It’s vlog day, and I’m vlogging about Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), which is something that I’m reasonably familiar with! Whilst I’m writing my script about RLS, I’m also thinking ahead for the two extra vlogs that I want to do before we go away on holiday, and I come up with what I think would make a great video (I’m not telling – you’ll have to wait and see) but which requires participation from friends and family (and not many people like having a camera pointed at them!). I test the water by asking one of my neighbours if she’d be prepared to be interviewed for one of my vlogs and, after some initial hesitation, she agrees. Now I just need to think about who else I could rope in.
My voice is particularly bad at the moment (even my wife remarked upon it the other day) and I really struggle to make myself intelligible – rehearsing what I’m going to say, practising my breathing techniques, exaggerating my enunciation and trying to project my voice. I have quite a lot of re-takes before I’m happy with it (and I’m still not 100% happy with it), and then manage to get the footage transferred to my MacBook, edited, uploaded to my YouTube channel and published by the time my wife walks through the door.