That's All She Wrote

Halloween video project Hi again! I was talking about my halloween special video in my last blog post and now it's been published. I was little scared that people will be angry that I do something that is not family-friendly content. I tried to make it very clear that this is a horror short movie so children and sensitive people be aware! People actually liked it a lot! I got so many good comments and many came to talk about it directly.  Message of the video was clear to most viewers. I am glad that Mirabella's story got viewers interest. Watch the video and tell in the comments how did you  interpret it? Making process The idea and inspiration Even though this is horror themed video, it has deeper meaning; school bullying. Video tells story of my alterego Mirabellas "birth". I don't want to open it too much, because certain things are meant to remain unclear. I'm inspired by role playing and story-telling i...

One of the best things on YouTube is to build your own community. I absolutely love to chat with my followers and I spend a lot of time reading and answering comments. This is also the most stressful thing for many content creators which keeps you stuck in your cellphone all the time. I answer to all my Instagram direct messages, I like all comments in Instagram and YouTube and answer to those comments I find interesting. It's time consuming! But the most stressful of all is the events where you see your followers! They will remember meeting you very detailed! When larger content creators do meet & greet events, queues so long that some followers will be unable to meet their idol and will upset their minds. In Finland, such meet & greet events are often attended by very young people who easily frustrate their minds, which also angers their parents when their angels didn't get what they wanted. I personally don't like meet & greet events that...

How vulnerable it is to be a social media influencer. There is this new update coming out in YouTube in January 2020 named Coppa (Children Online Privacy Protection Act) and I'm  terrified . I really wanted to bring up this on my blog, but  I'm not good at political writing or anything like that. So I put you to watch at least two of these videos below so you can understand the situation: Youtube announcement Click here to the video, if this doesn't work In the end of the video  Youtube literally says that you should consult a lawyer.. Just watch this, pitches the problem really understandably way. The Game Theorists -  Will Your Favorite Channel Survive 2020? (COPPA)  (22.11.2019) Lawyer  talking about coppa (19.11.2019) Ian Corzine - " What YOUTUBE's Not Telling You About COPPA " Quote from youtube announcement: ______________________ Upcoming changes to kids content on YouTube.com We’re making a few changes to h...

What is right opinion? One big thing when it comes to dealing with social media is haters. And I agree! It's scary to be judged by people all the time. I didn't care about the opinions of others at all when I started my youtube channel, but when I gained more subscribers and views, I started overthinking it. Would be fantastic to make face to face first impressions with everyone who pass by my channel. That's just impossible now, because people are going to have a first impressions of me based on first two minutes of the video. I have been overthinking how I express myself in a way that I can maintain a really positive community.  Big thing is opinions. Many get angry when they disagree with me about something.  So usually when I share my opinions, I also go through the opinions of others as examples that there are many people with different options. Sometimes telling opinions like this it seems that I didn't share my opinion at all, even if I did and just t...

About yesterday's class Youtube is my life. But talking about it makes me nervous. I don't like mentioning it when I talk to new people.  I feel like they treat me differently after they know about it because It evokes many really different thoughts, opinions and prejudices.  Some people don't like me afterwards without knowing me properly, some people start treating me as a celebrity and consider me perfect even if they don't know me properly and some people are neutral to it. I am proud of what I do, but at the same time I try to hide it. However I should learn to be okay with advertising myself. Today in class we talked about youtube and the teacher asked me if it would be ok for me to talk and answer questions about how it feels to make youtube as a side job. As I said earlier in this post, I don't like mentioning it, but now I felt like I could actually bring out my point of view.  (I was so nervous that I was still shaking for an hour after talking). But even ...

Hi! I've been doing a Halloween special video for the whole fall break and I'm pretty excited about it since I've wanted to do a video like this for long time. It is going to be a scary background story about my bad alterego character Mirabella. She lives on negative thoughts, like a mental illness. In the video, she is getting more alive every time she feels negativity, bullying, pressure and injustice. The scenes have been filmed in many different locations, I even booked a classroom from my former upper secondary school for shooting one scene. Here is one picture from the shooting~ Video will be published in Halloween 31.10.2019 - Miranda