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Genius Hour Update #7

Today in class, I continued on my research. I think that I've learnt a lot more this class, I think that some transferable knowledge is the three factors that make up success on youtube. The article I read that really helped me was written by Freddie Wong, a fellow youtuber, who makes skits and short films. He mentioned in the article that there aren't any secrets behind the success on youtube, it's about defining your goals, listening to your audience and making quality content. This led me to further learning, and it helped connect the dots of what actually helped with success on youtube. It helped me come up with some sort of answer to my driving question. What makes a successful youtuber has many factors to it, by making high quality content with good lighting and a good quality camera, will attract viewers to watch your videos. By keeping a consistent schedule with your content, and making youtube videos that you enjoy making, this will make viewers want to come back to your channel, soon building your fan base and support, getting more views and doing something you love will bring you success.

Infomercial Reflection

What is the message your infomercial is attempting to convey? 
The message that our infomercial is trying to convey is that you don't need a picture perfect body to be the picture perfect image. We decided to convey this message because many youths in today's society struggle with eating disorders and body images due to the fact that media and many other factors influence people to be a specific image. By conveying to people that you don't need a perfect body in order to fit into today's society would really help decrease the risk of having or developing an eating disorder. 
What are the facts to support this message?

• Up to 24 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder) in the United States.
• 86% report onset of eating disorder by age 20; 43% report onset between ages of 16 and 20.6.
• In a survey of 185 female students on a college campus, 58% felt pressure to be a certain weight, and of the 83% that dieted for weight loss, 44% were of normal weight.
• 69% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape.
• From ages 15-24, anorexia is the most common cause of death.

What are the visuals to support this message?

Throughout the video, we show visuals that support these facts. And at the end we show a picture of a person looking at their reflection, we then have the caption of our message. We thought that if we show the audience the negative effects of having an eating disorder and what it does to one's body, that we would be able to convey the message to accept your body and to not want to be somebody else.

What is the audio to support this message?

We included some sad/happy song, during the clips of where we give the audience facts about eating disorders, the song that we included was sort of sad yet not depressingly sad. We didn't do any voice overs, because we thought that it would give off a better voice and mood if we weren't speaking.

How have you presented your message in a way that will engage your audience?

We used video clips that we film ourselves, and picture. I think that this will engage the audience because the clips that we show relate to the facts, instead of including video clips that don't connect to the message at all.

Genius Hour Blog Entry #6

By using Eva, from the youtube channel Mylifeaseva, I received a lot of credible and interesting information which made my research easier and stronger. Before this project, I had been watching her youtube videos for a while, and knew that she had been making high quality youtube videos for years. I found her video on starting a successful youtube channel, by searching youtube using my driving question. When I searched it up, the results showed her video, her video talked about tips and tricks on starting youtube. This video was a credible source because the information being given about was coming from a reliable source. Eva Gutowski, has over 1.9 million subscribers on youtube, making videos such as hauls, diys, vlogs, etc. I knew that Eva was a reliable source, due to the fact that she, herself has made successful youtube videos, and she continues on maintaining a successful youtube channel. As said before, I had seen many of her other videos, and looking at the views she has, she makes high quality content. The information that she mentions in this video talks about having a high quality camera, having a fan base, having good lighting, etc really shines through because she herself uses those things. I knew that the information that she gave to the viewers, were some of the things that she, herself have experienced and she decided to share it with others. Though she doesn't mention as many statistics, by telling the audience her own experiences and what she does to get to where she is now seems quite credible. After watching this video, the information being provided helped me understand and research my topic by leading me to a different focus//area, I knew that having a fan base or people who supported your channel was a big factor of being successful on youtube. But after watching this video and hearing about all the factors of cameras and making higher quality content. It led my research to an area of how youtubers make their content successful, and how it attracted a fan base. Overall, I thought that this video by Eva was a very credible source which helped with my research and helping the process of answering my driving question.

Genius Hour Update

Today's class period, I continued to watch videos on the making of a successful youtube channel. One new piece on information that I have received from the youtube channel, youtube.com/drawwithjazza is that when you first get started you should be finding a way to be different from the other channels who are trying to do the same thing as you. I think that this piece of information really helped my research, because it makes me think of the youtubers that are currently very big on youtube, what makes them different from the other channels that are doing the same exact thing. I think that one thing that really makes them different is their personality, but I think that I still need to continue to research about this situation/question. I think that I'm planning on making my own youtube video as my final project, but I'm not quite sure what my video should be about. I think that I will continue to do more research to help me support my question and the definite answer to the question.

Dairy Farm Field Trip

Passion Hour Update

Today, I continued on my research by watching youtubers and other youtube channels. At the beginning of this class, I had the thought of using one specific youtuber as a mentor. I thought that if I was able to direct message them, maybe I would be able to have more of the questions I have answered by them. I know that she may not answer them, but I decided to go for it. I asked the questions, "How do you maintain a successful youtube channel? What factors make up a successful youtube account? And do you think that having connections on youtube affect your success?" Another thing that I did today was answering many different surveys that were sent by other students in the class. I think that I will continue to plan on researching, and to think of ideas for my final project.