Grab Your Audience: Create Enthralling Intros for Your Videos

In a world of constant clicking, attention spans are shorter than ever. Make sure your video grabs (and keeps!) as many viewers as you can with a spectacular introduction!

YouTuber and travel videographer JR Alli has been creating trendsetting videos online for years, not least because of his innovative introductions. From the second you press play, his videos are compulsively watchable — and he has the views to prove it.

Now, he’s sharing the fascinating strategy he applies to the beginning seconds of all of his work in this comprehensive class. From initial shot list to final edit, you’ll journey with JR through a dark basement (not as terrifying as it sounds!) into a sci-fi world that looks like it was filmed in the year 3020. Along the way, JR will break down his exact shooting and editing tactics, taking you step-by-step through each and every detail of his process.

You’ll learn how to:

• Develop a comprehensive, specific shot list
• Experiment with angles and camera movement
• Effectively organize your footage
• Use masks and free textures and sounds to give your video cinematic quality

Whether you’re brand new to the video world or a pro looking for a new edge, use this class to unlock your ability to create compulsively watchable videos. Grab your audience in 30 seconds or less (really, that’s about how long you have) and get shooting with JR!

This class is welcoming to all levels of students. While JR’s equipment is advanced, you can use his strategies and techniques with any camera you have access to, including your phone. JR uses Adobe After Effects to edit, and some familiarity with that program is recommended.

• Introduction
• Why Spend Time on Intros?
• Planning Your Intro
• Shooting Your Intro
• Organizing Your Footage
• Editing Your Footage
• Adding Visual Effects to Static Shots
• Adding Visual Effects to Moving Shots
• Rotoscoping
• Finalizing Visual Effects
• Sound Design
• Color Grading
• Finalizing and Rendering
• Final Thoughts