Now that i’m adding final touches to my first “videobook” (calling it a book is not quite correct, but i’m not aware of better terms and audiobooks seem to refer to small forms sometimes), it becomes painfully obvious that decision to start with video was a bit too ambitious. Even beyond all the technical issues, as well as “waiting for the render” (which supposedly account for me being unenthusiastic to the point where four minutes almost took me a year) the process of polishing videos takes quite some time.
If i had started with “just” audio, i simply wouldn’t be stuck with just one short project and could get to polishing actual performance. Transition to video (if i then decided that it’s indeed a good idea) would still require some experimenting in the mean time, but perhaps doing something like recent “wave one” could work better for that (in reality it was reverse: i did wave relatively fast because of previous experience with “river” among others).
Another lesson learned: non-separation of production stages is indeed important. If i would be able to do that, i could easily fill in the missing shots. As it were, i had to find whatever was most fitting and add various effects to cover up the lack of proper footage; effects by themselves aren’t bad (except for destructive zoom, of course), but it’s not nice when they are forced.
The question still remains, though: should i start doing non-video audiobooks? We’ll see. I have a few videos definitely planned, but when i have time i might also start an audio one. The main reason i’m hesitant is that i personally don’t find flash fiction (and that’s what i write mostly) audio books especially appealing. So the solution might be to unbury scandia letters, which would be way easier to adapt than hbs.
And if you’re wondering why not narrate something existing, the tricky part is finding appropriate material: one that would be either open culture or public domain and be interesting to read and listen to. And while i don’t mind classics, i just don’t seem to be invested enough in anything in particular.
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