Video Editing's Kinda Hard, So I'm Making A Podcast Instead

This was written for the University subject, BCM114.

NOTE: The title of this post is a joke (kind of).

OK, I enjoy making videos, but the actual process itself? It's time consuming, as it should be, if you want to make anything good.

When I first thought of something I wanted to make as my digital artifact, my pre-existing channel felt like the best place to start. And the content I wanted to and still want to make?

Video Essays.

I made a post about this quite a few months ago on the video essays I enjoyed and why I loved them. 

But after uploading my first attempt at a video essay, my "TheSunVanished" video, I learned something very quickly. 

This is going to be really time-consuming.

 This is the timeline for "TheSunVanished" video. It took me the better part of 7-8 hours to complete (which doesn't include the script writing, breaks etc. etc. etc.)

Somehow, I missed this. Somehow, I didn't think of how difficult it would be to consistently make complexly edited essays on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.

So, I FEFO'd. I failed early, in that I came to a realisation and a new idea.

The realisation: I want to make video essays, but they are time consuming to make on a regular basis.

The new idea: I already had a podcast, ready to be recorded, and a friend who was willing to record it with me.

So here's the new and improved plan: make video essays occasionally, but focus on developing the podcast more.

So although I'm a bit disappointed, I'm glad that I'm ideating and conceiving new ideas for my channel and that I'm not just locking myself in to one form of video content.

I still want to find some way to integrate my methodology, but I'm guess we're going to have to wait and see.

If you want to check out the podcast, you can find the second podcast episode below: