Video. Schedule. Pressure.

It’s Thursday. Two days from now it’ll be two weeks since we published our last YouTube video. That means we should be publishing another video on Saturday to keep up with the 2 week rhythm we’ve set for ourselves. I am not sure what kind of video to produce. I have a bunch of ideas, but these ideas are new territory for me, and I worry how those videos would turn out. Also, it feels like there is a lot of friction for filming B-roll for these videos. Perhaps I am just procrastinating. I feel like I do not have long periods of time in which to shoot this footage, and I tell myself that I need a day of dedicated time, or at least half a day, to film the different scenes. I don’t feel like setting up the lighting or the the camera just to film one section just to tear it all down, only to resume again another day.

I feel like I have all sorts of video ideas but these ideas do not fit into a tight niche. I worry that the channel will not perform as well as it could if I follow my varied ideas and concoct a channel that has “a little bit of this, and a little bit of that”. Part of me says that I shouldn’t worry about it. I am simply practicing, and do not need to take myself so seriously. That is probably true. But I do know that stellar creations are enjoyed by a much larger audience. It feels good to create something that is enjoyed by lots of people, not just 7 or 8 people, or whatever.

I may just start writing a script and then film myself and start filming B roll. I think that is the right thing to do. Then the video will be what it will be. At the very least, I will get some practice. Even if I only get this video done by Saturday night instead of Saturday morning, I would feel like I haven’t let myself down.