How to improve my scripts?? How to say more all at once?? Any tips??

[BillyVlogsTV]

It usually takes a hour or 2 for me to write a script and reading the script a least 4 times in order for me to remember more at once when I am filming my videos but as with some things for me my scripts definitely need improving i definitely need to remember the script a lot more and to say certain bits all at once in my videos with out me jump cutting and putting words together from multiple takes and make a bit more of a effort of writing and doing my scripts.

And someone said that I sound very scripted at times in my videos which is not good and I am looking to improve on that for my new YouTube channel and to say more all at once without reading the script to the camera while I am filming my videos because that is my main down fall on YouTube and I really REALLY want to sound natural as much as possible in my videos which it is obviously so much (a lot)more better then sounding scripted/not natural.



I really need some help on writing and doing my scripts, I would like to know How do I improve my scripts?? and how to say more all at once without reading the script to the camera while I am filming my videos?? Any tips everyone??

And BTW just to say if you tell me to stop writing/doing scripts for my videos, Well for me i definitely prefer having a script for my videos is so much more better then having no script for your videos for very obvious reasons such as forgetting stuff to say and saying words like "umm" and having long pauses for thinking stuff to say in the video which later on makes editing the video definitely a lot longer then it should.

 

[GamingRack]

learn to adlib. Next time you have an idea and want to write a script, instead of planning the whole paragraph only write notes or bulletpoints on what you want to say and improvise the rest. as for the other problems like needing to cut because you muck up that just gets better over time the more you do it.

 

[Weekend Noobs]

The only way to sound as natural as possible is to lose the script. Then you are 100% you.
In order to keep the structure of a script but sound a bit more like yourself then bullet points or short scentences are the way to go. You can then remind yourself of the key points you wanted to get across and at the same time remain natural and not chained down to words on a page.

With using a script fully you will need to know it off by heart just like actors do. You need to repeat it over and over until it sticks in your mind. However with learning a script you will still have problems of tripping over your lines and forgetting chunks. Which is why bullet points and being able to improvise is better and gives you more flexibility.
Also you can learn the script until you are blue in the face but you will always sound scripted. The only way to be natural is to be yourself and not a piece of paper, if that makes sense.

The only other way I can think of to keep that structure and stop you cutting and jumping is to record the script seperately. Read paragraphs at a time and do 3 or 4 takes of each so it gives you something to play with and can decide which recording sounded better. You can also edit each recording and trim down any pauses you don't like. Then all you do is overlay the audio onto the video.

 

[BillyVlogsTV]

improvise

improvise

Sorry what does "improvise" mean?? I don't understand/get what you mean..... :/

 

[GamingRack]

from the dictionary since its easyer to explain.

''verb (used with object), improvised, improvising.
1.
to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation''

 

[Mirandapanda]

The only way to sound as natural as possible is to lose the script. Then you are 100% you.
In order to keep the structure of a script but sound a bit more like yourself then bullet points or short scentences are the way to go.

This. Write your script more as a list, rather than memorizing a block of text word for word. Read the first bullet point as a reminder, then expand on it by talking more conversationally. Kind of like doing a presentation. Take a breath, then say a few sentences, then stop. Then take a breath, say the next few sentences, and so on. Do multiple takes of each "bullet point" if you need to. You will sound more natural if you record a few sentences at a time than if you record one sentence at a time and jump cut after each sentence.

 

[Weekend Noobs]

Sorry what does "improvise" mean?? I don't understand/get what you mean..... :/

To improvise is to speak off your own mind. No script, no planning. Just like you do in an everyday conversation. No one plans what they will say to friends and family they just say it, and it's that element that makes you sound more natural and more human because you are not restricting yourself, and so you relax into it more and you naturally apply your own personality and emotion to what you are saying.

I think for you the bullet points or short scentences are the way to go. That way you can still remind yourself on the point you want to get across, but remain yourself and expand upon it. You will sound less robotic but still keep that structure you are comfortable with.
It's finding that balance so it doesnt become too confusing or too alien to you. Just do what you are confortable with and that will come across in your recording.

 

[BillyVlogsTV]

from the dictionary since its easyer to explain.

''verb (used with object), improvised, improvising.
1.
to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation''

This. Write your script more as a list, rather than memorizing a block of text word for word. Read the first bullet point as a reminder, then expand on it by talking more conversationally. Kind of like doing a presentation. Take a breath, then say a few sentences, then stop. Then take a breath, say the next few sentences, and so on. Do multiple takes of each "bullet point" if you need to. You will sound more natural if you record a few sentences at a time than if you record one sentence at a time and jump cut after each sentence.

To improvise is to speak off your own mind. No script, no planning. Just like you do in an everyday conversation. No one plans what they will say to friends and family they just say it, and it's that element that makes you sound more natural and more human because you are not restricting yourself, and so you relax into it more and you naturally apply your own personality and emotion to what you are saying.

I think for you the bullet points or short scentences are the way to go. That way you can still remind yourself on the point you want to get across, but remain yourself and expand upon it. You will sound less robotic but still keep that structure you are comfortable with.
It's finding that balance so it doesnt become too confusing or too alien to you. Just do what you are confortable with and that will come across in your recording.

Great thanks!!

Sorry but when you have bullet points do you write down the sentences under that bullet point?? Or just have the bullet point with out the sentences?? Because if you don't write sentences under the bullet points you will FORGET on what you want to say in the video when you are speaking to the camera....

 

[Mirandapanda]

Great thanks!!

Sorry but when you have bullet points do you write down the sentences under that bullet point?? Or just have the bullet point with out the sentences?? Because if you don't write sentences under the bullet points you will FORGET on what you want to say in the video when you are speaking to the camera....

Have you ever written an outline for a presentation? For example, this is part of the outline I wrote down for for one of my videos:

"(introduction)
Today, we're going to talk about what's awesome about being a small youtuber!
Now I know everyone wants to be the very best like no one ever was (pokemon theme sound)
but, there's some great things about being small.
1) you can talk to your subscribers
2) comment section not ruined
3) best of both worlds- being a youtuber and being a fan"​

Obviously my video was much longer than just reading those words. I added more stuff to it as I talked, so it feels more like a conversation than someone trying to recall a passage. If you want to sound relaxed and conversational, you really should not write down every word you're going to say. Using key phrases in your bullets should help to jog your memory. Remember that you aren't saying things live, and no one's watching you, so you don't have to have everything figured out all at once! As you go along, you can stop for a second and think about a good sentence that comes next, or revise something that doesn't sound quite right.

That's really all I can think of to help. Of course, this is only my method, and everyone has their own creative process, so you have to find out whatever way works best for you! Good luck

 

[saloomy]

Maybe I am not qualified to suggest an opinion on this topic but I think actually there is an effective way to memorize a script and looks natural when you read it and this way is to learn basic acting tips , and you can teach yourself that by watching a specific scenes in the movies especially that has a complicated and big words and then try to perform the scene with the same moves and script , you can see the scene in a movie called " V for Vendetta " and it starts at " 05:40 "