today I'm in Taiwan and instead of just
making a travel video while I'm here I
actually want to show you how to make a
travel video yeah I know lots of you
have dabbled in making your own videos
or would love to start your own YouTube
channel and if that's you then today's
video is for you I'm going to share
exactly how I make travel videos on this
channel so that you can start making
your own whether you just want to
capture your travel memories build a
portfolio or even earn some money
speaking of money I just want to let you
know that today's video is sponsored by
one of the companies that makes these
travel videos possible and that is music
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the first thing any travel video needs
is a story what is your video going to
be about this could be really narrow it
could be something really specific like
a specific experience like a tea
ceremony or trying a certain food or it
could be super wide you can cover a
whole week or more in one single video
and while you're deciding this I guess
you also want to decide what kind of
video you want to make there's so many
different types of travel videos from
like cinematic short videos till daily
vlogs and even like longer documentary
style videos that tell you everything
you want to know about a destination so
before you start filming think about
what kind of video you want to make what
story you want to tell and if you don't
know don't worry about it just go out
and shoot everything and you can always
decide later once you have all your
footage once you have an idea where you
know what you're gonna be filming you
obviously need something to film it on
I've already done videos on my vlogging
setup or anything to film one right now
so I will link that up here but what I'm
gonna say is it does not matter what you
start with so many huge vloggers started
on their phones and still even use their
phone so use your phone use a GoPro use
a DSLR use whatever you have the
important thing is that you film it and
obviously get to know your gear get to
know your equipment and what it does it
will make such a difference to your
filmmaking
I got a new revelation I'm different for
like a day so now you have your idea you
have your camera what you're gonna film
with the real fun begins it's time to
start filming
never underestimate how much you need to
film and what you need to have to make a
fool travel video when you're making a
travel video you basically have two
kinds of shots the first is a piece of
camera like what I'm doing now where you
are talking to the camera and the other
type is called b-roll that's anything
else have kind of like the filler shots
the bits that help to tell the story and
b-roll is so so so important in a travel
video however you do not want to just
throw in any old beer oh when you're
filming your b-roll shots try and think
of how it's gonna help the story how
it's gonna tell the story of where you
are what you're doing to try to capture
the details try to capture the moment
get the wide shot showing the whole
scene but also narrow in on the small
details that bring it to life those
things that we're gonna bring your
travel video to life and help you tell a
more cohesive story overall one more tip
when you're making a travel video is to
always add a little bit of movement to
every single shot when you're editing it
will just add a little bit of flow to it
and again it will help that story be a
lot more cohesive
and now we're coming into the room
because it's on to the laptop top tip I
highly recommend grabbing yourself a
nice cup of tea for this part because it
is time consuming of all the parts of
making a travel video this is the one
that's going to take the longest you
thought going out and filming all day
was alone this is where the real work
begins when you go out don't forget to
take an SD card like I do all the time
it's good to just have one in your bag
so you never forget and go out with that
one because there's nothing worse than
getting somewhere and finding out you
can't record because you don't have one
of these little guys so when I get back
the first thing I do is transfer all
these files onto this SSD these are both
SanDisk products if you want to see all
the kind of gear I use I'm gonna put a
link to that down in the description
below but this is basically it this this
and my laptop I transfer the files from
here to here I keep them backed up on
here just in case something goes wrong
because things always go wrong and then
I work directly from this SSD rather
than having the files on my laptop so
I'm just gonna plug that in and switch
the laptop on now I'm not gonna go
through my whole editing process with
you because it's long and everybody
edits slightly differently everybody
uses different programs I use Premiere
Pro to edit all my YouTube videos and I
always have done so the first thing I do
when I get into my laptop is I look for
music I find music to fit my video some
people like to choose their music before
they start filming and if I'm filming a
hero video or something cinematic maybe
without any talking I might do the same
I've done that a couple of times I'll
put an example up here if you want to go
check that out but usually I choose my
music afterwards and that's often
because I'm creating vlogs or I don't
know exactly what's gonna happen in my
video I don't know how much talking
there's gonna be verses non-talking and
b-roll so I like to sort of film it
first get an idea of how the video is
gonna fly what the mood of the video is
because things go wrong and then I like
to choose a song to fit that as I said
already I get all of my music from music
bed and I absolutely love this site it's
just so so cool what makes it different
to the other providers out there
music services out there is that they
are real artists these are real artists
uploading their real music real albums
and I love that I can support those
artists and use music that sounds like
you know real music the kind of music I
would listen to in my videos I feel like
it fits my personality better I feel
like it fits the channel better and
overall I think it makes a better
viewing experience I used to spend hours
and hours and hours searching for the
perfect song and to be honest that
rarely happens anymore on music bed I
have all my work really set up really
well so what I have is some playlists
for the types of videos I make I also
have a playlist for cinematic snippets
as I call them these are songs that have
bits in them that have like real
cinematic vibes them so if I'm ever
putting together a sequence it needs
something with a bit more oomph
then I can just go to that playlist pull
out the song and it's gonna instantly
give that video a little bit extra the
music babe makes it really easy to do
that I put it all on to these playlists
or projects as they cool them and then
as I use the music I just give it a
little heart and sometimes make a note
on it saying which video I used it for
so super super organized I love being
able to see what I've used and seeing
like having it categorized by playlist
and I usually just gone once a week when
they update their new music go through
the music and add songs to each of those
playlists if you've ever asked me what
music I use in my videos you'll also be
pleased to know that I also have my own
playlist over on music bed so I'll put a
link to that down below if you want to
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been enjoying the music on this channel
or you're making your own travel videos
that link is down below as well so make
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and see the playlist of what the songs
that I use as I said I'm not gonna go
into detail about editing because that
it's like another video a whole other
video series in itself but what I will
share is just a few tips here one is to
cut to the music if you can this is why
I love to choose the music after filming
it's so that I can find a beat that I
think is gonna fit with what I know I
filmed just cutting it to the music
on the beat just makes it flow a lot
better I love it when I use a song and
there's like a crescendo or something
happens and something's happening in the
video as well and I can match the two up
that's just really satisfying but just
cutting it to the beat will make a huge
difference to your travel videos
another tip is to not just throw random
clips in but try to create a story with
your video a good travel video has a
story to it it's not just lots of random
b-roll but the bureau actually tells a
story and obviously you need to film
those clips in the first place but it
might also mean that you're not putting
them in the same order that you film
them because it tells a better story not
too
and finally don't forget to play with
speeds in your travel video I always
edit at 30 frames per second and film at
60 frames per second so that I can slow
all of my clips down to 50% that gives
that nice slow mode and it's what gives
a lot of travel videos that more
cinematic look so if you want to do that
make sure you are doing that I have a
video on my m50 settings up here which
explains more of the settings I use to
get that look I slowed down most of my
clips probably about 80% of my clips and
I also speed up some of them as well
again that's another video in itself so
if you want to see that let me know
below and once you've edited your video
that is it you just need to export it
and you have made a travel video I hope
you've enjoyed this video and I hope you
found it useful if you're thinking about
making your own travel videos and you
haven't got started yet just remember
you don't need to upload anything that
you film the most important thing I
think is to just get out there to film
something to have a go play around start
editing get used to the process and if
you want to upload it you can and if you
don't feel ready you don't have to
upload anything the most important thing
is just just getting started as always
thank you for watching don't forget the
free trial for music bed it's down there
in the description there's so many great
features I recommend checking it out the
next video from me the next travel video
from me will be up on Wednesday and I
hope I'll see you there
