We shoot a high-quality let's play on games on a computer and phone. How much do let's play specialists earn?

I warn you right away: the article is long.

In it, we'll take a closer look at HOW.

So be patient and tea with jam! Or cookies. Go! ↓↓↓

The people who make money from them

The top let-players are: ↓↓↓

Look at their channels, the number of subscribers, views, likes. Evaluate what they do for this and what kind of content they shoot.

What is needed to create?

In order to shoot a let's play on a computer, you will need: ↓↓↓

To shoot let's play from a laptop, you will need the same set, only instead of a PC there will be a laptop !!!

But they can also be uploaded to your own blog or website.

A few tips for success ↓↓↓

All types and genres ↓↓↓

Letsplays are divided into several genres: ↓ ↓ ↓

1. Blind is a passage record new game without preparation for what lies ahead for the author
2. Cooperative- recording a game with friends
3. Skillplays- from English. "skill" - skill and "play" - to play. Record games in which you are a pro - you know all the secrets of passing, you know interesting tricks and facts, etc.

P.S.— And how to shoot a minecraft let's play ??? ↓↓↓

Since this game is quite hackneyed among letsplayers, you will have to work hard to get your content noticed. Use the tips and tricks above.

You can remove the let's play for minecraft in single player or at popular server.

About choosing a microphone

The microphone is an essential tool for recording let's play.

Three types are used for this purpose:

→ Built-in microphones produce the lowest sound quality with hiss.

→ Desktop in this sense is better, but they are not always convenient to use.

The best option are the headsets.

→ To date, the model is popular among letsplayers - Logitech Clearchat Comfort USB costing about $35.

→ If finances allow, you can purchase Blue Yeti for $150.

Why does the microphone hiss ???

If after recording you find hissing in addition to your voice, there are several possible reasons: ↓↓↓

1. The computer is not grounded. This is easy enough to check. Place one hand on the case of the system unit (top or side, not behind), and the other on the battery. If the hiss decreases, then there is no ground. A grounded socket will help to correct the situation, or otherwise ground the PC
2. Weak sound card. Often this is a problem with built-in cards. Invest in quality sound card
3. The problem is with the microphone. In this case, you need to either fix it or buy a new one.

Attention is important

How to shoot let's play on a tablet and phone ??? ↓↓↓

In this case, you first stream the game from your mobile device (iOS/Android) to your laptop and record it from there.

For this you will need:

1. webcam (if you plan to film yourself as well)
2. lighting
3. microphone
4. laptop for streaming and recording games from your phone or tablet.

For registration you need these programs: ↓ ↓ ↓

Recording gameplay on Google Play

Do you know that in Google Play Games can easily record gameplay?

→ Then they can be uploaded to YouTube to get new subscribers.

The microphone and webcam will allow you to film yourself playing and record comments.

Here is a video instruction ↓

Here's how it's done: ↓ ↓ ↓

P.S.-If you want to delete the recording, drag the video circle to the cross in the middle of the screen.

When the recording is completed, the video will be saved to your device automatically.

The service will also offer you to place it on the web.

Outcome

So, you know how to shoot the best let's play on different devices. Get started and keep going!

From the author: welcome back to the blog, one of the tasks of which is to cover various Internet professions. Today we will talk about let's play, more precisely, how to become a let's player and start making money on it.

Let's play is a video with the passage of a computer game, accompanied by the author's comments. The let's player during the recording process tells the audience about his impressions of the game, forming its general vision for the viewer.

Many potential freelancers are wondering: what does it take to become a let's player? Of course, a great desire and relevant personal data play a paramount role, but more on that later. Now we will explain the material side of this issue.

What equipment does a letsplayer need?

Relatively powerful PC.

It is not necessary to purchase a super powerful computer, but if you intend to review new games, it is important that they run at least with medium graphics settings and do not slow down.

A review resembling a slideshow is unlikely to please the public. Games already use a lot of resources, and if you are going to record gameplay, then you will need to really good computer.

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In addition to an appropriate PC, a hard drive is equally important for a let's player. Modern games take up a lot of memory, and videos can weigh even more.

Microphone.

Naturally, a microphone is needed to record a let's play. It is best to use a highly directional microphone in order to minimize the sounds of keyboard and mouse clicks in the video. But at the beginning of a career, a budget version of a microphone is also suitable.

By the way, the audio track with your comments would be best recorded separately from the video. We are not immune from extraneous sounds, and KAMAZ can rush past your open window with noise at the most inopportune moment.
If the audio track is located separately from the video materials, you can remove extraneous sounds during the editing process. Otherwise, you can remove this sound only together with the sounds of the game itself. Keep in mind that the absence of extraneous sounds improves the quality of the overall view.

Camera.

It is best, of course, to use a “reflex camera”, but it is not necessary to show yourself in the review, so you can do without a camera. But if the director himself, director, producer and actor appear on the video in one person, this will create the effect of live communication with the viewer.

In theatrical action and in cinema, the actor's addressing directly to the audience is called breaking the fourth wall. Indeed, sometimes it comes in very handy.

Let's remember the concept of one of the most famous Pink Floyd albums: there shouldn't be a wall between musicians and fans. And, of course, if you start filming yourself, take care of the environment - for example, against the backdrop of a carpet, you may be considered overly conservative

You can use Bandicam or Fraps to record video, but if you like another program, then you are welcome. For editing, Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere Pro is perfect, but here again your choice may fall on another program that seems to you the most optimal.

In principle, the technical part of the let's play is exhausted by this, and you can already start recording and editing. But not so fast. The hardware is just the foundation. Now we need to build the building itself, that is, to make the material really interesting and alive. How difficult it is to become a let's player!

And becoming a good let's player is even more difficult. But don't be too quick to give up. Look at the problem more broadly: channeling is a kind of blogging. On the Internet, you will find or even free video courses that will teach you some of the intricacies that are needed when blogging of any kind. And if you constantly develop your channel, you will be able to.

What does every game reviewer need to know?

To become a YouTube let's player, it's time to be patient. Firstly, without proper exposure, you will not edit a single video, and meanwhile, it will take months or even years before you become a successful browser earning on affiliate programs (as, in fact, all popular let's players earn).

Secondly, you will have the so-called "haters" (English hate - hatred), who will consider it their duty to dislike you or write a comment with insults addressed to you. If this is critical for you, then it is best to ban all "haters" after the first comment, however, and they can play into your hands and affect the number of views of your videos.

How to become a popular YouTube let's player if you lack charisma? No way. But this situation is fixable. Analyze the videos of other reviewers, find out what you would like to learn from them, and what mistakes you think they made.

Choose a moment when you are in high spirits and sign up. The main thing is that you enjoy this process. In general, record in any state, but the next day, evaluate the record with a “fresh” look and correct it. In addition, be sure to train your diction, because your audience is unlikely to appreciate a boring and slurred voice.

Anyone who wants to become a let's player needs constant self-improvement, perseverance and creativity. Top tip: Get really creative with your hobby - it will set you apart from most game reviewers.

There are interesting moments in games, details that are imperceptible at first glance, but may turn out to be "Easter eggs", that is, references to other games, films or literary works. Even if the detail that suddenly caught your attention is not a reference at all, you can think for the developers and express your guess. This will make the audience think and arouse additional interest in the material being reviewed.

Today we will talk about how to become a let's player and how to shoot let's play. Hello dear visitors of my site. Perhaps many of you have heard about the so-called letsplayers who are involved in the passage of computer (and not only) games, filming and uploading videos to Youtube video hosting? So, in this article we will talk about them. I will explain why they are doing this, as well as tell you how to become a let's player and what it takes.

Since the beginning of 2012, I have become a let's player myself. Why did I decide to become one? Probably because I was attracted by the ease of this type of earnings on Youtube. It seems to be nothing complicated - you just need to go through some recently released, popular game, recording it all on video and getting subscribers and views at the same time. But not everything is so simple. At that time, there was a huge competition among letsplayers and video bloggers on Youtube, and each of them wanted the audience to watch only his videos.

I didn’t really promote my channel, I didn’t pay other, more popular let’s players for PR, but I just filmed 1-2 episodes of passing through retro games every day, like Command & Conquer - Red Alert, Diablo, etc. A year later, my channel already had more than 200 posted videos, 300 subscribers and 100,000 views. Not so much, but quite enough to get an affiliate program.

So, why do you need to shoot letsplays at all? The reason is simple and clear - for earnings. The fact is that since recently, all residents of the CIS countries who have more or less promoted channels on Youtube have been able to connect an affiliate program. Prior to that, only foreign users could connect it, and some Russian-language channels, which had more than a million subscribers and even more views. An affiliate program (affiliate program) is necessary to add new features to your channel that were not there before, and most importantly, to monetize videos.

After we figured out who the letsplayers are and why they do it, we can talk about what needs to be done to become one of them.

1. Firstly, you need to have free time, great patience, endurance in order to sit in one place for many hours and shoot videos. Many novice letsplayers quit their job precisely because of a lack of patience.
2. Secondly, it is unnecessary to pay attention to the haters. Haters are those users who put dislikes on the video and write angry comments to it. It is best to ban such users in the "embryo", although you can leave them alone. After all, haters help a lot in promoting the channel by watching the video of the let-player so unloved by them.
3. If you are going to film walkthroughs modern games then you need to buy a more powerful computer. It is desirable that he pull games at least at medium settings, without losing FPS (frames per second). Because, viewers will not be very pleased to watch let's play, more like a "slideshow". Also, to this point, you can add the purchase of a capacious hard drive, where let's play will be stored. I think 500 gigabytes will be enough.
4. To become a let's player, You need to buy a microphone. It is not necessary to buy a studio microphone from the very beginning, which costs a couple of thousand dollars, it is better to buy an inexpensive microphone, within 500 rubles. The main thing is that when recording, the voice is clearly audible, without interference and noise.

So, I have listed the main criteria for becoming a let's player and you have learned how to shoot let's play. If you also want to become one, then you are always welcome. Perhaps you will like this activity and soon you will

Let's play (from English let's play - "let's play") - a genre of videos in which the author films the process of a computer game and gives his comments on what is happening. Currently, the hobby is quite popular: let's players (they are also streamers) have millions of subscribers to YouTube and many users watch the let's play as an interactive movie because they don't have the time or inclination to figure out how to play, but watching the process gets them excited.

Even if you have not seen a single video of this genre on YouTube, you probably still have an idea of ​​​​what in question. This is especially familiar to those who have a brother in the family, who rarely shared a joystick with his sister (story of my life). In such a disadvantageous scenario, you just sit and watch someone play the console.

Nowadays, such YouTube blogs have a huge number of subscribers who are happy to watch how the authors pass on new level in Game. We talk about five bloggers who caught our attention.

Felix Arvid Ulf Cheelberg is a Swedish vlogger and creator of the YouTube channel PewDiePie. The 26-year-old guy created his project on April 1, 2010. To date, more than 42 million people are following Felix's commentary on gaming news.

PewDiePie is one of the fastest growing channels and one of the most profitable. According to The Guardian, Felix's income for 2014 was $7.4 million. In his reviews, the author of the videos most often plays horror and action games.

18-year-old Karina shoots various videos, on some of them she comments on the game process. If you watch the video without sound, you can see an adorable and cute girl with cute ears who dresses in anime style. Turning on the sound, get ready for a contrast shower of a sweet voice and a loud swear word. The girl's mood quickly changes, and it is impossible to predict what she will throw out in the next minute. By the way, Karina can not only comment on the process of playing Dota, she also cooks, sings in karaoke and draws.

Karina already has 189 thousand subscribers on YouTube, and on Instagram a popular girl has 89 thousand followers. The streamer has become a real star social networks, fans adore her for her controversial image and self-irony.

26-year-old Mark Fitchback was born in Hawaii, began his career in Ohio, later settled in California, and popularity came to him on YouTube. On his channel you can find how let's play pretty serious games, and entertaining videos in which the author plays "Mario" and comments on the actions of a mustachioed plumber.

Mark has over 12 million YouTube subscribers, and in addition to game reviews, the guy's channel has some funny animal videos.

Frost, or Yuri Morozilka, is a well-known Russian video blogger who shoots let's play. In his collections are strange, but quite simple games. The cutscenes are more for entertaining the viewer than giving a real idea of ​​the game. The author does not hesitate to play children's games and makes it quite funny.

The Frost channel already has more than 4 million subscribers, and the author of the videos himself makes good money with his videos - according to various sources, his monthly income is from 30 to 40 thousand dollars.

Frost

Lizzy - 23 year old groupie minecraft games(an indie sandbox computer game with elements of a survival simulator and open world- ed.) from Liverpool. The girl mainly posts videos from the game in pastel colors that match her image.

Elizabeth already has almost 2 million subscribers on YouTube, who love not only the girl's charming style of acting, but also her gentle image.

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From the author: hi all! Today we will delve into the topic of reviews. computer games and find out how and how much letsplayers earn. In essence, creating a let's play channel is like running a YouTube video blog. Only this blog will have a rather narrow focus, namely, an overview of games coming out on PC and consoles. Although, some popular YouTube bloggers successfully combine letplays and, for example, vlogs, that is, videos where they talk about how they create those very letplays.

Or they simply talk about their lives, naturally, in their corporate style, for which they fell in love with an audience of several tens of thousands or even millions of subscribers. But, one way or another, they all earn money from their channels. Today we will find out how letsplayers make money.

Advertising is the main piece of bread for a let's player

Many users are interested in the question of how letsplayers earn on YouTube and whether they earn at all. Of course, they earn, but, of course, no one is in a hurry to pay them for charisma and thousands of views. The bulk of the let's players' earnings come from ads that appear in the form of pop-ups or in the video format that plays before the start of the let's play.

Sometimes the video can be skipped after 5-15 seconds, sometimes it needs to be watched in full. The main thing is to be sure that too long and intrusive advertising will not force you to unsubscribe from the channel. Let's just say that since the video is edited for the viewers, it is the subscribers that should be paramount, and earnings from advertising are just a side effect.

In some cases, the blogger himself can unobtrusively (or as best he can) advertise some products. Even if an advertising poster gets into the frame during the video, or the browser himself uses the products of some brand on the video, while not focusing the attention of the viewers on this, this will also be considered hidden advertising. After you get “affiliate programs”, you will begin to earn no less than other popular YouTubers.

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How much do let's play specialists earn?

It would seem that there is nothing complicated in this. Of course, it is impossible to say unequivocally how much letsplayers earn on YouTube, but according to some reports, popular Russian YouTube channels earn from $5,000 to $29,000… per month. Impressive number, isn't it?

Moreover, some of these channels specialize in reviewing games like Minecraft (this is not advertising!). Yes, in certain circles, these indie games enjoy impressive popularity.

Now you have an idea about how and how much let's players earn thanks to affiliate programs.

But not everything is so simple. To start making money from advertising through your let's play, you need to become a popular blogger on YouTube. To do this, you must literally be obsessed with this idea and devote at least 7-8 hours (!) A day to work. In addition, charisma, erudition and a sense of humor should become your constant companions in this craft.

How to really engage the audience?

It is unlikely that anyone will want to watch a boring and “dry” review of the game, especially since there is really a lot of competition among letsplayers on YouTube. Only by becoming better than many others will you be able to arouse interest in your audience, so it is necessary to determine which game in this moment may be of interest to spoiled spectators of the 21st century.

No need to "reinvent the wheel", there are some pretty old games, but still relevant games that have had a lot of different reviews. With each passage of one of these "classic" games, you can discover something new for yourself and the viewers of your channel. As an example, one can mention Silent Hill(it doesn't matter which part), resident evil(same), devilmay Cry and some other games from Konami or CAPCOM.

AT similar games Lots of details that many simply don't notice. And, meanwhile, they can be a kind of reference to other parts of the game - what is called "Easter eggs".

In any case, in your video, you can speculate about the detail that suddenly caught your attention and comment on it witty. In general, for video game reviews, attention to detail is never superfluous. At the same time, they should not distract from the main thing - the gameplay.

All this is only a small part of what is required from a blogger who claims to earn impressive income on YouTube channels. To learn more about how to become a good blogger on YouTube, you can check out the video courses, which may be paid or even free, but, in any case, will make you a great blogger.

The technical side of the issue

In order to make high-quality reviews on games that have been released relatively recently, you should get a fairly powerful PC. It is not necessary to spend money on a heavy-duty let's play machine, but since you have decided not only to play, but also to film this process, then you need to use a lot of resources for this.

In addition, we should not forget about good headphones and a microphone. Of course, you should not buy the most expensive equipment, but it is necessary for a blogger to have it. It is best to use a highly directional microphone so that extraneous sounds, such as a dog barking outside the window, are not present in your materials.

It is best if the sound is recorded separately from the video, then there will be no problems during editing, and you can fix the sound track without affecting the sounds accompanying game process. It goes without saying that the less extraneous sounds in the video, the higher the quality of the let's play as a whole.

The presence of a video camera will also be useful. For this, of course, it would be ideal to use a “reflex camera”, but if it is not there, it’s okay, something simpler will do. On the one hand, it is not necessary to shoot yourself on video, but creating the effect of live communication with the audience will certainly not be superfluous.

In order to record game video, it is most convenient to use programs such as Bandicam or Fraps. But, of course, the choice can fall on something else. Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere Pro will be handy for editing your footage, but if you're more comfortable with other programs, use whichever you see fit.

In order to earn money, the player will have to make certain investments. And whether they will be justified - depends only on you. But if you are armed with an unshakable desire to run your YouTube channel and subsequently make it popular, then the funds spent on the purchase of equipment will certainly pay off.

Still, before buying all let's play equipment, carefully review and analyze the channels of other game reviewers and bloggers. This is to understand if you really want to review video games, and see what your competitors are capable of, and then decide what you would like to fix in their videos and what to borrow for yours.

But most importantly - do not plagiarize! Be original and your followers will love you for it.

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