The First Step of a Semi-Attractive Relationship
This video has come two years sooner than expected. I never intended to enter into the YouTube world until I had developed some sort of meager fan following. Posting my articles online was a major accomplishment for me. Before this website, I hadn’t written anything creative for a long time, and when I launched Solomon Rambling, I had fundamentally developed a forum for my writing to be criticized or lauded by people other than me. Because I was uncertain about publishing my writing (I have a degree in it, for god’s sake), the thought of making videos—something I have never touched—gave me the nervous jitters.
Then I was gifted a video capture card and a microphone, and it felt wasteful to put off recording until I magically developed a spine. So I spent a week doing test runs, playing with ideas for content, and grappling with the Elgato software. A week won’t make anyone a professional, but it was enough for me to take the first dive into video. After seven takes/failures discussing a variety of topics, above is the best I could manage for my first experience.
Even though this video is my child, I can recognize it is an ugly, messy thing. Here are just a few of its issues:
- The video bugs out at the 2:20 mark.
- After the 16-minute mark, the in-game sound effects become louder than my commentary.
- My ability to talk and play puts the “par” in “subpar.”
- I stutter and umm like a heater with faulty wiring.
- Jokes are largely absent.
These difficulties will certainly not prevent me from creating videos in the future, and I plan to toss a video out every week. I have hope that—with time—my skills will improve and speaking will become more natural. Everyone needs to take a first step. I may have twisted my ankle from the very start, but I’m fine with limping for a while.
If you have any critiques or comments regarding how to improve my strut, hurl them at me. Let’s make a video man out of me.