SNAKE wrote:
If you boil water in your microwave be careful and maybe throw a chopstick or something in it, cause I microwave can cause water to boil without bubbles and that can lead to almost an explosion of hot water when you drop something in it.
Good point. I've never had it happen, but I have heard of it happening before. I'll add your warning to the wiki.
Zombieguide wrote:
I ad-libbed thru them all, and most of the videos I did ended up taking about 7-10 takes each. Trying to keep from too much dead silence, keeping the video interesting, etc was a challenge. Did you feel the same way?
This particular video was one take. The first head swapping one was 8 takes. Not because of anything I was doing but I kept getting interrupted. I almost gave up on these before I even started. Right after I hit record, the following happened: my wife got a glass of water and used the ice dispenser mere feet away from me, the dogs barked at the meter reader, my sister called, my dad walked in and asked me what I was doing, my neighbor revved up his diesel truck, one of my dogs started playing with her squeaker ball, and then my wife decided to make lunch and the knife inside the mayo jar almost made me cry. It was very frustrating.
Now, it was my fault for doing this in the kitchen in the middle of a Sunday, but that is where the microwave is and when I had the time. For this video, it was done late at night. I learned my lesson.
More to your question though, I can't do scripted. For public speaking, the most I can do is an outline, but I hardly ever stick to it. Whenever I script something it doesn't sound natural. This goes for everything from the answer message on my phone to these videos. When I know something really well, I just talk about it and hope whatever comes out makes sense. My wife likes to say I get my "lecture voice". Not just for a presentation but in conversation too. It is a little bit more toned down and less animated then I would be if we were talking back and forth. Ask me about football or toy collecting and I can go into great detail without taking a breath for hours. I do have a lot of "um...uh..." in the video but you need something to fill in the space while you're waiting for whatever it is your doing to happen. I can't just sit there and say, "Now, let's wait and watch as the water boils...tick.........tick...................tick." So I end up with verbal fillers. If I were telling you this in person I'd probably have a couple of "you know what I mean?" thrown in there too.
I don't think you can worry about them being entertaining though. They are tutorials, so as long as they show how it is done, then you don't have to worry as much about your running monologue. Although, I guess, if you could show the "how to" while telling jokes and juggling that wouldn't be too bad either.
