learn more about Explain Academy, I've made a cool little video about it - and written a ton more on what it is, what it isn't, and how you can join if you'd like: https://www.ruedriis.com/academy

Hope to see you inside,

Rued

Want to make better videos? Write better scripts! Scriptwriting for explainers, tutorials, whatever is essential. Especially for explainer videos, where you want to make a short, simple, and easy-to-understand video. And that is not achieved in the narration or animation. No, that's all in the script.

So let's dive into 10 practical tips for amazing video scripts.

1. WRITE LIKE YOU TALK
2. DELETE EMPTY SENTENCES
3. WRITE IN BLOCKS
4. JUST AS SMART, LESS INFORMED
5. USE ACTIVE VOICE
6. USE META SENTENCES
7. SPELL IT OUT
8. WRITE 30%, REWRITE 70%
9. TALK TO ME = USE “YOU”
10. BREAK THE RULES

Those are the rules to follow (and then break down the line). These learnings were derived from a presentation I gave at the Explain Academy. Feel free to get on the waitlist, and I'll send you an email once we roll again.

Thanks for listening, rating, and reviewing this podcast. Much love!

Rued

Whiteboard animation, Business Friendly, and Contemporary - those are the 3 styles you can animate with in Vyond Studio. And today, I'm sharing my thoughts on their individual strengths and when to use each one.

As a former agency owner, I can also give you a bit of behind the scenes of what clients wanted from us in terms of animation styles. Because it wasn't always obvious what they wanted us to use.

Towards the end, I encourage you to mix and match a bit, but don't go too crazy. A big part of a video's professional feel is the consistency that comes from not mixing styles too much.

Get started with Vyond here