Creating short form videos is easier than it
ever has been before. We can use GPT 3.5 or GPT-4 to generate the script, and super simple
software to edit it all. And I don't think I need to tell you how powerful video content is.
It's one of the best ways to build an audience from scratch online. But it does take a little
more work than tweeting or writing blog posts, right? And that's why I'm creating this video. My
goal is to take out as much work as possible out of the video creation process. And I'm about
to share a bunch of tips and tricks on how to do this as a beginner. But first, we need to
talk about the plan. Because the videos that you create are only as good as the idea that you
start off with. It's the most important part of the entire process. So let's talk about how to get
a quality idea. And as per usual on this channel, we're not just gonna beat around the bush. I'm
going to start by showing you two short video niches which you could start creating today.
And this is the first one I discovered. I consider it a good idea if you're just starting
out. Very simple to make and effective. Have a look. This is what a salary of $100,000 looks
like after taxes in Austria. Gross annual income: $100,000. Income tax: $27,111. Sickness:
You get the idea. It's about finances in a particular country. And he did some research
on the taxation there, which you can always do just by using Google. And then created a short
form video around that. The reason I think this is a good idea to pursue is because you could do
it essentially for every country in the world. It doesn't matter if you're in North America,
Australia, or Africa. It's always going to be interesting how different countries handle money
and how the taxation looks there, right? And in a second, I'll reveal the exact prompts we'll be
using to craft a video like this. But before that, I want to show you another niche, and that's
actually what we'll be creating for today. Just because I also want to use the video
that we'll be crafting step-by-step today, and that is in my niche in AI, right?
You probably realize that it's a super hot topic right now, and although the supply
for videos has been going way up recently, there's still a lot of new opportunities
as people are building new apps every day. So you can talk about apps and shorts
from videos like this one. Artificial intelligence has come a long way. Here are
three AI tools that you never knew existed. Number one, SuperMeme.AI. You can now create
meme teams with the help of AI, and look at that, this guy's killing it with simple shorts like
this. He's getting hundreds of thousands of views by following a very similar recipe to what
we'll be doing here today. So, before we move on to planning and scripting this video, I want to
show you two tools that I actually use to do this. So, if you go on YouTube, one of the
best tools if you're creating shorts is simply checking out YouTube search. If
I go ahead and search for free AI apps… Look, even pops up right here, and I could review
some of these shorts and see what did well and what didn't do so well. And by looking at the
view count and the comments, I can get a feeling for what has a content market fit. So I'm not out
here spending my time creating videos and hoping for the best. I'm gonna use this information
to enhance my decision on what idea to pursue. If you didn't know, another fantastic
one is Google Trends. You can just go to trends.google.com and, for example, if
you look for ChatGPT, we're gonna see how many searches happen for this worldwide. All
I gotta do is change this filter to worldwide, and we're gonna see that the topic is only getting
more and more popular. So it's still a good idea to create content around ChatGPT as they keep
introducing new topics. And down here, you could see OpenAI is a breakout topic that is also
trending right now, so you can create around this. Okay, now let's talk about the GPT 3.5, the
model of ChatGPT that was used up until now, against GPT-4. Generally speaking, GPT.4 does
a better job with the same problems as GPT 3.5 did. And if you go to the deep end
of its advanced capabilities, you will find GPT-4 yielding way better results. It's more
creative, sometimes the outputs make more sense, and as you'll see soon in this video, when it
comes to generating ideas, it is simply put, superior to GPT 3.5. But no worries, we'll be
comparing these two as we move through the video. Okay, but now it's time to hop into ChatGPT
and create scripts that we'll be using here. So I'll provide this in the description below,
but for the finances in particular countries niche that I outlined, you would want to use a
prompt like this: Write an emotionally engaging script for a 30-second YouTube short about the
cost of living in Switzerland. Make the content data-driven and controversial. Emotionally
engaging is a keyword that I really like. It's a little less strong than clickbaity,
and I found this to induce just the right amount of interest when you're writing scripts.
Then, with 30 seconds, we put a constraint on it. YouTube short, we give it context. You
could also use the name of other platforms, but in my experience, the outcome is
identical as it really understands this. And here we have the topic: "Cost of Living in
Switzerland." If you were to go with this niche, you could just switch this up to any country
in the world, and it will keep going. Just make sure to fact-check all the numbers in the end,
because ChatGPT sometimes messes up on that front. By adding "make the content data-driven and
controversial," we add a certain style to this which I found to work quite well in some of the
shorts I researched. Controversial just gives it more potential to go viral, and data-driven means
that you're bringing some value to the table, although people might not know your face yet.
And again, let's compare this prompt in GPT-3.5 versus GPT-4. And here's the difference
between the two of them: it is quite visible, but I don't think I could definitely say that one
is better than the other. They're just different here. So, GPT-3.5, in this case, goes more with a
fact-driven and general point of view. It followed our data-driven approach but picked a neutral
voice for the voiceover presenter. In GPT-4, it went more into the story side of things, which,
depending on your goals and storytelling skills, might be a better approach. But I wouldn't dare to
say that this is just flat out better every time. But again, we could change all this by
going into the prompt and actually adding the characteristics of the storyteller. And
overall, I would just say if you have both, there's no reason not to try both
and see what you like more. Ideally, you can even take inspiration from the route GPT-4
took, and you can always add to the GPT-3.5 prompt and make it talk like more of a storyteller.
But for my testing throughout the last week, I'll just tell you, if you're trying to
tell stories, GPT-4 is your friend here. For this video, we'll stick more with the factual
and data-driven approach that GPT-3.5 gave us here, and it brings me to the next topic:
Do you want to use your face in this? Well, look, the reality is ideally you do. Nothing
communicates as much personality as a human. But if you don't feel comfortable, I understand this.
You can get around it by making your script even better. Just realize that by not using your face,
you're facing 10 times the competition that you would if you're using your face, because literally
anybody can create anonymous videos. And secondly, it's going to be way harder to build a
community. So you need to make up for those facts with better content quality. And that's
why you need to listen closely in this video, because I'll be sprinkling these little tips that
I learned over the years all across the video. Okay, now let's run this prompt
in GPT-4 and compare the outputs. Okay, now that we put these side by side, you
can see just how much more creative GPT-4 is. And when you look at the results here, you can really
see that most of the second half here just starts with "the most epic," "the most addictive," "the
most something." Whereas, if we look at GPT-4, it really maintains a variety within the ideas.
Look at that! Every single one of these takes a completely different approach while still
perfectly matching our request of giving us 30 ideas for YouTube shorts about YouTube shorts
based on previously viral YouTube content. So, as you can see, for generating ideas,
especially many ideas, GPT-4 is simply better. Okay, but in our case, we're going to be
going with the AI niche because I want to post this short too. And let's be smart about
this. Let's not just go with the typical "here are free AI apps" approach. Let's go a step
further. Let's talk about an AI apps database, and I happen to know of this site called
FutureETools.io, which belongs to a fellow AI YouTuber called Matt. And he actually does
an excellent job of curating all different types of apps. And by talking about this in our short,
we're not going to talk about free apps, but we're gonna talk about a tool that helps you find as
many apps as you want. Actually, it features over a thousand apps, which is going to be excellent
for marketing purposes. We can just list 1,000+. Okay, so let's customize this prompt together
to fit our script: "Write an emotional, engaging script for our 30-second YouTube short." That's
fine. About, and here we switch it up: “About..." An AI application database called Future Tools," and we'll provide even more details:
"That features 1,000+ AI-powered apps or applications." And for this niche, let's switch up
the second part to let's say, "Give examples of," and we'll pick three niches that are popular
right now. One is definitely speech-to-text, and I happen to know this because I do my research
on a daily basis and I use YouTube search and Google Trends to follow what is popular right
now. Alright, you can do that too. The second one would be prompt guides, and then text-to-video
is a topic that is really heating up right now. Okay, and now we're just going
to hit enter and get the script. Okay, so it's kind enough to give us a visual
description plus what the narrator, aka me, should say too: "We all have big dreams, but sometimes
the path to achieving them can be difficult to navigate. But what if there was a tool that could
help you along the way? Introducing Future Tools, the AI-powered application database with over
1,000 tools to help you reach your goals." Okay, so that's not ideal, but definitely not how
I would speak. But let's work with this. I have a follow-up prompt that you
can use here too. It goes as follows: "Now, list the visual description and the
voiceover script separately while delivering the voiceover script in one paragraph
containing just the spoken words." Enter. And now we got the voiceover script separately.
Now, look, what I would usually do is get a bullet point script, start editing that myself,
adding touches, researching more. So let's just open a text editor right here and edit that
script a little bit. Let's just start with the app right away: "Future Tools is an AI-powered
application database with over 1,000 tools to help you reach your goals. A lot of these AI
tools are all about increasing productivity, so let's say 'be more productive' – very
simple. Need to transcribe a conversation? Browse the speech-to-text tools." And
then say, "Struggling with ChatGPT? The prompt guides will keep you on track. Want
to create a video but don't have any footage? Our text-to-video tool has got you covered."
For that, I just have to check the category to see what kind of apps are in there. I know most of
these, that seems accurate, and I'll just remove… I'll just remove this part in the end. We'll
just end it with 'Future Tools - it's all in one place.' Perfect!" So we have a script that
we like here and a visual description to go along with that. And in the second half of this video,
we'll be looking at a tool that allows you to edit without knowing how to edit. And I'm happy to
announce that that app is today's video sponsor, InVideo – exactly the type of app that I wanted
to use for this tutorial. But more on that later. Now, the next step will be recording this, which
is a little tricky because I'm already recording here, but let's just use OBS. I think my
computer should be able to handle this, and the audio is going into this already.
Honestly, your phone should be good enough here, but let's give it a shot so you can see my
process. I'll just say "Start Recording." And again, I usually don't do scripted things,
so I don't even have a teleprompter here. Oh, and it's not AI-powered; it's just an AI
application database. But let's do this sentence by sentence and then cut out the parts in between.
Okay, so the first one: "Future Tools is an AI application database with over 1,000 tools to
help you be more productive. Need to transcribe a conversation? Browse the speech-to-text
tools. Struggling with ChatGPT? The prompt guides will keep you on track. Want to create
a video but don't have any footage? Their text-to-video tools have got you covered.
With Future Tools, it's all in one place. You can find a link in the comments." Alright,
stop recording, and that's how this would look. Now, you might have seen that some parts I
just read off, and that's because I'm going to be putting a screen record on top of those.
All I need is the screen record, and for that, again, we're going to use OBS. Just because
it's so simple, I'm going to keep in mind that this has to fit on a phone, so we're going
to do this and again start recording. So, the first thing is just Future Tools itself.
Maybe let's get a bigger recording here too, and maybe let's get footage here of 1,050 tools.
You can always zoom in like this. Perfect! And then let's get the three categories we covered,
right? So one of them is text-to-video, the second one is prompt guides, and the third one is
speech-to-text. And I think that wraps it up. Now it's time to edit it, and look, this can be
a complicated process. And I'm lucky enough to have a browser-based tool called InVideo sponsor
this video. I wanted to create this in a while, and they came through and said that they're
interested in partnering on this idea. Because, as you might know, there's a lot of steps
that go into editing, right? You need music, you need footage, you need titles, and it all
needs to look good enough. And before you go out there and learn a complicated software that
takes time, you can start today by using InVideo. And look, honestly, from my experience, the
most important thing if you're trying to do this is just getting started. Nothing
is going to get you more results than starting as soon as possible because a lot
of these lessons that I talk about here, you're only going to really understand by doing
it. And in a second here, you'll just see how easy it is to use InVideo to edit your videos because
they have over 5,000 templates, they have all They have all the stock footage you need, music,
and the editor is super intuitive. My favorite part is that you can create an account for
free and just try it out. But this is not going to allow you to export the video. So if
you actually want to use them, you're going to have to at least get the business plan. Here, this
is the yearly pricing. If you go to monthly, it's $30 a month. And if you use the code AI25 during
checkout, you're going to get a 25% discount on this. But hey, enough talking, let's do this!
So once you create a new account, it's going to look something like this, and you can go over
here on the top right and say "Create New." Then, we go to "Editor," and we want "Portrait" here,
right? And right away, it's going to say "Upload your media files." Alternatively, you could start
with stock footage here, but in this case, we're going to be using the video we just recorded.
Either way, as I said, if I was starting out, I would simply use a phone camera and hold
it closer to me so the mic quality is decent. But this is the clip we just recorded, and
all we need to do is drag and drop it into here. And then, while it processes it in the
background, we can already drag and drop it into the bottom so we start editing. Just say "Add."
Alright, then with this little slider over here, I can zoom in. So, step one while it's processing
is going to be scaling this up to fit the frame – simple enough! I just drag
the corners until it fits. Okay, once I'm centered, we can start editing.
And once I find a good spot I want to cut, I can simply click the scissors or even easier,
just press "C" right there. Now I can delete this, and by selecting that part, I can delete that
too. Okay, this looks like a good spot to cut, so I'll just press "C," come on, backspace:
"Future tools is an AI application database with over 1,000 tools to help you be more
productive." Perfect! Let's set a cut here. And as you can see, there is no
need to get this perfect on your first try – you always have the power of editing. Here's a little pro tip: if you drag this
downwards, you can actually overlay them, and you can do a so-called J-cut. What that means is
that this second clip begins before the first clip is ending, and therefore they overlap a little
bit. This looks like a J-cut. And what you get by that is higher engagement because not just that
we cut out the pause, but we're hopping right from one point to the next. Just be very careful with
this and make it very subtle, but it can help. Check it out: "Need to transcribe a conversation?
Browse the speech-to-text tools. Struggling with ChatGPT?" Okay, so I'll just keep doing this, and
I'll see you when I'm done. Okay, so now that I have an edit of the message that I'm pretty happy
with, this is also referred to as A-roll. We're ready to roll in the B-roll, which is going
to be sitting on top, and this is our screen recording. And while this processes, one thing is
clear: we want to start off with a strong title. Okay, and this is where InVideo is really
strong. I don't need to be a graphic designer to pick something that looks good. And we'll
go with this one, which kind of looks like the I don't need to be a graphic designer to pick
something that looks good, and we'll go with this one, which kind of looks like the default on many
of the short form platforms. And by me doing that, I'm gonna be able to distribute this to YouTube,
Tick Tock, and Instagram without having to edit anything inside of those apps anymore. Maximum
efficiency. What you want to do here, though, is double click this little Zoom from out icon,
which is the in animation, and set this to none. And now you have to be aware, usually on these
platforms, you have all these buttons on the right and the comment section on the bottom. So
if you're going to place it here, it's going to be invisible. Somewhere close to the middle where
it's not covering up my face is a sweet spot. And I'm gonna double click this and I'm gonna pick a
cache style title, which yet again, ChatGPT could generate. And I'm just gonna say, 'Now generate
between emotionally engaging titles.' And this is where I'm gonna start pointing out a critical
fact in all this. You need to start thinking in terms of batch productions. We're not creating one
short here. This is going to be one of a hundred charts for this channel, okay? Because for you
to do this successfully, you're gonna have to do this consistently over a period of time. And
the best way to do that is batch some of these contents. So when I was thinking about the ideas,
I was already thinking, 'How am I going to create the next 20 episodes of this format if it catches
on?' And ChatGPT obviously is a massive help here. For example, here we have these 10 titles. Let's
pick one that we like. These are a little long to put them into the video, so let's just say, 'Make
them shorter.' So I definitely like this '1000 plus apps.' So what if we just keep it simple and
we say, 'Future tools: 1000 plus AI apps.' I kind of like that. There's no rules saying you have to
use one of these. Let's just combine it. We can even switch the font up here. So I kind of like
Helvetica Bold. So I think Helvetica should do the trick here. Perfect. 'Future tools' is an AI
application database with over 1,000 tools to help you be more productive. You need to transcribe
a conversation, okay? And for the ending, we're gonna right click and say, 'Duplicate,'
and we're gonna do the same thing. Double click foreign comments. Okay, now I can
drag and drop the screen recording. Select the part where the tools
are loading in. Let's take this I highlighted. That's going to be our first clip.
And this should be quite good for the intro. I'm just going to scale it up so it fits in here
nicely. And first, first clip. Let's do something fancy. And I'm actually going to make myself
smaller, so I'm on top here. How about that? And luckily, there's a crop tool in here, so
I can take out the toolbar on top and make this cleaner. Look at that. Perfect. Now
all I have to do is move this title, '1000 tools to help you be more productive,' need to
transcribe. Nice. Let's just make sure it cuts off struggling with ChatGPT. The prompt guys
will keep you on track. Want to create a video but don't have any footage? Their text-to-video
tools have got you covered. Let's just not forget to go to the volume here and turn it down, and
we'll do the same for the three next clips. And here, we're actually gonna full screen.
This will look fine once it's rendered. Okay, I'm actually quite happy with that. Now,
all we need is some music in the background, but luckily, NVIDIA has a library too. Optionally,
if you want more work, you could go into the app and pick some of the popular music tracks there
and latch on to some trends. That's not a bad idea. But in a video like this where all we need
is background music, I would go with one of the tracks here, and maybe let's go with 'Playful.'
[Applause] Okay, this sounds good. Let's try it out. What
I want from this is to drive the video forwards, so it needs to be progressive in terms
of structure and interesting enough to maintain the viewer's attention. Okay, just trim
a little bit off the beginning here. 'Application database.' Okay, we just need to make it
a little more silent. Right-click volume, and by turning on ducking, which essentially
means that it lowers the audio volume in the parts where other sounds are playing, for example,
my voice, and we can bring this to, let's say, -22 DB and see how it sounds. 'Future tools' is an
AI application database. With nice, great track, this really helps. 'Future tools' is an AI
application. Maybe let's do a little more because it's shorts and it can be a little more dynamic.
'Future tools' is an AI application database with over 1,000 tools to help you be more productive.
Need to transcribe a conversation. And here, the rule is always just listen on proper
headphones, and you'll figure it out. Okay, that sounds good to me. And as a last step,
I want to actually consult ChatGPT one last time. If you remember, it gave us a list of things that
would be useful on here. So because we're using our face, we don't need as much b-roll. But NVIDIA
has a lot of these templates and stock footage, right? So in this case, we didn't even use
the template. We made everything from scratch, but it's this person speaking into a microphone.
We have that person using a tool with prompts. Maybe we could include ChatGPT, but I don't think
it's needed. Person typing into a computer with text appearing and transitioning into
video. Closing shot of 'Future tools' logo. I like this last two, so let's just go to
videos. Let's just write 'frustrated computer.' Perfect. This is even more relatable and
engaging than showing a ChatGPT screen record. Which is scaled it up. And let me just say here
objectively, NVIDIA has a fantastic stock footage library. With the free plan, you already get a
sea of stock footage to pick from. But that sea turns into an ocean once you upgrade. Working
with ChatGPT, the prompt guides will keep-- Okay, then last but not least, let's
include the website logo here. Let's just save it to the desktop. And here
we can simply go to logo, upload logo, and you know what? The ending is going to be a
perfect spot for this. Let's just place it in an area where it has a little bit of contrast,
like so. And that wraps it up. We're done. We can go to export, 1080P, and export. And
if you want to start doing this yourself, no editing skills required, you can use the
link in the description below. And if you get one of the plans, make sure to use the code
'AI25' to get 25% off. And if you want to go even deeper and learn about more tutorials on
the software, you can check out their YouTube channel. And there's one more thing which
is going to make all of this even simpler, and it's another reason why you should start
today. Because they're going to be releasing an AI Video Creator which is going to allow
people to create shorts like this in even less time. Have a look at this. What if all you
need to create a video is an idea? [Music] Pack a giant bubble wrap suit and roll into
the black hole and explore your own private planet. [Music] So this is going to write the
script, generate the voice, pick the footage, and edit it for you. The same goes for graphics. Okay,
perfect. The short is done. Let's have a look. 'Future tools' is an AI application database with
over 1,000 tools to help you be more productive. Need to transcribe a conversation? Browse the
speech-to-text tools. Struggle with ChatGPT? The prompt guide will keep you on track.
Want to create a video but don't have any footage? Their text-to-video tools have got you
covered. With 'Future tools,' it's all in one place. You can find a link in the comments. Dude,
amazing short. I'll just add captions and post that to YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram today.
Alright, so if you enjoyed this video, you're guaranteed to like this one which also talks about
creating content with ChatGPT. I'll see you there.
