Full disclosure: this week was rough for me. Still, I had to get what I need to get done. Thanks to the preparation and work I put in earlier I was able to upload the second part of my series, even if it meant I was completely drained by the end of it. Still, it can only go up from here.

A Good Start – Then Life Did It’s Thing

I started the week feeling great and excited about wrapping up my project. I was able to bang out a script for the last video based on the last bits of research I had and made a plan for the week that seemed full-proof (after all, I have been at this for 5 weeks now and I finally have a feel for how long certain tasks take). You can see my script and shot list here:

Then, one bad thing came after the other. I spent the majority of the day on Tuesday (which was my main filming day) jumping from vet to vet to get my cat help and felt to emotionally drained to do anything after my shift that night. Then I had work for two days and was able to finally get started again on Friday.

Getting Ahead (Even When I’m Behind)

I made the decision to film both episodes in the same session to save time later on. While it may have contributed to me to missing this deadline by a day, I have all of my footage captured, transferred, and proxied. In the future this is probably a better idea if I do another project like this since a lot of the time filming is in the setup and cleanup, so I saved quite a bit of time overall.

One major frustration that I had was my lav mic picking up my clothes rubbing against it. I feel awful spending all that time capturing footage just for the audio to be so bad, but I had to continue on for the sake of time. I am hoping that the better quality audio from my Blue Yeti balances out the crappy quality from an unlucky shoot.

Another major frustration came when I had just begun to edit – I came down with an awful migraine that I couldn’t shake. I edited what I could and realized that it was unrealistic for me to upload the video that night so I just decided to get some rest and pick it up again tomorrow. Tomorrow came, and here I am. The rest of the editing process when smoothly – much faster than last time since I have already made a layout for text, archival footage, titles and end cards, and my thumbnails. I was also able to edit my good audio quicker. I spend a few hours trying to figure out a way to fix the lav issue, but found that the time it would take to make very minimal changes was just not worth it.

To see a summary of everything I did this week you can see my production journal here:

While it is too early to give any analytics or insights on the video’s performance yet, I am excited to give an update at the end of the week. Check out my video and let me know what you think:

By the end of the week I will upload my final video on the daily journal section of the Hobonichi and have a page to sum up my entire project. Follow my blog to keep updated!