It’s vlog day, and I have some challenges to face. Firstly, I need to do some research and write a script, then I need to locate images and/or video snippets for the products that I’m going to be talking about. This little task takes me all morning and half of the afternoon (including two breaks to perform my dog walking duties) but finally I’m ready to set up the camera and tripod and film myself.
Filming myself is the next major challenge. My voice is very weak and is strangling my sentences, so I change my neurostimulator to the new (group “B”) settings. My voice is much improved, but I find my eyes are constantly clamping themselves shut – only momentarily, but it doesn’t look great on video! I change the settings back to group “A”, and make an extra effort to project my voice and enunciate clearly, but I still have many, many re-takes – very frustrating!
Then it’s on with the edit. I load the footage onto my MacBook and get cracking, but tremor is really playing me up today (my next challenge) and I keep clicking the mouse where I don’t want to be clicking the mouse, and making stupid mistakes with my clumsiness.
My wife arrives home from work and I’m still nowhere near finished. We have our dinner, and then I continue editing. I finally finish the job and get it uploaded to my YouTube channel in time to publish it just a few minutes before midnight. I’ll post links to it on social media tomorrow. It’s been a long day…