philip_hughes wrote:I will help her all i can..
Read over the initial post, reminded me of the purpose and your "helping."
Your a dad. Youtube is friggin nasty. I understand a young girl's desire for attention and recognition. Young guys like that too and I should know, since I was one. Once... I guess, I dunno, it's all kinda fuzzy.
But being a "star" on youtube is like standing in a pile of crap and getting acclaim from people that like staring at people standing in piles of crap. Youtube makes it easy for people to become celebrities. And, it shows. Anyway, enough lecturing. Just keep being a good father and never put yourself in the role of a "friend." Therein lies oblivion. (Weirdos all over the place. A dark jungle, for all the lights it has.)
Advice Section:
The camera is a person. It's not that thing you line up in front of to take a picture. It's not something you talk "to" it's something you talk "with." (In multiple ways, you're talking with and "with" the camera.)
Who is that person? It's the one person in the entire Universe that really, truly, wants to be there and experience whatever it is you want to give it. Do you want to make that person happy? Then, make 'em happy. Sad? Yup, got that covered. Concerned, frightened, joyous, anxious, whatever - It's a person.
In the vid, the camera is a "camera." It's like you're taking a picture for your family's Christmas card. You know the ones. They're ones that come every year with some crappy family pic that the family slaved over, made costumes for, got their dog to dress up in a tutu for. What happens to those? Only grandmothers like those, everyone else quietly throws them away when nobody else is looking so they don't have to make up an excuse why it's getting trashed. Don't worry, there will be another in the mail next year...
So, it's a person and it needs everything a person needs to enjoy the experience. Camera guys and the neighborhood director of photography make that happen. The sound guy helps too by providing cords for everyone to trip over. Lighting goons hold up reflectors because sweating is what everyone is supposed to do, right? Some makeup people slather goop around so the camera can see facial expressions. They get awards for this... Costume freaks babble about personality and give the actors the same damn stuff to wear, but with a new pair of socks that's supposed to make all the difference. Everyone agrees.
The writers are supposed to do something, too, but they're off getting stoned with the celebs in their trailers.
Anyway - The camera is a person. Look at the vid and decide what did that person "need" to get the best experience possible. Next time, make sure you provide that. Then, next time, cover a bit more. Next time, etc, ad nauseum.
Being a star - Be yourself. Everyone is star. That's the easy part. The only hard part is getting other people to look at them hard enough for long enough to realize that, hopefully with some "truth" showing through, somewhere. By that, I don't mean personal crap, I mean whatever is produced is "true" even if it's fiction. This vid has a lot of "true" in it and that's great. So, keep going with that, just increase the "production value" a bit by treating the camera right in all respects.
PS - For goodness sakes, never, ever, reveal any information, anywhere, about who and where this is taking place. Nothing. Nada. NEVER. No more real names, nothing in the background with any regional crap on it, use a masking service for ownership/access, never mention schools, anyone's proper name, etc. (Yeah, I'm a bit protective. Youtube is a pile of garbage with a microphone and camera.)