vlog
Filmed personal journal
A vlog is a video blog—regular video content posted online, typically documenting personal experiences, opinions, or daily life.
The term blends "video" and "blog." Someone who creates vlogs is a vlogger: She vlogs about her travels.
As a verb, to vlog is to create such content: He's been vlogging for five years.
Video-sharing website
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- influencerPerson with promotional reach
- subscribeCommit to regular receipt
- content creatorMakes digital media professionally
viral · trending · comedy · sketch · parody · collab · monetize · viewership
Image capturing device
- editingRefining content for clarity
- uploadTransfer data outward
- thumbnailReduced preview image
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
microphone · tripod · footage · cut · montage · B-roll · timelapse · voiceover
Person with promotional reach
- wellnessOverall state of health
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- travelMovement between locations
- fitnessGood physical shape
beauty · routine · haul · unboxing · lookbook · vegan · minimalism · luxury
Record of daily events
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- entryAccess or submission
- reflectionReturned light or thought
confession · anecdote · narrative · personal history · documentation · daily · update · record
Instructional step-by-step guide
- how-toPractical instruction format
- instructionalIntended to educate
- explainerOne who clarifies meaning
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
walkthrough · tips · DIY · review · guide · informative · learning · insight
Recorded video material
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- filmmakingCreating motion pictures
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- reportageFactual news writing
investigative · archive · ethnography · historical · testimony · docuseries · docudrama · anthropology
YouTube
Video-sharing website
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- influencerPerson with promotional reach
- subscribeCommit to regular receipt
content creator · viral · trending · comedy · sketch · parody · collab · monetize · viewership · likes
camera
Image capturing device
lighting · microphone · tripod · footage · cut · montage · B-roll · timelapse · voiceover · post-production
influencer
Person with promotional reach
fitness · beauty · routine · haul · unboxing · lookbook · vegan · minimalism · luxury · gourmet
journal
Record of daily events
reflection · confession · anecdote · narrative · personal history · documentation · daily · update · record · life story
tutorial
Instructional step-by-step guide
- how-toPractical instruction format
- instructionalIntended to educate
- explainerOne who clarifies meaning
demonstration · walkthrough · tips · DIY · review · guide · informative · learning · insight · explanation
footage
Recorded video material
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- filmmakingCreating motion pictures
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
reportage · investigative · archive · ethnography · historical · testimony · docuseries · docudrama · anthropology · archival
- Blog Types
- personal journalstravel journal, dream journal, gratitude journal, food diary, pregnancy journal
- portmanteausbrunch, smog, motel, spork, chortle
- youtube channelcomedy channel, cooking channel
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- mediatelevision, mass media, news, broadcasting, radio station
vlogdocumentary
Factual film about reality
studio production · television program · television broadcast · TV show · broadcast journalism
vlognews report
Broadcast about recent events
journalism · documentary · hard news · investigative journalism
- travel vlogRecorded journey shared online
- travel vloggerPerson filming destination content
- food vlogOnline video about eating
- family vlogOnline show featuring household members
- beauty vlogVideo series about cosmetics
- daily vlogRegular filmed personal update