Hi I am Jeswyn. In this article we are going to see some basic concepts about how to create a quality content let's get into this. Not only in YouTube in any social media platform creating quality content is crucial. That's the only way we can reach potential customers and audience. So in this presentation we are going to see some basic concepts about creating a quality content.

I am planning to make three separate videos. As we go through this, at the end of the series you will know about camera position, lighting techniques, and good audio.

Today we are going to see the important concept of positioning your camera. Camera position plays an important role in making quality content. So you have to be careful about these four things when you are ready to take video.

Eye level

Head room

Orientation

And Rule of Thirds

Eye level is nothing but how and where you place your camera. The best position to place your camera is in level to your eye or slightly above or below your eye. Of course the camera position depends on the kind of content you are making, yet most of the cases, most of the time, keeping the eye level is good. When you keep the camera too high you will look awkward. Keep the camera too low…mmm, you know why people have to see things inside your nose? Right.

The next thing you have to be careful when you take the video is headroom. Headroom is the space between your head and the top of the screen. In order to look good, the space between your head and the top of the screen should be optimal. Too much space above your head will make the video undesirable and if your head is above the screen how bad it will look right.

The next important thing is orientation. Orientation is about the video's aspect ratio. Some of the examples of video ratios are 16:9 9:16 1:1 4:5. In what orientation you take video? It depends on for what social media you are creating content or what form of content you are creating. For normal YouTube video 16:9 ratio or 1920 x1080 pixel is default. But for YouTube shorts 9:16 should be utilized. For Instagram 1:1 or 4:5 will be good. Always do a little research on what orientation a particular social media natively supports. So this will give you a good understanding of how orientation you have to use.

As the head room is about space above your head rule of thirds is about the space in sides. Sitting or standing in the center of the frame is optimal, no problem in there. But studies shows positioning yourself slightly left or right in the frame will make your video more desirable. When people like it you do it, right. But be aware that when you stand close to left position your body slightly right and vice versa. Don't sit close to an edge of the screen and stare at it. That will be bad.