PEOPLE, TV & CINEMA Being a YouTuber WARM-UP WRITING SPEAKING Completa il questionario poi leggi le tue risposte alla classe. a. Every day. b. Often but not every day. c. Sometimes, about twice a week. d. Never. 1. How often do you watch YouTube? a. A lot. b. Quite a lot. c. Not so much. d. I don’t like it. 2. How much do you like YouTube? a. Gamers. b. Movies / Documentaries. c. Music videos. d. Fun stuff. 3. What do you usually watch on YouTube? (you can choose more than one option) ....................................................... 4. What’s your favourite YouTuber or YouTube channel? Being a YouTuber seems a fun job: you just make videos and get money, right? Well, it is not so easy. Behind every famous YouTuber there is a long journey and hard work. But if becoming a YouTuber is what you want to do in your life, here are some tips for you. Tips to become a YouTuber : the best thing to attract a big audience is to work on one single topic. Choose a field evident: what do you want to do through your channel? Informative videos? Show people how to do things? Or just share stories? Be clear! Make your channel goal : plan a schedule of when you have to post your videos. Be regular! Organise your work : it must be unique and catchy . Choose an attractive name for your channel British YouTubers: famous, smart and young! Great Britain has YouTubers famous all around the world. They are young, creative and a little crazy . Here are some, do you know any of them? (21.6 million subscribers). Daniel Robert Middleton began his career at the University of Northampton, where he started his first channel dedicated to Pokémon fans. His talent is so great that in 2016 he won the Kid’s Choice Award as the best gaming channel of the year. DanTDM (20 million subscribers). Olajide Olatunji’s YouTube career began in 2008, when he started posting FIFA gaming videos for a school project. However, today he is famous for his rap music and some of his videos have more than 7 billion views! KSI (14 million subscribers), or W2S, left school when he was 17 to become a professional YouTuber, and he did it! He started posting FIFA games, then he made his followers go crazy by posting extreme challenges and funny videos. Harry Lewis (6 million subscribers). And finally a female gamer! In an industry of boys, Lizzie D is one of the top British gamer influencers. She started posting videos in 2012 and specialised in Minecraft gameplay videos. She also formed a female gaming group. Lizzie D GLOSSARY : : : : : : : : : catchy accattivante challenge sfida crazy pazzo to engage coinvolgere goal obiettivo journey viaggio schedule programma tip suggerimento viewer spettatore