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You should give it a try. I do not think you will be able to do it for less at similar quality, especially with food.
by Globot 2y ago
You should give it a try. I do not think you will be able to do it for less at similar quality, especially with food.
- yoyohello13 2y agoIDK, I watch this guy futurecanoe who does random cooking content and he just films that shit with the worst quality camera he could find. And he has ~3mil subs. The mistake is thinking YouTube content needs to be quality to be successful.
- happytoexplain 2y agoNeeds? No. Helps? Often.
- danpalmer 2y agoHe has managed that because he’s made that the channel focus. That’s a brand choice that not everyone would want to make, and that doesn’t work if too many people do it.
- reassess_blind 2y agoMaybe you’re right, I don’t have a successful cooking YouTube channel so I can only speak in general business terms. I do know that there are many profitable cooking YouTube channels that didn’t have a separate producer and food stylist from day 1, and probably still don’t.
- ApolloFortyNine 2y agoJoshua Weissman is probably a good example, when you look at his older stuff (now he does have a team). He was always into the 'cinematography' of cooking and ends each video with a minute or two of b roll even. I think he did have a good camera early on, but that's more of a one time 1k-2k purchase, not 3500 a video.
- zoklet-enjoyer 2y ago>If I could reduce production costs, that would increase profits, which Omega and I talked about. They worked to tighten our post-production flow and shaved a full day of editing off each episode. Good! Beyond that, my options were to strip the videos of sound effects and graphics, publish them without color grading, find a new crew with lower day rates, or become a vlogger. I chose not to do any of that. I wanted the channel to grow and views to increase; achieving that while lowering quality didn’t seem like a solid strategy. I watched one of her videos and the sound effects were annoying, so cut those. Skip the color grading. Stick to 1 or 2 stationary cameras. At least attempt to learn how to edit audio and video. No idea what a food stylist is, probably cut that out too.
- blitzar 2y ago> At least attempt to learn how to edit audio and video I would probably learn how to shoot the content over editing (slash the crew to 0/1 person on filming days) - however learning how to edit (the basics) teaches you how to shoot and how to review final output.
- jonas21 2y agoJ Kenji Lopez-Alt's cooking channel was just him with a GoPro strapped to his head for a long time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q8M60LXMtY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q8M60LXMtY The quality of the content is very good, even though the production is simple. He has a fancier setup now, but he only moved to that after his channel became popular.
- ramraj07 2y agoDude has been a mini celebrity chef for a really long time. He also has insane technical skills. If it wasn't for his name and those skills, no one's gonna watch some dude cooking eggs with his gopro. Also his kitchen has six figure worth of stuff in there, I used to tune in just to see his fridge and utensil cabinets. He might not have invested explicitly for the channel but he did have an amazing studio.
- bryanrasmussen 2y agoI mean if you are some dude who wants to cook eggs you probably shouldn't be making a video channel for that because that sounds extremely unlikely to succeed.
- brudgers 2y agoIn the end the technical quality wasn’t what mattered.