Making YouTube Videos: Star in Your Own Video! (Dummies Junior)

I bought this book for my daughter, who is ALWAYS posting random content. Her videos were all over the place and with no real content. After reading this book she better understands the process and work it takes to make video that are worth watching. Very informational and good tool to refer back to when in need.

My son loves this book. He dreams of being Dan TDM and while he might never reach those heights, who knows? This book is filled with projects that help children (and parents) record and upload their videos to YouTube. My son is 10 and he was impressed that the book didn't talk down to him and was very supportive of kids wanting to start on YouTube. Recommended.

As an adult that knows nothing about making a YouTube video, I figured it best to start with the very basics. Good information about pre-planning, scripting, lighting and set up in this volume. The only disappointment was the free editing software for PC that it recommended, I found to no longer be supported by Microsoft. But no worries, If I actually film a video worth editing, I will deal with that at the time.

We made our daughter read this book before she could start her own youtube channel. She learned some things that will be helpful moving forward.

Age level should be more evident in description . Book is somewhat hard to follow . Also , it would have been nice if cell phone YouTube setup and recording would have been described.

Good information and easy to read! J.O

I am middle-aged and new to YouTube. I am not the greatest photographer, videographer, or poster. I am college educated and this book did not “talk down” to the audience. The explanations, pictures, and glossary were exactly what I needed to start creating tutorial videos for YouTube. I especially appreciated the project on lighting and setting up a shot. Now I will shoot video without cutting off people’s heads or leaving them in the dark!

Dummy Junior books are great to read about something that you may not be familiar with. Such as older adults sometimes are confused about computers, websites, youtube, and things that are new to them.