Sometimes It's Worth Taking The Risk
In January of 2015, I made a bold move and spent a LOT of money I could REALLY be using right now and put it towards a project I figured would make me some money. I knew the money would be slow... I just didn't think it'd be THIS slow.
The Specs:
Canon Vixia HF R500 video camera
Class 10 64 gig memory card
Crappy $20 microphone from Best Buy
Manfroto tripod (supposedly one of the best)
GoPro Hero HD
All GoPro accessories
Asus Laptop
Adobe Premiere/Photoshop Elements 13
3 clamp lights
As I continue to do these videos, my equipment list will rise. I do want to add a Sony A7s camera into my mix because I do a LOT of low light events and the A7s is, arguably, the greatest low light camera ever created. Unfortunately, it'll set me back about two grand.
After I filmed my first episode, I was positive that I would never film another one. The views grew extremely slowly, the money even slower, and I was extremely uncomfortable in front of the camera. Fortunately, I'm now a little better in front of the camera, I have 40 followers, and my videos now range about... 15 views. Ok, so my view count dropped. Drastically. But, October will save this! Why, you ask? Lets get to the title of this post.
Buying all of this stuff (and, in a lot of cases, getting stuff as a gift) was a pretty big risk. I had NO idea what I was doing and it was obvious. My first few videos (mostly edited in GoPro Studio) prove it. I never let being new hinder me. I never let my lack of connections hurt me. I just kept pushing forward. I figured, if I worked with other start up companies, I'd eventually get bigger. And bigger am I getting. Ready for the list going into Halloween?
Busch Gardens has agreed to send us press releases, and possibly let us use their commercials.
ZooBoo is sending me press releases and trying to get me in to their media event.
The Vault of Souls (a $100+ value) has sent me their commercial, their press release, and is putting me on their media list.
The Chamber of Terror was a yard haunt last year and the city made them go professional. I will be AT their event getting lots of footage.
Murder House is a yard haunt that is picking up a lot of steam. They are allowing me to come in and get a lot of video.
And finally, Guavaween, Tampa's original Halloween party, is giving me media passes and press releases leading up to the event.
Lets see how much money this month brings me! I'm hoping to put out a good number of videos come October, and I want to start promoting them now. I put up a Halloween Horror Nights video on a personal channel, without ads, just to see the interest level. It's at over 400 views now (it's only been a few days). Lets hope Tampa is the same way!
Anyways, that's the end of my rant, and there's my plans for October. I'll be going to Halloween Horror Nights this year on the 19th of September. Since I'm a pass holder, I will get in an hour early and I will be guaranteed three houses. Walking Dead being one. Blah! Until next time.
The Specs:
Canon Vixia HF R500 video camera
Class 10 64 gig memory card
Crappy $20 microphone from Best Buy
Manfroto tripod (supposedly one of the best)
GoPro Hero HD
All GoPro accessories
Asus Laptop
Adobe Premiere/Photoshop Elements 13
3 clamp lights
As I continue to do these videos, my equipment list will rise. I do want to add a Sony A7s camera into my mix because I do a LOT of low light events and the A7s is, arguably, the greatest low light camera ever created. Unfortunately, it'll set me back about two grand.
After I filmed my first episode, I was positive that I would never film another one. The views grew extremely slowly, the money even slower, and I was extremely uncomfortable in front of the camera. Fortunately, I'm now a little better in front of the camera, I have 40 followers, and my videos now range about... 15 views. Ok, so my view count dropped. Drastically. But, October will save this! Why, you ask? Lets get to the title of this post.
Buying all of this stuff (and, in a lot of cases, getting stuff as a gift) was a pretty big risk. I had NO idea what I was doing and it was obvious. My first few videos (mostly edited in GoPro Studio) prove it. I never let being new hinder me. I never let my lack of connections hurt me. I just kept pushing forward. I figured, if I worked with other start up companies, I'd eventually get bigger. And bigger am I getting. Ready for the list going into Halloween?
Busch Gardens has agreed to send us press releases, and possibly let us use their commercials.
ZooBoo is sending me press releases and trying to get me in to their media event.
The Vault of Souls (a $100+ value) has sent me their commercial, their press release, and is putting me on their media list.
The Chamber of Terror was a yard haunt last year and the city made them go professional. I will be AT their event getting lots of footage.
Murder House is a yard haunt that is picking up a lot of steam. They are allowing me to come in and get a lot of video.
And finally, Guavaween, Tampa's original Halloween party, is giving me media passes and press releases leading up to the event.
Lets see how much money this month brings me! I'm hoping to put out a good number of videos come October, and I want to start promoting them now. I put up a Halloween Horror Nights video on a personal channel, without ads, just to see the interest level. It's at over 400 views now (it's only been a few days). Lets hope Tampa is the same way!
Anyways, that's the end of my rant, and there's my plans for October. I'll be going to Halloween Horror Nights this year on the 19th of September. Since I'm a pass holder, I will get in an hour early and I will be guaranteed three houses. Walking Dead being one. Blah! Until next time.