What defines a vlog?

hildewereld

hildewereld

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Hey guys,

I've recently started and ALREADY pretty much hit the wall of doom. Now people are telling me to do 'vlogs' beside my regular videos but honestly... What defines a vlog? Is a vlog just registering your day by video? Or just talking to the camera?
I feel like my videos already are vlogs but I guess they're not? Why is this so confusing?!

What defines a vlog to you and what makes them interesting to you? Should they be scripted or just from the top of your head?

(I hope this is in the right forum, couldn't figure out where to put it.)
 
vlog
vlɒɡ/
noun
  1. a blog in which the postings are primarily in video form.
    "you can add travel vlogs to the growing list of travel-related material popping up on the Web"

It's pretty open ended x)
 
I've always seen vlogs as two types of video. The daily vlog and subject vlog.

Daily vlog:
People like CTFxC where you take a camera around with you during the day and film your life to share with everyone. I can imagine that would be pretty daunting though since you'd be filming in public and talking to a camera. Always worth a shot though!

Subject vlog:
Quite simply. Take something you want to talk about it and talk about it. If you find it hard to just talk and find yourself umming a lot or like me, you just ramble on and on about nothing you could give yourself talking points to hit over a set amount of minutes. That way it won't feel scripted, but you'll still have the points to hit in your head to keep on track. Unless you want to script it which is awesome too, it's up to you how you wanna sound! Plus any time you lose your point just stop, no ones going to see your outtakes (unless you upload a blooper reel) because of the magic of editing! Just make sure you're talking about something you're passionate about and that will shine through!

Anyways, hope this helped a little bit! :)
 
MattyGreen said:
I've always seen vlogs as two types of video. The daily vlog and subject vlog.

Daily vlog:
People like CTFxC where you take a camera around with you during the day and film your life to share with everyone. I can imagine that would be pretty daunting though since you'd be filming in public and talking to a camera. Always worth a shot though!

Subject vlog:
Quite simply. Take something you want to talk about it and talk about it. If you find it hard to just talk and find yourself umming a lot or like me, you just ramble on and on about nothing you could give yourself talking points to hit over a set amount of minutes. That way it won't feel scripted, but you'll still have the points to hit in your head to keep on track. Unless you want to script it which is awesome too, it's up to you how you wanna sound! Plus any time you lose your point just stop, no ones going to see your outtakes (unless you upload a blooper reel) because of the magic of editing! Just make sure you're talking about something you're passionate about and that will shine through!

Anyways, hope this helped a little bit! :)
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Styxie said:
vlog
vlɒɡ/
noun
  1. a blog in which the postings are primarily in video form.
    "you can add travel vlogs to the growing list of travel-related material popping up on the Web"

It's pretty open ended x)
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Haha yeah, that's so confusing! That would mean pretty much every video is a vlog...
 
MattyGreen said:
I've always seen vlogs as two types of video. The daily vlog and subject vlog.

Daily vlog:
People like CTFxC where you take a camera around with you during the day and film your life to share with everyone. I can imagine that would be pretty daunting though since you'd be filming in public and talking to a camera. Always worth a shot though!

Subject vlog:
Quite simply. Take something you want to talk about it and talk about it. If you find it hard to just talk and find yourself umming a lot or like me, you just ramble on and on about nothing you could give yourself talking points to hit over a set amount of minutes. That way it won't feel scripted, but you'll still have the points to hit in your head to keep on track. Unless you want to script it which is awesome too, it's up to you how you wanna sound! Plus any time you lose your point just stop, no ones going to see your outtakes (unless you upload a blooper reel) because of the magic of editing! Just make sure you're talking about something you're passionate about and that will shine through!

Anyways, hope this helped a little bit! :)
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Couldn't have put it better myself :)
 
Before Youtube videos exists, there is blog. Blog is writing about your subject, thoughts, or experiences or whatever you feel like writing down on your website blogs and followers would read it. Vlog is simply a video form of it.
 
Well Vlog on my channel means videos that are not really anything to do with the other bits of my channel, but can be linked with it.

And something to poke fun at myself with.

It is, as already said. Pretty open ended.
 
I think vlogs are kind of when you talk about yourself(your opinions, stories, etc.) or maybe what's going on in your life.
 
What everyone else said is pretty much right. I agree that there seem to be those two types of subject vlog (equivalent of a newspaper editorial) and life experience\daily vlog.
 
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