Making a Video Clip

Bernardo Uzuda, a composer in Brazil, is putting together a video of images from ten artists accompanied by music he is composing specifically for the art.  I am fortunate to be one of the ten artists he is including, and have been sending him high resolution images of my work.  Recently he said he plans to add interviews with an art historian and two other composers, and would like to include interviews with the artists as well.

Uh oh, that means he wants me to make a few minutes of video explaining my work.  You’d think it wouldn’t be that difficult for me, since I write about my work all the time in this blog and on my art website.  Yet, I find myself intimidated. 

I’m not good at talking off the cuff.  I like to write everything first, where I can review it and edit it, and then read what I’ve written.  But this video wouldn’t work like that, I don’t think.  Reading from a script would sound too canned.

I guess the next best thing is to plan it like a speech.  Take notes, make an outline, and then practice.  I’ve done speeches before, and when I plan and rehearse properly, they come out well.  I could try that.

I could also try writing up some questions that Adrian could ask me in the video.  This would then come across as an interview, which could be a workable format.  I guess there are many ways to go with this, and I could actually try them all and see which works best.

First, though, I’ve got to learn how the video feature of my digital camera works.  I’m not a natural at technology.  I only learn the bare minimum I need to accomplish a specific task.  Then, if I don’t use it regularly, I forget it, of course. 

All of the above sounds like a lot of work.  But it will be worth it if Bernardo is able to include my section in the video.  And maybe I could even add the video clip to my website.  Not that I have any idea how to do that.  But I guess I could learn.