Testing. Testing.

I've wanted to try my hand at making video lessons for ages and ages now - and with the tablet weaving lightbulb finally going on in my head, it is finally time.

So now there's a little camera hanging out in out living room (and yes, it is rather small, that gadget) and there is a table set up long enough for warping, and I am working on scripts for the first few sections of the video course, and there is, of course, testing. Lots and lots of testing.

Testing of the camera. Testing of the remote control for the camera via smartphone (which sounds better than it is, unless you want to have gratuitous weird sound effects). Testing of angles, and light, and going through the moves according to the script, and looking for things to wear that will be contrasting enough with the things in my hands to make the latter actually visible. (Black t-shirt is out. I knew that beforehand, but I was too lazy to change for that first going through the moves...)



(I think I might have to do some ironing here...)

Just like with product photographs, it is amazing how the eye and brain gloss over things until they are frozen in place in a photograph - and then you suddenly realise that something is at an angle, or looks lopsided, or that the crinkles, yes, are really visible.

Also testing: backgrounds for the weaving sequences to make sure the tablets and threads will be clearly visible.



There will be larger, thicker tablets with thicker threads for the real video, but it can't hurt to try out with some already available ones beforehand, right?