Blog Minx

Well here it is, as rumored: my first video blog post. See below for the video, if you dare. I decided to talk about video blogging itself since I was learning how to do it. Man, it’s hard! My head looks huge and I’m sure I don’t really sound like that. But vanity aside, here’s what I babble on about in case you can’t see the video or are in a hurry:

• Look at the camera. This was hard. I felt like a gimp talking to myself.
• Use intonation. This was also challenging and I didn’t quite manage to raise mine above a kind of bored monotone. Should’ve had coffee first.
• Use titles and keep it brief. I had to learn how to edit the video in my iMovie application but it wasn’t too hard. Keeping it brief was easy because I had little to say! I did have to avoid the temptation to add special effects and a soundtrack…
• Accompany video with text. Like I’m doing here. Saves people watching it if they don’t want to.

Other things I’ve learned about video blogging

• Stage makeup is required, and it’s hard to keep a straight face.
• If video blogging is going to be a regular gig (it’s not), I could chase up some advertisers who want a quick ad embedded into the video itself.
• It would be good to break up the chatter with more visuals and work on my News Anchor style. (“Good evening. The headlines on Rich Minx tonight are…”)