THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BEING A GREAT AGTUBER ;-)
So, sometimes I look in contest entries... and I hate to say it, but sometimes people just don't put any thought in their videos. I mean, sometimes I understand, I was really bad when I started out, too! But some people don't understand what the effort in your video really is. And not only your videos, but people aren't going to subscribe to big meanie heads (for lack of better language) haters, or annoying SUB4SUB people. really. And if you just sit around watching videos, how are people going to find you?
Here's some advice you can use!
Have good videos!
Videos are the basics to being a great AGtuber. And not just the filming part, but the story, set, and more!
-Take your time! the more details you have in your video, the better it is. With stop-motions, the more pictures, the better it is.
-Think about how people would really act and what they would really say, have your dolls do the same. keep their personalities in mind too!
-Make everything doll-sized. You don't use overly huge things or teeny tiny things.
-Have good lighting. It's not good if you can't see the dolls, if their yellow-y, or if it is overly bright.
-Use a tripod. nobody likes shaky video or stop-motion!
-know your editor. look online for tutorials. everyone likes a well edited video, there's a lot of cool special effects too.
-AGMV: Really listen to the song you are using. there might be a hidden meaning, metaphors, and I think this is really cool when someone adds this to their videos. (however if the song is just catchy who cares.)
- AGPS: some people say "its not the camera, it's the photographer" I think that it's both. good photographers use great angles and poses. Good cameras have better quality pictures and can help you focus on a subject better. "Oh, I can't really afford a nice camera." If you buy $100 dollar dolls, you can find a nice camera for that much, too. (look online for ratings)
check the websites at the bottom!
Be a good person!
be yourself. but be nice. a lot of people don't really consider this, but people like AGtubers because of who you are and not just because of your videos.
-If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it. If you don't like a video, go away. (if it is seriously that bad, PM them or show them this xD)
-Don't spread hate or rumors!
-Ignore haters. for real. This is one thing that seriously annoys me! everyone is all like, "IGNORE HATERS!" yet the next day someone makes a video saying "go block this person, go tell them to go away" and EVERYONE goes to their channel, comments, hates on them. I imagine how much fun they have reading all your comments. This is like going around, being like, I'M IGNORING YOU, I'M IGNORING YOU, DON'T IGNORE MEEE, I'M IGNORING YOU!
-If you get annoyed by someone, either go away or send a nice PM telling them they could, uh, improve :)
Be social!
Go around to the rest of AGtube! this lets people see and check out your channel!
-Like videos? subscribe!
-comment what you liked about a video, or nicely say what you think people might be able to improve on.
-Put tags on your videos so your video can end up in search results.
-Hold a tinychat and make some friends.
-Try joining collabs
-Enter contests! Or hold some of your own!
Get to know YouTube!
Its easier when you know what you are doing.
-Look on the internet for tutorials showing features on youtube you might not know about.
-Edit your channel and make it pretty! find a nice profile, banner (photo on top kind of advertising your channel) if you have the old layout, background.
-Find out about all the terms and abbreviations.
-Keep up with new layouts.
-if you have a lot of subscribers, try becoming a partner(or something) on Youtube. I think you can make money off your videos if you turn that feature on, but I just use it so I can get custom thumbnails.
here's a cool website with lots of random AG stuff!
http://agtubewiki.blogspot.ca/
Here's a website with all the latest dollie news!
http://dolldiaries.com/
Want to learn all about AG?
http://americangirl.wikia.com/wiki/American_Girl_Wiki#
To help with your editing:
great tutorials for everything on iMovie '11
http://www.lynda.com/iMovie-11-tutorials/essential-training/77957-2.html
tutorials for iMovie '09
http://www.lynda.com/iLife-tutorials/imovie-09-essential-training/47466-2.html
tutorials for Windows Live Movie Maker
http://www.lynda.com/Windows-Movie-Maker-tutorials/essential-training/71928-2.html
more music for free!
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/collections.php
If all else fails, use Google or other tutorials on Youtube.
