Decide on your clips
Before you come to VideOccasions you'll need to decide exactly what you want to go on YouTube and either have your tape queued up to the appropriate place or have a solid description of where you want the clip to start and stop. For example: "Start where the lady with the blue hat falls into the pool-- at about 20 minutes into the tape -- and stop when the two men fall in trying to pull her out -- about 3.5 minutes later."
Length of clips
Although YouTube now allows clips up to 15 minutes in length, we recommend that you keep your clips to under 8 minutes -- 4 to 5 minutes is even better. The reason for this is that on many computers it takes quite a long time to download fifteen minutes of video.
Accessing your YouTube clips
Once your video is safely uploaded to YouTube it can be shared in three ways.
http://www.youtube.com/v/5Iq3cC-tQHI?hl=en&fs=1.
2. If you have a web page you can embed a viewer like the one below so that when your web page is opened the viewer appears and all that's necessary for the observer is to click on the picture and watch your video.
We'll email you the appropriate coding once your video has been uploaded to YouTube.
3. Don't have a web site of your own? You can embed your video on your Facebook Wall! Won't take long for all your Facebook friends to see what you've been up to.
| The clip at the right is a good example of what works well on YouTube. It's fairly short -- just over 4 minutes -- and well focused, a single, high-energy dance from a wonderful wedding celebration. It's evocative, like poetry, bringing back sharp memories of the event for those who view it and introducing the joy of this event to those who weren't fortunate enough to be at the wedding. The wedding video is over ten years old -- still in pretty good shape for a VHS tape of that vintage! Within a couple of hours after it was posted to YouTube more than forty friends and relatives of the bride and groom's families had viewed it, and the number swelled throughout the next day to more than 100 as Facebook friends made their way to the site. |
YouTube and Facebook are great ways to have your videos seen. VideOccasions can help you get the most out of this service.
Call us at 425-641-4811 or send an email. We'll be glad to discuss your needs and answer any questions you might have.