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How to Film + Edit Voiceover Vlogs | day in the life, gear, filming bts, editing + more!

Vanessa Lau29:04

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If you've always wanted to vlog your life like this, but you don't know how, you don't know what gear to use, how to film, how to actually make it look good, then keep watching this video because I just finished a 30-day vlogging challenge over on my Instagram, and it has completely changed the way that I make content.

And in today's video, it's basically a master class. I'm going to go through all the gear that I used, how I film, how I edit, and also the mindset that you're going to need if you do want to be successful at vlogging. So, grab a notebook because class is now in session.

So, first let's talk about gear. I'm going to share some beginner friendly options and then I'm going to share the exact equipment that I use. Now, it goes without saying that your iPhone is going to be your BFF. Even for me, I have some vlogs to this day that are still 100% filmed on my iPhone because it's just the easiest thing to grab and it's super convenient.

Now, what I do is I always use the back camera. So, I'm always doing it selfie style like this and I'm filming at 0.5x zoom because I personally like the wide-angled look. As for my settings, I'll always have it on 4K 30 frames per second. Sometimes I'll even up it to 60 frames per second, but just remember it will take up more storage if you're filming at 60 frames per second.

Now, if you are going to use your iPhone for vlogging, I recommend two accessories. The first one is an Octobuddy. You're able to stick it on your iPhone and then stick it on any flat surface. So, you can turn anything into a tripod basically. I actually bought two Octobuddies, stuck them together, so I can peel it off my iPhone easily. And then the second accessory is the MAF case. This is Mags Safe friendly, so you just stick it onto your iPhone and then it instantly turns into a tripod.

The second beginner friendly option is going to be the Osmo Pocket 3. Personally, I've only vlogged horizontal using this camera. I actually don't really use the vertical as much because I would prefer to use my iPhone since I can see myself a little bit better with the big screen and I feel like I have more control over the angles. However, this is still an excellent camera, especially all the different accessories that you can easily add to it to make vlogging a little easier or more creative. And the fact that it does have face detection where it's going to follow you around, this is perfect, especially if you're a solo vlogger and you don't necessarily have a boyfriend, a husband, a girlfriend, a friend that's going to help you film some of your footage. Now, if you are interested in how I use the Osmo Pocket 3, I do have a few videos about it. So, make sure you check the links in my description box below.

So, I'm filming on my iPhone just so I can show you the exact gear that I used when I did my 30-day vlogging challenge. When I did my challenge, I was actually on my honeymoon in Europe. And so, this was my camera bag. And you'll notice that it was with me all the time because it also doubled up as a personal bag as well. This is from Ace Studios. And I love that it's very aesthetic. Also, the fact that it's not so big where I'm always going to be fishing for my gear. It's quite shallow. Everything is within reach and it also fit a lot of my personal items.

First off, this is the camera that I use. This is the Sony ZV1. I actually did a whole video comparing all the cameras that I've ever had and why I ultimately decided to upgrade to the Sony ZV1. The main reason is that this camera has dynamic active stabilization, which my Sony ZV10 didn't have. So now I'm actually getting really stable footage filming on a full-frame camera. And in fact, I actually like it a little bit better than my Osmo Pocket 3 for a few reasons. It's got the bigger screen. I think the footage looks a lot better and therefore I look better and I feel more confident on camera. The Osmo Pocket 3's footage is not bad, but it definitely does not compare to a Sony camera.

I also love that there's an interchangeable lens. So, the lens that I'm using is the Sony 11mm F1.8 wide-angled lens, which I personally feel is the perfect focal length for vlogging. And when I'm vlogging or even filming YouTube videos on this camera, I'm filming on intelligent auto, so I can always trust that the quality is going to be really good and the colors are going to be fine.

Now, by far the best accessory that I have though is this simple shoulder strap. This is nothing fancy, but especially when you're out and about, it's really easy to just put it on your shoulder like this and be able to just quickly access your camera. So, most of the time, my camera was actually either cross body or on my shoulder as I was traveling. And then when it comes to actually filming on this camera, I'd always have the flip screen up and then I would vlog like this vertically as if it was an iPhone. And it's actually not as heavy as you think.

Now, most of the times I did also have my ECM B1M mic with me. And it was generally always just on my camera. Now, what you'll notice is at the bottom of the camera, I actually have an attachment here and it's actually for my Ulanzi TT38 tripod. With this tripod, I can just snap it on and then I can technically vlog like this, but I didn't think it was really necessary because I could have just held my camera. However, if I wanted to be hands-free, I just click this button and then it instantly turns into a stand. And this is why having this tripod around was really helpful. I always carry this tripod in my bag when I don't necessarily want a selfie shot all the time or I want a shot where it's both me and Leon in it.

Now that I've shown you the main camera that I use, I'm going to switch back to this camera and show you the rest of the gear that I have. Now, I've switched back to my Sony ZV1 with the 11 mm lens still on just so you guys can see how wide angled it really is. You're able to see way more of the background, which I think is perfect for vlogging. However, since this is a talking head video, I'm going to switch back to my Sony 16 to 35mm G Master lens. And now we're back.

So, let's move on to some of the other gear that I have in this bag. But just really quick, you can see it's really easy to put away the tripod and just put it back in the bag like this. And so I love this bag so much. But anyways, the other gear that I use is I also have this spare battery pack. It's got two batteries for my Sony ZV1. I didn't find that I ever actually had to use it because I was filming short form clips and so each clip was actually really short. It didn't take up too much storage or battery life. However, if you're doing long- form vlogging, let's say, you're definitely going to need extra batteries.

Now, when it comes to vlogging, you're going to want to invest in a good SD card, this is the one that I recommend. And from personal experience, it's far better to invest in an SD card that has higher storage because down the line, you're probably going to end up having to buy more SD cards if you cheap out and get a low storage one.

Next, because I was editing on the go at coffee shops, I also had to get this dongle right here so that I could put my SD card, plug this into my MacBook, and start editing. And then, because most of my vlogs were voiceover vlogs, the microphone that I used was my DJI Mic Mini. And by the way, I still have not charged this case since I left to Europe like 3 4 weeks ago. And so, it's still going strong. But I love this microphone. And if you are someone who can only invest in one mic, I highly recommend this one because it's so versatile. Not only can I put it on my Sony ZV1 or any other traditional camera, but I can also put it in my MacBook and I can also use it as an iPhone mic as well. So, if you're going to invest in any type of microphone, let it be this one.

So, the first filming tip that I have is to pick an orientation and commit to it. Every time I've successfully completed a vlog, I always committed to whether I'm doing it horizontally for YouTube or vertical for Instagram, YouTube, or Tik Tok. And the reason why this is important is because, especially if you're starting out, you don't want to be stressing about filming something twice and thinking about the orientation and then having all of that in your storage or switching cameras because now you're more focused on that rather than the content itself and building better habits.

Now, if you're more advanced, then sure, maybe you can try to multi-purpose, but I've been doing content for 8 years, and I still cannot figure out how to do both at the same time. All that being said, though, it really depends on the season that you're in on whether you want to commit to horizontal or commit to vertical.

Now, for me, this time around, when I did my 30-day vlogging challenge, I chose to do it vertically for a few reasons. Number one, I was going on my honeymoon. I still wanted to stay present. And maybe because I'm a YouTuber, anytime something is horizontal, I feel pressure to have to yap on camera. And I just know that once I start yapping, I'm not going to be present on my trip and I'm just going to be spending more time filming than actually living my life. Whereas, when I'm doing it vertically for short form, I know that I can quickly take a clip for just a few seconds and then later in editing, I can then do a voice over over it. And that's actually my preferred way of vlogging because it is one of the easiest things to do.

My second consideration was repurposing. I know that when I film in vertical, I'm now able to not only put it on my Instagram, but I can also put it on YouTube shorts and Tik Tok. And that's exactly what I did to maximize my reach. I also felt like because I have another business, Super Boba, where 100% of our content is vertical, whether it's ads or organic, all of the footage that I ever filmed on my trip, I can now repurpose for Super Boa. So, for me, vertical just feels more worth it in this season of my business and life.

The second filming tip I have is you're going to want to focus on having volume and variety. What I mean by this is on average, a lot of my short form videos were actually a minute to a minute and a half. And every time I edited, I noticed I was using about 30 to 50 clips each time. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that in a day I'm doing a bunch of different activities just to make the vlog more interesting, but it does mean that I'm getting a variety of angles of the things that I am doing. Now, the reason why this is important is because it's going to make your vlog a lot more visually engaging and retain more people.

Now, if you're someone who struggles with getting a good amount of footage in, let me show you a rule of thumb that I have. For every activity that I'm doing, I'm always focusing on getting a wide shot, a medium shot, and a close-up shot. So, let's say I'm going to eat at a restaurant. A wide shot would be something like showing the environment and showing the restaurant that I'm going to. A medium shot may be me setting down the tripod and showing that I'm enjoying the food. And then a close-up shot would be something like this where I'm actually filming the details of the food that I'm eating. Now, this is just one activity, but I have at least three shots for it.

Now, let's say you're someone who plans on vlogging at home and you have the argument of, well, going to a restaurant is exciting. Of course, you're going to get a lot of clips. Well, let me give you another example. Let's say you want to show you waking up in the morning. Well, a wide shot could be you setting the tripod and actually showing that you're in bed so that people can see your room. A medium shot could be you actually holding the phone up and then showing a shot of you waking up in bed. And then a detailed shot could be you zooming in to your alarm clock to show people what time it is. Now, this is all just for one activity, but if you're at home, you're likely doing way more than at least five activities. You're waking up. You're getting ready. You're getting dressed. You're cleaning. You're cooking. You're prepping. You're working. You're working out. You're walking your dog. You're organizing things. You're eating dinner. You're cooking dinner. If you multiply all of these activities by at least three shots, the wide shot, the medium shot, and the close-up shot, you're definitely going to have a lot of footage for your vlog.

Now, the next tip I have is going to help you a lot when it comes to editing. Earlier, I talked about how when you're filming vlogs, you want to aim for quantity and volume and variety, especially for short form vlogs like this where it's got to be a little bit more fast-paced. Now, one thing to keep in mind is to just keep your clips short. You don't need a 30-se cond clip. You don't need to be filming something for a minute because if you actually look at my editing timeline with those 50 clips that I have, each clip is only shown on screen for max like 2 seconds. On average, it's only showing for half a second. And so that's why I have a lot of clips. But especially with short form, people want to be engaged. They want to be stimulated visually. And so that's why it's like that. So when you have that in mind, don't stress so much about filming for too long because when you're editing, you're going to have to scrub through all that content. And you're only going to take .5 seconds of it anyways. This is how I was able to film on my honeymoon and still stay present because in the back of my mind, I knew I just needed 2 seconds of something and then move on.

Now, a feature that I always use, especially if I'm filming a longer routine and I know I'm really only going to use two seconds of that entire routine, is using the hyperlapse mode over on my iPhone. I used to film my entire get ready routine, even though I would only use like 2 seconds of it in my vlog. And ever since switching it to hyperlapse, it's actually helped me save storage and be a little bit more efficient. Now, of course, if the main thing about your vlog is your routine, then you're probably not going to want to use hyperlapse. But if it's only one moment in a bigger story, then I highly recommend using the hyperlapse feature.

Next filming tip that I have is do film with audio on even though you know most of your clips will be muted and overlaid with music and a voice over. The reason why is because one of the vlogs that actually performed better than my other vlogs had an audio hook right in the beginning. It was when our car got stuck in a ditch. And I'm so glad that I actually got the audio of the tire spinning because I was able to use that in the hook of my vlog to make it a little bit more interesting. "Today, our car got stuck in a ditch."

Next, especially if you're thinking of doing a 30-day vlogging challenge like I did where I vlogged every day, you're going to want to make sure that you vlog at least 2 days worth of content before you even start posting or editing. The reason why is because the last thing you want is to have to film, edit, and post all in the same day. You're going to be chasing your tail. You want to make sure you have buffer room, that you have space to batch your content. And one of the best things that I did during my vlogging challenge was making sure that I had 2 days worth of content filmed before I actually started editing and posting.

This is also really helpful for privacy reasons. I was very hesitant on even doing a 30-day vlogging challenge while I was traveling because I didn't want people to know exactly where I was staying, which city I was at. But because I filmed 2 days in advance and I only posted when I was out of that area and also out of that city, it actually made me feel a lot safer to be vlogging and posting online.

Now, let's talk about my editing process. So, my video editor of choice is Descript. And if you follow my channel, you'll know this, but during my 30-day vlogging challenge, I didn't always have reliable Wi-Fi. So, I did have to use Cap Cut because Cap Cut does support offline editing. Now, for the purpose of this video, I'm going to show you how I use Cap Cut to make vlogs like this, but I have done the exact same vlogs using Descript. So, comment the word descript below if you would like a Descript tutorial in the future.

So, my process is once my SD card is inserted into my computer, I then select all of the clips that I want to edit and then I import them into Cap Cut. If I have any footage on my iPhone, I'll also be aird dropping it there as well. Now, once all of your clips are imported, a little hack that I have for you is to make sure that you sort it by time created. This is especially helpful if you have footage on different devices, whether it's your iPhone, your Sony, your Osmo Pocket 3. It's going to allow your clips to show in chronological order. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean your vlog is going to have your clips in chronological order, but my process is I always love toggling through my day just to see what happened because this is going to help me write my voice over.

Now, throughout my 30-day vlogging challenge, I did develop a scripting format that worked really well for me. So, let me walk you through a voice over I did for one of my better performing vlogs. Now, this vlog had four components. The first component was a hook. Now, this doesn't need to be your typical clickbait marketing bro hook, but it's basically the theme of what happened. It could be an opening question. It could be the climax of your vlog so that people are really interested from the get-go and want to keep watching. "Today, our car got stuck in a ditch."

Now, the second component to my script is really reminding people what day we're on in my challenge or in my series. And of course, it happened on day 13 of my daily vlogging challenge. Now, you don't need to have a series for your vlog, but I highly recommend it, especially if you're a beginner because you don't necessarily want to be vlogging every day and you also want to have something that your audience can look forward to. I also think creating series is really great if you don't want to be confined to a niche and you want to be able to switch topics easily. For example, one moment I could be doing a series around traveling and then the next series could be about my beauty hacks and I'm vlogging that. And so it allows you to really move through topics seamlessly with your audience while still being consistent and also your audience will have something to look forward to.

Now, before I walk through the rest of my script, let me actually play my vlog for you so that you can have an understanding on why this vlog performed better than the others. "Today, our car got stuck in a ditch. And of course, it happened on day 13 of my daily vlogging challenge. But before all of that, the morning started peacefully with a gorgeous last breakfast on our terrace and one final walk around the property before leaving to Rome. Staying at Lupaya definitely triggered some money mindset guilt at first because this trip was a big splurge. But then I remembered a book called Die with Zero. The whole idea is that money is meant to enable a rich life, not just a rich bank account, and that every experience has a peak level of fulfillment, a time when it means the most to you before its value decline. For example, walking through Europe in your 30s when you can still handle all of the steps hits differently than doing it in your 70s. So instead of saving everything for someday, the book recommends creating time buckets. Your 20s might be for backpacking. your 30s for starting a business, your 40s for big family trips, and your 50s for writing a memoir. Each stage of life has experiences you can't replicate later. So, even though the guilt creeps in, especially because we just launched Super Bowl, I'm so glad we slowed down to enjoy our honeymoon. And honestly, I feel like we've been doing really good balancing work and play. And in a funny way, the silver lining of our car getting stuck was that it forced us to pause and catch up on work. We eventually made it to Rome and wow, I think this might be the most beautiful city I've been to so far. It's such a good mix of culture and modern lifestyle, though it is very busy. Looking forward to day 14. For now, I'm ending the night finishing my Kdrama."

Now, the reason why I think this vlog performed better than my other ones is because I wasn't narrating what I was doing the entire time, and there was actually a central theme to this vlog. A mistake that a lot of people make is they'll start narrating exactly what people can see already in the video. I went to a coffee shop, then I grabbed a bagel, and then I worked, and then I went to the mall. You know, tell us something that we can't see. Share your thoughts, feelings, and lessons. And that's exactly what I did in this video that you just watched. At the same time, I really wanted my video to still relate to some of the clips that I was showing. And so, you'll see the text that's not highlighted. It's actually speaking to what someone is watching in the video. So, I felt like my vlog had a good balance of thoughts, feelings, and guiding people through the clips that I was showing.

Now, the last component of my voice over is setting an appointment, making a promise that I'm going to see my audience tomorrow. "Looking forward to day 14. For now, I'm ending the night finishing my Kdrama." This helped people have something to look forward to to stay tuned and stay following along. And it also felt like we were doing this as a group. Even though it was my honeymoon and I was vlogging, everyone by the end of my series felt like they were on my honeymoon with me. And I genuinely feel that the series format really helped cultivate that.

Now, once I finish writing the voice over, the next step is to actually record it. So, I'll plug in whatever microphone that I'm using. Then, I'll head over to Cap Cut, click on voice over, make sure that the right microphone is selected, and then I'll hit record. It's going to count you down. And usually I also have my script on the side so I'm reading it while I'm recording.

Now that I'm done my voice over, the next step is to edit it. So over on the Cap Cut timeline, I'm going to magnify the timeline so I can easily see the audio waves. Not only am I looking for obvious mistakes, but I'm also deleting any breathing or word gap so that my video can be a lot more faster pace and flow better. This one right here is an obvious gap. I usually just hit the B button on my keyboard, which is the shortcut for blade. Then I hit the A button on my keyboard, which is the shortcut for select. Select this and then move the timeline over.

As you're relisting to your audio, you'll also notice that there's certain areas where your audio will flatline like this. This is typically you breathing. So, let me play mine so you can hear it. >> Staying at lupai. You can hear that I took a big deep breath in. These are things that I also cut out. So, I will hit the blade button again, take that section, select it, then hit delete, and then I'll move the timeline over.

Now, a little hack that I do to make my vlog even faster paced is sometimes I'll even tuck that track right underneath that last sentence so that there's way less pauses and it becomes even faster paced. So, let me play it so you can hear the difference. >> Walk around the property before heading to Rome. Dang it, Lupia. Definitely. >> So, it's almost like the moment I finish a sentence, I'm already starting the next one. Now, this is a style that isn't for everyone. So, if you don't want to do that, then you can just do it the normal way and that way your voice over will sound a bit more natural.

Now, one thing I noticed during my vlogging challenge is the vlogs that tend to perform the best for me are the ones that are around 60 seconds, maybe max 75 seconds. Anything that's over 90 seconds, I feel like is a little bit too long. And sometimes when I do the voice over, it's a bit longer than I expected. So, this is when I'll start cutting unnecessary details. So earlier I showed you this script where it was actually one of my better performing vlogs. But did you know that my original script actually had this whole segment about the burnt toast theory, but as I was listening to my voice over, I kind of realized that it didn't relate to the rest of the video. And so I made the decision to cut it from my voice over. So as you can see, you can always make edits on the fly. And there's also been a lot of times where I've had to re-record my voice over, too, when I realize that it's a little bit too long. So, just remember you can always adjust.

Once you're done editing your voice over, now it's time to actually drop the clips. But before you do that, I always make sure that my aspect ratio is correct. Mine is going to be 9 by 6 because this is for short form. I also make sure these three settings are turned on in Cap Cut. I like having main track magnet on, auto snapping on, and also preview access on. Now, main track magnet basically means when you drop a clip, it's going to automatically go to the front of your timeline. And then with auto snapping turned on, when you drop multiple clips, it's automatically going to stick all those clips together like this. Whereas when you have these things turned off, now you're going to be able to put your clips in different areas of your timeline. So it really depends on what you'd like, but personally, I like having these features turned on for the most part. And then what preview access means, it's just going to allow you to scrub through your timeline and be able to see what you're editing. Whereas if you have this turned off, then you're going to have to manually click on each part of your video.

Another helpful setting to have turned on, especially if you're doing voiceover vlogs, is to have this entire track muted. This means that any clip that you drop into the timeline is automatically going to have no audio. If you want to turn it back on, you can just unmute it. Now, from here, I really just start listening to my voice over and then I'll start dropping clips that I want to edit. throughout listening to the voice over. I'll either trim my clips like I'm doing right now to get the exact scene that I want or I'll use the blade button and I'll start chopping things and deleting it.

Now, just to show you what a typical project in Cap Cut looks like for me, it's going to look something like this. As you can see, I have all of my clips trimmed up. And then I also have my voice over right here. Now, you might be wondering, Vanessa, why is your voice over looking like this? Why is there so many little chunks? Well, it's because I did the overlapping method where I overlap my audio so that my voice over is a lot faster paced and every time I overlap it creates a new track. So, that is a downside when you do that method. But, personally, I like the fast-paced effect. So, that's why my audio tracks look like this. But, just know that the voice over was just recorded once. It's just that I kept cutting it and overlapping it over each other.

Now, looking back at my 30-day vlogging challenge though, there is one thing that I made a mistake with, and that is getting lazy with the music. What I would do is I would have my file as is in Cap Cut, exported, and then overlay lowfi music that I find on Instagram on top. And a lot of the times, I was just reusing the same track over and over and over again. The issue is that I was also cross-osting on YouTube. And over on YouTube, there's no option, I believe, to actually add music. And of course, the Instagram music isn't going to transfer over. So, everyone who was following my vlog challenge on YouTube had no music in the videos at all. What's also really lame is for a lot of the audio that I used on Instagram, it got removed. So, my entire video got muted, which is so so annoying. So, I highly recommend that you use something like Epidemic Sound to avoid this from happening. Looking back, I definitely think that my life would have been easier and I would have gotten more engagement if I used Epidemic Sound, the sponsor of today's video.

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Now, earlier I talked about muting your audio. So over here on this track, everything is muted. So you're only going to hear my voice over, but I added another track up top where the audio is unmuted. "The honeymoon is over and we're coming back home. The baby is now." In order to do this, I did have to turn off auto snapping and main track magnet because if I turn back main track magnet on, it's going to glue all of my tracks together, which is not what I want. And so that's why I had it turned off when I was editing this specific video. And the reason why is because I wanted people to hear my reaction when I came home to see all of my pets.

Now, once all of this is done and I'm happy with everything, the last thing that I'll do is I'll add the captions. And to do that, you just click on captions and then hit generate. Once the captions are generated, it's going to look something like this. But you're going to want to choose the font that you like. And you're also going to want to fix the captions because a lot of times there might be some typos or maybe there's a certain pacing that you really want. So for example, right here it says, "You guys all went on my honeymoon with me and that's one whole line in the video." Let's say if I wanted it to be broken up into two lines, then what I'd have to do is click on the area that I want to break and then hit enter on my keyboard and now it's going to be two separate lines. Sometimes Cap Cut may also not add the caption properly. And when that happens, all you have to do is click on this plus sign, add the caption manually yourself, and then in the timeline, just put it in the gaps that you have. For example, these captions right here, I probably had to manually add, which is why you'll see these gaps below.

Now, for me, I tend to keep my vlogs really simple, especially because I was traveling when I was vlogging, so my captions were not that fancy. But if you wanted to, you could definitely add animations and do a bunch of different things on Cap Cut to make your vlog even more engaging. And I highly recommend going on Tik Tok or Instagram reels and searching up Cap Cut tutorials. There's so many creators that have such good tips on how to take advantage of Cap Cut and make your video a lot more engaging. But for me, I'm pretty happy with this.

So, the last step that I'll typically do is I will just export my file. And because this is being posted on social media, I just keep it to 1080p. Now, in case you're wondering how long this entire process takes me from thinking about the voice over, writing it, recording it, adding the clips in, editing, and then adding the captions, it takes me about an hour and a half for each video. And each video is about a minute to a minute and a half long. So, I really hope that provides a realistic benchmark for you. But anyways, I hope you learned a lot from this tutorial. As always guys, I appreciate you and I will see you in this video.