I’m working on “practicing” making YouTube videos. There are steps to making a YouTube video. For example, my list of steps is as follows.
Set up computer folders
Launch Blender software
Set up screen recording
Record the session
Export screen recording file
Import into Adobe Premier
Add Intro Video
Add Title Card
Edit Video Clips
Record Audio Track
Export
Create Thumbnail
Upload to YouTube
Add Description
Publish
So, I created some simple exercises to see how quickly I could move through the steps so that they became second nature, and I could then focus on the content.
For this exercise, I use the concept used in programming when a novice creates their first web page and uses the phrase “Hello World.” I made two videos. One where I sculpted the word “Hello” and a second using the word “World.”
On the Blender front, I'm continuing with the Basic Series. It's more about exercising how to produce videos efficiently than the content itself. They're meant to be "throwaways."
Throw Aways
"Throwaways" is a concept I developed to help me break the inertia of not doing something. If I trick myself into saying that I'm only going to throw it away, I avoid procrastination by not worrying if anyone will see it. Then, more often than not, something interesting is created that I'm not apprehensive about sharing.
What I'm trying to overcome creatively is hesitation and inertia.
A Clear Process and Time Constraints
Additionally, I've found that you need a clear process and time constraints. So, I created this process with time limits in each step. Wherever I'm at the end of the time limit, I move forward whether I like it or not. This, again, counters perfectionism and getting stuck in an endless loop of tinkering.
The steps so far:
