YouTube IRL Videos and Challenge Videos

Some of the first content on YouTube included IRL content, such as blogs where YouTubers would talk to their cameras, vlogs where YouTubers would record themselves and their daily activities and finally, comedic skits, usually short ones, as the start of YouTube was also related to Vine, an app where you could share short funny clips. YouTubers who I watched that created challenge videos include Bahm Lounge, Smosh, The Yogscast, NigaHiga, Sidemen, Syndicate, The Try Guys, IDubbz and H3H3.

YouTube challenge videos can range from cooking, to sports, to viral trends, to eating and much more. Some of the biggest YouTube challenge trends include try not to laugh, where YouTubers watch various compilations of funny videos, and attempt to watch them without laughing. Drawing challenges such as draw my life or scribble.io. YouTube pranks are also huge, especially around 2015/16. Eating challenges such as the ghost chili pepper challenge or eating a certain amount of calories. Finally, challenge videos can be sports, where the loser faces a punishment, or videos, like the Sidemen create such as hide and seek, exploration challenges and shopping challenges.

Challenge videos all follow a similar video pattern, in terms of what happens in the video. First of all, the YouTuber introduces themselves to the camera, and follows it up with a description of what the video will include. These videos are edited using pop-ups and images, as well as text on the screen. Animations can also be used to show the audience the rules to the challenge, or the main aims, and I will likely be doing the same for the challenge videos I am going to be creating. After this stage of the video, it is usually followed up by the main part of the video, and sometimes before this, there is a brief part of the video that includes a setup. The main part of the video can last anywhere between 8-15 minutes, depending on how big the challenge is. The challenge part of the video is the main chunk and main focus of the video, meaning that this is where the main cinematic shots and editing take place. Shot range is huge in challenge videos, especially when the challenge itself is quite mundane, so the shot type and editing can make the video exciting. Ranges of shots from mid to close range, as well as edits such as zooms, memes put over the top of the video or sound effects can make the audience entertained as well as applying humour to the video. Due to the limited team of camera people I have, I will need to definitely ace the editing side of the challenge videos, to make them more creative and interesting.

After the main part of the challenge, comes the conclusion, where the challenge results are shown, be it a creation, the scoring of the challenge, or the overall outcome. These parts of the videos also come with editing to showcase the results, for entertainment purposes, as well as visual evidence of the results. The loser of the challenge video often has to do some sort of punishment, in which the punishment is shown at the end of the video. After the conclusion to the challenge, the end of the video is recorded which includes summaries from the challenge, what the next videos will be about, as well as plugging other channels, and making sure the audience likes, comments and subscribes to the channel. The outros to these videos again contain edits such as pictures and text to redirect the audience to other videos and channels.

I would like to create 2 types of challenge video for my FMP. One challenge being a sports challenge, in the form of a crossbar challenge, and the other being a cooking challenge. I will start of by talking about the crossbar challenge. The main You Tubers I watch for his form of content includes the sidemen, who all the way back in 2014 were making football content. For the crossbar challenge videos, members of the Sidemen take it in turns to kick the ball, and aim to hit the crossbar. Each person gets a certain amount of attempt, and when someone does accomplish the challenge by hitting the crossbar, they all celebrate, and edits amplify the excitement, with hyped music, zooms on the football and person who kicked it, as well as overlays and colours. These videos, as well as including the highlights, also focus on funny events, such as people falling over, failing to hit the ball, or completely missing the target. The humor mixed in with the amazement of hitting the target mix for a good video. I will be following this format, as well as applying my own touch to the video, like all You Tubers do. Me and a few of my friends will attempt to hit the crossbar, with edits for skills, tricks and fails dotted around the video. I will be highly editing these videos, as well as creating intros and outros, as well as providing voice overs. The video will aim to be around 10 minutes long, as this is a good length for the audience to stay focused, as well as 10 minutes gives you good ads on YouTube.

For the other challenge video, I will be creating a cooking challenge show. The main concept for the challenge will be to entertain with humour, seeing as I am not a very good cook. I will follow a simple recipe, such as cake or cookies, and I will alter the recipe so that it is linked to my channel, Ravin Gavin' in some way, such as adding different indgredients based off of RG members, for example, one of the members, Sammy, has ketchup with everything, so possibly creating a ketchup cake might be good content. I want to create a cooking challenge video, so that I can include more shot types, as well as better audio quality, seeing as the video will be inside so no distractions, compared to the football video at the park. I can also get good shot types and ranges, such as creating the food, cooking the food, trying the food, as well as making jokes directly to the camera. I can also easily edit this form of video, as it will be planned more than the football video, in which a lot of the content is random and spontaneous. One of the biggest cooking channels is Rosanna Pansino, who makes cooking tutorials, including small text edits, easy to follow recipes, as well as multiple shot types and camera angles. I will be getting inspiration from Rosanna's videos, as well as, again, applying my own individual touch to the video.