Vlog

What is a Vlog ?

Much like a blog, but documented using video instead of written content.
Vlog derives from video blog or video log and refers to a type of blog where most or all the content is in video form.

Vlog posts consist of creating a video of yourself or an event, uploading it to the internet, and publishing it within a post on your blog. However, it doesn’t have to be that restrictive.

What Vlogging Means

In the early days of blogging, vlogs were called podcasts, a term that was used to refer to both audio and video blog posts. Today the two have adopted their own distinct nomenclature.

The term is also used by video streamers who don’t use a blog but post scheduled updates via other means like YouTube; their profile often advertises them as vloggers. However, live broadcasts are available too, from websites like YouTube and Facebook, and those are also considered vlogs.

Vlogging, therefore, has become a mix of blogging and streaming, with or without the other so long as there are self-made, first-person videos involved.

A vlog is sometimes also called a videocast or vodcast. Motovlogs are vlogs made while riding a motorcycle.

How to Create a Vlog

You can vlog anywhere that supports video content, but that’s not all you need. The first step is to identify where you want to blog, as in which website you should use to post your blog content.

YouTube is a huge website that hosts lots of vlogger’s content, and it’s free. However, there are alternatives if you need a traditional blog platform that also supports text and image posts.

It’s absolutely necessary to have a recording device too, like a webcam or dedicated video camera (or even your iPhone) that isn’t attached to a computer, as well as a microphone.

You can use any kind of video and audio hardware that you prefer, but to stand out among other streamers and vloggers, it’s usually recommended to get yourself something that can help produce high-quality content.

What’s more is the video editing software necessary for post-recording and pre-publishing. This includes not only your traditional video editing programs but also any video conversion software that can help get your unedited content into your editing software.