How to Make a Documentary For a YouTube Audience

How do you make documentaries that keep a viewer engaged? I break down 6 elements to craft a documentary for a youtube audience.
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[@JevenDovey]

Watch my Regenerative Farm Doc: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4nFZYt5dqmbmck

[@BehindTheNeedle]

While this video is 3 years old, the advice is still super valid and useful! Thank you Jeven!

[@DavidSenteno]

Vlogumentary. I like it. 🥂

[@HaiTomVlog]

The idea of a vlogumentary sounds really awesome, telling a story like this just sounds super engaging. Great tips! 👌🏼

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

This video was like a film class, so much good information that you can tell comes from experience. I have only done a couple of stories but since they did not get a lot of views I stopped, but they were the most fun of anything I have done on YT. Your video makes me want to try again. Thanks.

[@koveanthanpon]

This storytelling series is great! Please keep it coming.

[@BellasBigAdventures]

Fabulous as always. I’m really learning so much from your experience and just need to be brave enough to relax in front of the camera! Thank Jeven.

[@Mejiawildlife]

This is what I was looking for. I love this concept !

[@ForTheRoadTravels]

Thank you Jeven all this information is really helpful for all the content creators. We cannot wait for your upcoming uploads.

[@alincoroian9246]

Love the idea of a vlogumentary!! I’m gonna start using that! Keep up the good work brother!

[@Storywebs]

This is exactly the kind of content I've been wanting to make! Thank you so much for these amazing tips. You've definitely helped give me more direction. Can't wait to learn more.

[@victorborel1001]

Great to find people taking time to explain things. I enjoy this type of video ! I so happy to understand everything you say (I’m french). Thank you.

[@TheFogbound]

I've only just started this "creator journey" and I've been watching your video's, they are gold, thank you!

[@LeahandBlair]

This video deserves a million views😮..and if it doesn't.. its helped me make a million views instead!! Thanks Jason. 🎉 Mr Blair

[@michaelwilkop7816]

I am a novice film maker and I'm doing a doco at the moment. This video was awesome. It gave me courage and enthusiasm. Thnaks mate. Great work :)

[@thecoloradotravelers7212]

Wow this is exactly what I was looking for. Been having trouble trying to tie certain parts into a story. It’s even harder trying to explain that to get the assistance you need to overcome it, but you knew exactly what I was talking about. Thank you!👍

[@jameldecasseres8638]

Man, thank you so much for sharing this info. You have been a tremendous help and inspiration to my process. Your insights have definitely helped put me on the right path. 👊🏾

[@julianfarquhar]

Jeven you articulate this so well. Seems like I am really behind the times here but I really like the idea of a 'Vlogumentary'. Somehow this is when the real person reports but also brings their personality and perspective to a documentary. Thank you for that perspective.

[@BirdsandMore2376]

Vlogumentary. Definitely thats the word. Great video and super timely for the project im working on.

[@TheThinkersBible]

I am absolutely stunned by the depth and the new perspective you share in this lesson. I'm working on my first KZbin documentary as we speak. This vlogumentary model you're describing is absolutely spot on and fills in some gaps in my approach that I can now think through much better. Thank you for your very cogent insights.

[@JevenDovey]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stephensears7483]

I love your channel. This video was incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@RunningAlive]

Brilliant... the tip on 30sex of background sound to keep the interviews tied together is gold. Go with ‘vlogumentary’ is perfect

[@paradisefilmslanka]

Super advice. Just what I needed. I was amazed by Li Ziqi 's channel and was trying to study how she managed to do such immersive videos with views going through the roof. She is a good inspiration and would really like it if you could give us some tips based on her videos.

[@kirksfilms]

Good stuff. I live in a small town. Seems hard to find new stuff to shoot, but really I’m just being lazy about telling a good story. Thanks for the ideas and motivation.

[@FlatRoofDoctor]

Excellent tutorial. It takes time to become natural in your thinking to do all the stuff. Your experience is super helpful. I will have to watch this over and over again. Thanks a lot

[@LonelyWatchtower]

Saved to watch it at home. Can’t wait. Thank you

[@ClintonFordGray]

Vlogumentary WORKS!!! Thanks Jeven - added another 2 pages to my notebook of creator driven guidance.

[@aussiewombat59]

You've inspired me... been wanting to make a short doco... gonna do some planning!

[@stevewright2241]

This was really good - I'm gonna watch it again.

[@LitwinFishing]

Just discovered your channel and all I have to say is WOW! You have amazing content and I am so envious of how easy your commentary comes across. Do I even have to mention your shooting style and editing? A++++ all the way. You just need more ways that I can give you my money :P

[@MTBTrailRider]

I have a mountain biking channel but your videos have been helpful for me to think about my vidoes differently. Trying to create a story in my biking videos... If i'm going to a bike park, think about the story i could create. No longer just winging it. I've been working on getting more broll and more thought with voice overs. Need to adapt a little with what you share because I'm not necessarily vlogging but the tips help keep my viewers more engaged.

[@ZionetteEsther]

I like the word vlogumentary! Thank you for your genuine advises! It is precious!

[@dannoringer]

Thank you. Excellent video. Very helpful. One problem that I've run into is planning and building my production outline is that I tend to change directions so much that I end up reorganizing the clips and the story pieces once I see what comes out from the original approach.

[@lorettaromero3205]

Jeven I would like to Thank you for giving me the inspiration to start my KZbin channel . You give me the hope the push and the challenge to start . Love to watch your channel .

[@WestonSuperMan]

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for.. thanks for the great tips.. a Vlogumentary sounds exactly what I want to start doing.. thanks 👍

[@GiliamsTravels]

Brilliant video mate. I’m about to go on another ride with my son and was wondering about how to film it. I want to do something different from the series I made of our Outback trip last year. I’m going to try the vlogumentery approach. Thanks again you have inspired me. Mike

[@MatthewPolack]

Thanks so much for your videos. Given me some great food for thought. Am in the middle of planning more films..have had some real success with one particular story...but trying to recreate that...and what comes next is really the challenge. (Feel a bit like a band with a 'one hit wonder'!) It's intersting what resonates and connects with people..and what falls flat! I was also interested in time..and you get your fims created quickly....I find I am working for months if not years on these "KZbin" documentaries...and have to figure out how to make the process much quicker! Thanks for all the ideas. Is quite the journey. Thanks!

[@TVnewswritingtips]

This is fantastic...as was the farm doc. On my other channel, I produce traditional documentaries in which I do not appear...but perhaps I'll try one in the style you're describing as well.

[@robmillist]

Best video on this subject so far!

[@LoveTribeOverland]

I like the term "vlogumentary" as that feels more like what us adventure-seekers and overlanders are creating. On that note... Im curious (and I realize this video is years old) I understand that story is a huge difference between a meh video and a great video, but Im eager to see your process on how you create story on the fly. Love your stuff and much appreciate you sharing your knowledge so graciously.

[@Beyondthebackyard-au]

Thanks, awesome tutorial. I would love to see you expand on Point 5 in a later video. Especially about using the 30 seconds sound capture to mask a cut in an interview. But also your music choices and edits, I watched your latest documentary and I kept saying to myself - right take note how he exits from this scene to the next, but I am so captured in the whole thing all I can do is watch, which to me means brilliant editing. I need to rewatch to try and capture it. I have only made 2 of my own so far, and already I can see many ways I could drastically improve. Cant wait for the next tutorial.

[@AgeofRogerio]

I've been watching you for some time Jeven and I have been finding myself mimmicking your style with out even realizing that I am. Thanks for inspiration 😁👍

[@mikerowland7192]

Look forward to seeing a video on how you layout the story. Thanks for great content.

[@selasiamepo7077]

Good idea

[@beyond7forcuriousminds277]

I love vlogumentary :). Browsing through your channel next for more gems like this, thanks.

[@henkyo_insiders]

This video is very informative! I'll especially apply the technique of the interview part. Thank you!

[@JennGroverPhotography]

Thanks! Really helpful perspectives.

[@fambike9670]

Great guide to follow thanks 💯❤

[@juliathonig]

Thanks for the video! I was searching for a word when I'm doing my videos - I think vlogumentary is the best word for it, esspecially for solo filmmakers.

[@dronebuzz]

Nicely explained. Step-by-step Jeven! Smart strategy! Thank you, T :-)

[@bodybuilder9725]

Great explanation thanks for this great helpful video god bless you wish be more famous

[@miguelbinnios]

Great vid bro. Love the tips!

[@-yegnaalem1155]

It is amazing advice .. thank you very much keept up good work

[@germanevision]

Great piece of advice. I have seen so many videos on documentaries but nothing as insightful as yours. Your pointed reference to 'story' not being a beginning, a middle and an end with lots of desperate situations in between is worth a million dollars.

[@risingsunadventuretravels9908]

I almost fell out of my chair when I heard you say something about starting or maybe filming the ending of a story first. I have filmed the ending first of more than 1 or 2 in my 25 years in the film making business. All were succesful and were accepted by The National Geographic Society for it's film series at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. I enjoy watching your videos. Best, Ken Creed

[@WaterlineShorts]

Interesting. Im trying to work on some projects along these lines. This is useful. Ive got mostly tutorial content which does OK but I think lacks the story to connect with the audience.

[@solotranstraveler5924]

This was fantastic & really insightful. Super helpful for me. Thank you!

[@JevenDovey]

You're so welcome!

[@RaraMedia]

Thank You. it was very helpful

[@CaptainCory]

Great video! Excellent outline for a good video

[@zegalles5721]

Good video, very useful. I like the video's you create a lot. Now to find a subject I can create a story around. Though one.

[@ShieKosu]

Always watching your vlog :) keep it up. Watching from japan

[@TheCebuanoDrifter]

learning and applying these bits and pieces into my content...

[@StarGazeroftheMultiverse]

Vlogumentary is indeed a fitting name for this style content which this video covers. So Vlogumentary it is!

[@gettingoutwiththekids]

Really good information. Your content is great for new youtubers like us.

[@bitterbold]

Thanks Jeven. Very useful stuff. I got a question: I'm not a KZbinr and don't want to become one. I'm just a documentary creator. What would you suggest in terms of promoting the documentary/vlogumentary on KZbin, so people stumble over it? Keep up the great vids dude. You're awesome.

[@TheFrugalFlyRodder]

I like the vlogumentary reference.

[@jamiewanders5790]

Thank you for your guidance. Like most of your videos

[@lakbaybikertv9867]

Sir thank you for all tips...

[@KoraputiaBro]

Thank you sir........ be my Guru. ... A BIG HELLO from INDIA . ....

[@kevinwells4986]

I'm really enjoying your videos. I have so much to learn every day. But while watching this video, it reminded me of Anthony Bourdain. His method of creating or even just discovering stories is very similar to yours. I'm so sorry that he is not with us, but I definitely understand what you are trying to say. I just need experience, for which I don't have as much time as you or many others - still, I'll try. Thanks for your advice.

[@mercy_org_uk]

Hi there, great video and many beneficial points on making a documentary :) so thank you. Quick question what video editing software do you use?

[@Hobbitiano]

Very interesting content, keep it up, please!

[@osayandeaikhionbare1636]

Bro your content is helping me a ton! Thank you

[@JevenDovey]

Happy to help!

[@BarefootMediaTV]

im liking the term vlogumentaries. i wanna make one!

[@rulosenruta]

Tus explicaciones son maravillosas Jeven!

[@LasVegasandBeyond]

Thanks for making this video. I made a documentary and had way too many reshoots even with my notes and shot list.

[@Samuelwarman90]

The timing on this video is perfect ♥️ this is literally what I’m planning to do really soon

[@JevenDovey]

Try experimenting with shorts on a new channel to mix with long form content

[@Samuelwarman90]

@@JevenDovey thank you 🙏♥️

[@Samuelwarman90]

@@JevenDovey you’re actually a huge inspiration for me so thank you 🙏

[@BeeReeldz]

Food for thought..

[@MissUnderstoodasAlways]

Amazing video ty. Vlogomentary!!😍

[@RahulVlogsIndia]

Very useful information 🙏

[@DanaBeigay]

Great video! Informative! I am a new subscriber! Thank you so much!

[@bingejunkie1075]

I actually like the term Vlogumentary

[@christophersmiley2783]

Jeven, Great Video! If I may ask, what plan do you use in Epidemic Sound?

[@puneet9628]

Nice explanation. Big Fan Brother, from Delhi 🙏

[@cyclesofhistory2020]

Excellent tutorial - though I am trying to learn how to do desktop narrated news analysis for KZbin - but the principles you set out are helpful in that context too

[@JevenDovey]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aRVeesBlog]

Very informative tutorial. Thank you for this. Vlogumentary is more applicable, in my opinion

[@mohammdsherif]

perfect. Thank you

[@Skogsgeek]

Vlogumentary really descibes what I do on my channel. I go on hikes and adventures and try as best as I can do convey my feelings and experiences to the audience.

[@bjay6002]

this really help me a lot I want to create documentaries and this is wonderful tips I'm just nervous and scared tho.

[@shred3005]

Succinct. You make it sound easy while making it clear that you have to be thorough in your preparation. That’s the key isn’t it? Preparation.

[@GeorgeToft]

documentary vs. vlogumentary --> Definitely documentary :)

[@FridayTuber]

Thumbs up 👍 my friend! 🍭 So beautiful experience! I learned a lot from your video. You have a very unique way of expressing information, with these tips I try to improve my channel. 👍👌🤗🤗 I love explore the city by walking, thank you for sharing! ✌😃 watching from Saudi Arabia.

[@jaydangle2]

i dont like the word vlog in general but it is a very accurate way to describe the difference vlog or doc

[@gunomarshall8333]

Thank you 🙏

[@JaayRides]

Gotta save this for later, hoping to create a vlogumentary style video in 2021

[@caymandave99]

I’m becoming a Jeven Dovey junkie! Seriously great stuff. Just a bit much to parse out for me being new to You Tube creation although I have 30 years under my belt creating corporate high tech videos, yawn. Looking forward to your info on creators.

[@tomokeefe438]

Examples of how you edit and with what software would be very helpful. Do you have vids on how you do this stuff exactly?

[@fatnessprime69]

Bro your the man

[@go4growthsllimited]

Awesome content

[@tracymorgantroublechildpro2296]

thank you that was dope one love peace

[@tadeytravels]

Your amazing !