Today I was going to do a video post. I recorded the video this morning, spliced it together this evening, and then thought, "I can't put this on the internet."
In the process I came across a video I made in May of 2013, also intended for the blog, demonstrating the way to get homemade brownies in the oven in 6 minutes. I wanted to show that it is eminently possible to make delicious lightning-fast brownies, without setting up any sort of elaborate mise en place. The downside of this approach, though, is that segments of the video involve me diving for the refrigerator or smacking aluminum foil into a pan or talking with my back to the camera.
I guess there are two issues here. One is that I usually hate watching videos on the internet. There are occasional exceptions, but before I watch a video I pretty much have to see recommendations from a double-digit number of people whose taste I admire. Why, then, would I think it was a good idea to contribute to the youtubization of the internet?
The other issue is that the bloggity tension between keeping it real and making it polished is heightened with video posts. I could, theoretically, trim down the boring bits of the brownie post. I could, theoretically, get new footage of the applied I-cord I made this morning, in which I could be a bit more careful about camera angles. I could, theoretically, relax about my imperfections. (Hahahahahahahaha, I'm so hilarious.)
Tell me what you think: yea or nay on video posts? What makes a good one?
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