Product Description

Want to make a splash on YouTube? Even go viral? You've come to the right place. This book is written by two veteran 'Tubers who live their art and know what they're talking about - especially Alan Lastufka, a.k.a. 'fallofautumndistro', whose videos get millions of views. He and co-author Michael W. Dean show you how to make a quality video, and how to optimize, encode, upload, and promote it.This book can't promise you'll be rich and famous, but it can tell you how to make great video art, and what you need to do to get your work seen. You'll learn about: storytelling and directing; shooting, editing, and rendering; creating your very own channel; broadcasting user-generated content; re-broadcasting commercial content; cultivating a devoted audience; fitting into the YouTube community; becoming a success story; and, more. Join Alan Lastufka, a YouTube star - with over 10,000 subscribers - who makes part of his living from YouTube, and Michael W. Dean, a successful filmmaker, author, and D.I.Y. art pioneer. They'll take you from the basics of gear to making it big on YouTube, and they put everything in context, with interviews of other YouTube rock stars. These guys understand viral marketing, and they know what it takes to get your work on everyone's YouTube radar.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23718 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 281 pages

About the Author
Alan Lastufka a.k.a. fallofautumndistro (YouTube user name), is one of the Top 100 Most Subscribed Comedians on YouTube. His YouTube videos have had more than three million total views. One of his early short films received multiple airings on the Independent Film Channel.

On YouTube, Lastufka is widely praised for his collaboration videos. One of the most popular is the "iPwn" iPhone parody commercial, starring MadTV cast member LisaNova (as well as some narration at the end that was engineered and produced by Michael Dean).

CNN and YouTube held presidential debates on national television comprised solely of questions submitted by YouTubers via video. On July 23, 2007 U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-Connecticut) made a YouTube video response answering a question on the subject of Net Neutrality submitted by Alan Lastufka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiiCR0USyJg

Lastufka has contributed articles to numerous international magazines and zines, while co-running a popular independent publishing project in Chicago, IL.: www.fallofautumn.com

Alan is currently a teacher and skills coach for a non-profit social services agency.

Michael W. Dean is a filmmaker/author/musician/podcaster who directed the films "D.I.Y. or DIE: How To Survive as an Independent Artist" and "Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow" and wrote the book "$30 Film School." He has toured the US and Europe extensively, lecturing at youth centers, colleges, and museums on the subject of D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) art production and promotion.

Dean has written for Make Magazine, writes for the O'Reilly Digital Media site and runs the pop culture blog, StinkFight.com. He was a contributor to the book "Digital Video Hacks," and edited "DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish" (both from O'Reilly).

Customer Reviews

Good guide to making good video
This book is a great beginner's guide for anyone new to YouTube and video creation, and will also help those with some experience to make higher quality videos and to use YouTube's functionality better.

The authors have a great positive attitude and really know what they're talking about. Recommended.