How to Make a YouTube Webseries

Co-authored by Beth Cormack

Last Updated: June 29, 2021 Approved

YouTube has many fun videos. Many even make money by making their own YouTube series and videos. To make a good quality presentation, you need to equip yourself with some basic preparation. If you have a great idea for a series, put it into action with this wikiHow guide.

Steps

1
Get your idea, or at least be motivated to think of an idea. Also choose your genre whether it be reality, comedy, sci-fi, serious, just pick something!
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Draw up an outline. Once you are ready and have a solid idea. You need to have a plot outline for the season. Do this EVERY season. Write the plots for all the episodes you plan on doing. Try a minimal amount of episodes for the first season. Most do 6 for small. But if you are sure it is going to be great you can do 12.

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3
Take the plots and write all the scripts, even reality shows have written plots and a little writing in them. NEVER create a series and not plan it or release anything before the series is done.Keep in mind of what's available to you. You cannot afford to blow up a building. Think in mind of things you have that you can use in the show. Keep the episodes under 10 minutes or less.
4
Get your equipment. Camcorder, Tripod(optional), Computer, DV tape. If you have an HD camcorder it will be better quality for your show but is not necessary.
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Hire people for your show. Cast and crew. Your friends are not always the best choice. Try to ask people in drama if you go to school. Or put up flyers for an audition. If you don't own the camera then let the person who owns it operate it. If it is yours don't trust it with anyone you don't know. Make sure your cast and crew are dedicated and will do another season.
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Shoot it! Film your first episode then edit it. After that do it with all the other ones. Shoot the take a few times from different angles. If there are two people talking have two close ups and a wide shot. So do three takes.
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Edit. So you shot everything, all your angles. Now put it all together. Use Windows Movie Maker if you don't already have an editing software. When somebody talks cut to then if the character says something shocking cut back to the other person for their reaction. If you think your done then save it as an AVI or WMV.
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Once you have all your episodes done, show them to the people who worked on the series. Then cut a trailer using all the episodes and put it on YouTube. Leave it until it gets a bit of interest and views. Build hype. Then if you get people interested enough put out the release date for the series. Then put out an episode every week when the series is supposed to come out.
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When the whole season is done and released wait a month or two. Then count all the views together that the episodes have and decide if you think you have enough to go for another season , or if fans are begging for more. If you think and everyone else thinks it's a good idea then repeat all this again. Have fun. And if you want to do a lot more episodes next season here is a fact, real tv series have about 22 episodes per season.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I release episodes? Do I just make them public on YouTube?

Community Answer

Once you set a date for your series to come out, you can schedule the videos to upload on the same day at the same time every week. You can change who can view it later if you only want your subscribers to see it, by editing the video after it uploads.
Question

How do I promote my show?

Community Answer

There are multiple ways to promote a YouTube show. You can tell your friends and family directly and ask them to spread the word to the people they know, for example. You could also make posts about your show on social media websites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.). Just be sure to include a link to your channel.
Question

Does YouTube notice the video and make it famous?

Community Answer

That really depends on how popular or well known your channel is. Youtube won't notice it unless you attracts a lot of attention.