So... the YouTube idea

Why do I want to make YouTube videos? Why do I think I can make money from them? Have I lost my mind?
Most evenings, once the kids are in bed, my wife likes to watch TV in the lounge room. For a while I used to watch some of the shows with her but I just couldn't stand watching some of the things she is interested in.
I started playing games on the computer most evenings instead of watching TV, however, I've been watching a lot of YouTube videos recently. I don't mean the whole funny kittens or fail type videos, at least not very often. I subscribe to a few channels that regularly do things that I'm interested in. It started out with watching reviews for different motorcycles when I was looking to buy one. It's moved now to watching other people going camping on their motorcycles or what's more commonly called motocamping. I also like watching some of the bush-craft channels too. I might put together a list in a future post.
There are a number of channels out there that do motocamping and every one of those channels that I watch say that they want to do more motocamping but, for whatever reason they have been unable to do so, so it just ends up being more vlogging and less motocamping. I also really like videos where some effort has been put into the production of the video, not just a dodgy camera strapped to the bars of a bike and terrible audio to go with it. I'd like to have a go at making some decent videos and having decent cameras, not professional cameras, but at least something with some decent stabilisation and image quality. The GoPro cameras seem to the way to go at the moment but you either need a few of them to capture different angles or do multiple takes. All of this is possible, it just adds to the complexity and the amount of kit you'd have to take with you on the bike as well as the cost.
The idea I have is to use one of the new 360° cameras that are currently available. Something like the Rylo or Insta360 One. These allow you to record video as you go, but turn the 360° image into a standard fixed image where you can pan around and get different angles. It would allow me to use it like a dash cam and then when I edit the video I can pan around to get the best views. It would also allow me to release some videos in the 360° format so if you had a VR headset you could essentially ride as my pillion and take in the sites however you liked. I think I could make money from these videos on YouTube as it appears to be a growing market and whilst there is a fair bit of content out there at the moment, there isn't a lot of new content being uploaded each week. I'm aware that there have been changes recently to how YouTube monetises content and I think that it presents an oppurtunity. Some of the smaller channels will probably lose momentum and will stop making content.
I want to have a set structure to the channel and be consistent. I want my videos to look somewhat professional, not just a ramdom collection of clips. I get the vlogger cut and why people do that, but I'd prefer to not have chopping and cutting just to get a clear point or message across, I'd like to be able to deliver that point or message clearly and concisely in the one take, even if it takes more than one take. I've been toying with the idea of having seasons of say 20 episodes where I upload a new video every week for 20 weeks and then take a break. That would give me a chance to record more footage and also take the pressure off having to go out camping all the time, this is meant to be fun after all. There are not many quality shows out there that pump out 52 episodes each year yet for some reason, this is what YouTubers try to do. I think the season break builds excitement and stops viewers from getting bored.
The videos that I like are usually two parts. Part one is riding to the camp ground, setting up and having a look around. Part two is the next day, packing up and heading home. If I did two nights camping back to back, I could essentially get four videos out of each trip, that's only 5 trips a year to get all 20 episodes, less if I do some three night trips. It sounds do-able but it will really depend on what my wife thinks and as she works most weekends, trying to find out if this thing is actually possible is one of the challenges I guess. Will I have enough battery life in the camera? Will I have enough storage space on the camera? How will I record audio? Where will I go? What will I talk about? These are all things that I need to figure out and plan for if this is to be a successful undertaking.
The first step in achieving this goal is to get my wife on board with my idea and then buy a camera. I'm not sure what her thoughts will be. A while back she did suggest that I should give it a go when I was telling her about some of these YouTubers who now make a living from their videos. To start with I'd be happy stockpiling footage prior to starting a channel, this should take some of the pressure off of me to deliver a new video once a week.
Once I have my wife on board and a camera, it'll be time to test things out and see if I'm any good at actually making videos for others to enjoy. 

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