I decided to shoot a new video blog yesterday, so stuck the camera on the tripod, removed the lens cap, and flicked the button marked ‘Record’.
It was at this point that I realised I had absolutely no idea what I was going to talk about. I spent three or four nanoseconds debating whether I should switch off the camera and plan what I was going to say, but I decided just to blunder on and talk about whatever came into my head.
The result is the wandering, semi-coherent video you see below. If nothing else it has taught me that planning videos is just as important as planning stories. Next time I’ll be figuring out the subject of my video blog BEFORE I start shooting it.
16/11/2009 at 12:49 am Permalink
This monologue is a triumph.
Please, please do more.
16/11/2009 at 9:30 am Permalink
Was that a note of sarcasm I detected there, Mr Craig?
Yes, I do plan on doing more, but probably best if I actually decide in advance what I’m going to talk about so that I don’t spend half the video staring blankly into space and going ‘um…’ below my breath.
16/11/2009 at 11:14 am Permalink
Barry – this has GOT to be a ruglar thing. Hilarious! (Meant to say regular, of course, but how great a word is ‘ruglar?’).
And I know what you mean about chin shapes. If I’ve been drawing certain body parts for a while (don’t ask), I find myself staring at said body-part with zombie like concentration. Hmm, let me clarify that last statement. Facial features! I mean, we humans have such a startling variety of nose shapes (for example).
Um…I’ll go now…
16/11/2009 at 12:28 pm Permalink
That’s it exactly, David! It might be an odd-shaped chin, a quirky earlobe or just a jauntily angled stray hair, but I can become fixated on it until nothing else in the world exists.
Glad I’m not the only one.
16/11/2009 at 1:18 pm Permalink
Indeed. Reassuring to know we share a strange parallel world. Well, that and this cave of course. So, back to one (of many), party scenes from days gone by, chatting to a nice young lady. There’s her thinking ‘gosh, this guy is sooo attentive,’ and I’m thinking, ‘hmm, I think I’d use a 6B pencil for those eyebrows.’
I’m not good at parties. I forget to blink, which doesn’t help.
16/11/2009 at 9:00 pm Permalink
No – it MUST be more of the random utterings of the Jockshire Baz! I LOVE the er… ‘what do I talk about’ feel of this video blog. More, More, MORE!
20/11/2009 at 3:33 pm Permalink
Got news for you Baz. Global climate change is probably now accelerating beyond all belief owing entirely to the amount of hot air belching out of your video blog. YOU are INDEED personally responsible for the melting of polar ice caps. I’ve given the ECO POLICE your address. And my chin DOESN’T look like Popeye’s head. I SAW you staring and now I know why…