I love videos hearing about the creative process. I feel like so many channels are all about the hauls now and that gets tiring. Show us the planning, the dreaming, doodling or sketching. Show us the finish and what worked and what didn't. Maybe make a scrap book or porfolio page while you talk about the project. Most of all, it's just nice to have a chatty human around while working on projects.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts 💚 this made me realise why I stopped posting on Instagram. It has become a performance and I hate that. I joined Instagram to become part of the sewing community, but the platform changed so much and it became frustrating to me to engage there.
I miss the days where there was little to no monetary gain to be had from TH-cam. Where "being a youtuber" wasn't about chasing algorithms or making content for the sake of content. I'm really happy to see someone address this, and that you want to make videos because you WANT to, and not because it's something you feel like you SHOULD make it.
You're right, and the most frustrating this is when you forget to shoot a huge part of the process because you're drawn into it and end up with less content.
Yes, you did shoot it, but something goes wrong, the audio cuts out, the dog is barking or playing with a squeaky toy, or the camera runs out of battery
I'm with ya -- love creating, hate editing. I actually don't mind filming my process, just as long as I'm not speaking to the camera and I'm only capturing from one angle.
I agree with you that filming every step of a project is tedious, and that it is helpful to create a variety of content that does not involve showing a tutorial. Besides having to closely examine every step, explain and show it, you have to make a finished project, so the videos can't be published as frequently. I have a quilting channel, and I do try to provide a range of videos so that I don't have to show a finished quilt in every video, and I don't have to provide step by step directions for each one either. Sometimes the audience just wants ideas and doesn't need a step by step tutorial anyway, they just want sewing content, and your idea about providing recommendations, or discussing different aspects of sewing is more interesting. I know sometimes I feel guilty in subscribing to magazines because I don't make the patterns, and don't spend time reading patterns.
Do the things you love. You dont have to make tutorials! Its YOUR channel so you share what you feel for sharing and you dont have to make content all the time only even now and then when you feel for it.
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You're completely right that filming your hobbies inherently changes the craft--because it becomes a performance, rather than a practice.
Exactly!
I love videos hearing about the creative process. I feel like so many channels are all about the hauls now and that gets tiring. Show us the planning, the dreaming, doodling or sketching. Show us the finish and what worked and what didn't. Maybe make a scrap book or porfolio page while you talk about the project. Most of all, it's just nice to have a chatty human around while working on projects.
YES - I love watching videos like that. It's so much fun to see other people's creative process.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts 💚 this made me realise why I stopped posting on Instagram. It has become a performance and I hate that. I joined Instagram to become part of the sewing community, but the platform changed so much and it became frustrating to me to engage there.
I feel the same way about instagram. It really has changed a lot.
I miss the days where there was little to no monetary gain to be had from TH-cam. Where "being a youtuber" wasn't about chasing algorithms or making content for the sake of content.
I'm really happy to see someone address this, and that you want to make videos because you WANT to, and not because it's something you feel like you SHOULD make it.
You're right, and the most frustrating this is when you forget to shoot a huge part of the process because you're drawn into it and end up with less content.
Definitely.
Yes, you did shoot it, but something goes wrong, the audio cuts out, the dog is barking or playing with a squeaky toy, or the camera runs out of battery
I'm with ya -- love creating, hate editing. I actually don't mind filming my process, just as long as I'm not speaking to the camera and I'm only capturing from one angle.
I hear you. I think my biggest problem was trying to film too many angles.
I agree with you that filming every step of a project is tedious, and that it is helpful to create a variety of content that does not involve showing a tutorial. Besides having to closely examine every step, explain and show it, you have to make a finished project, so the videos can't be published as frequently. I have a quilting channel, and I do try to provide a range of videos so that I don't have to show a finished quilt in every video, and I don't have to provide step by step directions for each one either. Sometimes the audience just wants ideas and doesn't need a step by step tutorial anyway, they just want sewing content, and your idea about providing recommendations, or discussing different aspects of sewing is more interesting. I know sometimes I feel guilty in subscribing to magazines because I don't make the patterns, and don't spend time reading patterns.
Great point. With quilting it can take years to make a finished project!
Unless the filming and editing is also your hobby it kind of becomes tedious
What pattern did you use for the button down shirt? It's lovely, and I'd like to make my own
Thanks so much! It's actually self-drafted, but this pattern is quite similar. www.heyjunehandmade.com/product/cheyenne-tunic/
Do the things you love. You dont have to make tutorials! Its YOUR channel so you share what you feel for sharing and you dont have to make content all the time only even now and then when you feel for it.
Yay! Drop the camera and do stuff that makes YOU happy no matter how it looks to others. You don't need their valuation.
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