November update (Crash 4 progress)

 Let's try something a little different. 

 I'm currently about 55% of the way through editing the Crash 4 video, and thought it might be interesting to talk about my thought process while I'm on the job.

 In the end it took a long time to get the script written and recorded- really wanted to keep it as lean as possible, but it still ended up ballooning out to around 40 minutes of audio. There was just so much I wanted to say, and some of it needed very specific wording. Fact is, I don't even think I'm finished yet- I often find now that, once I've recorded a final draft and started assembling the video, points suddenly don't feel correct or I realise there's a better way to put something.

 However, this isn't as bad as it used to be- my mic setup is a lot better and it's easier than it used to be to match the audio quality- so I can just go into the script, make the changes, then rerecord those points and put them back into the video, unless it needs a major change in delivery. All of this is even faster with a version of the video already assembled, so the process is now a lot more immediately flexible for me, which I like a lot.

 The changes I'm thinking of making aren't that intense anyway, mostly semantics or things i've said I now think are questionable in context. (I write on a lot of sticky note tabs with stuff like 'you sure about this point? Really?) Even though I would have liked to have changed the structure a little, it's got all the bits in there I wanted. The video also goes through a lot of my history talking about the subject and it's funny going back through my old videos and seeing what I do and don't agree with now. The usual trend is that I agree with my points, but not with how they're written or with my delivery. Can't get past the pauses in the N Sane video, really bothers me now.

 You'll have noticed that I don't edit linearly, from the start to the end. Often there's certain ideas and images I know exactly how to edit, and I get as many of those done as possible first- but sometimes footage doesn't stretch over a point I want to make on the specific subject or there's just a LOT of footage to get through that I have to decide to use for any particular point. Process can go from very fast in the beginning to very slow as I have to hem and haw over what footage I'm going to use, which makes reaching those eureka moments incredibly satisfying. I've had a couple of those and it's been great fun. I think you'll enjoy some of the surprises in here.

 The plan is to get this out before the end of the month. For some insight, it took me most of last month and the start of this one to write, I recorded and edited the audio over 2 days, and hit the edit bay on the 15th. Took under a week to get this far so I don't imagine it'll be too much longer to power through this. However, part of me is aware of SO many other youtubers prepping and hyping their crash 4 videos. On the one hand I want to just release this and do my own thing, but on the other hand I'm aware I might accidentally contribute to a saturation on the subject and end up potentially seeming derivative. I'd like to avoid that, but I won't stop work because of it. Just something I'm keeping in mind, and this could potentially fall back to needing extra time anyway.

 Still, the work goes on. Hope this gave you guys and idea of how I approach videos like this and will give you some extra stuff to think on when it's released. I shan't give away how I feel about the game yet- you'll have to watch the video to find out. But safe to say it should at least be interesting. Lots of takes in this one. 

  That's about it from me. Thanks to patrons old and new for the support, I hope this one's worth the wait, a couple shorter videos should be on the way after this one's done. 

See you guys on the other side!

  - B