It’s coming up to 7PM, and I had decided yesterday that this evening, I was going to go to the Falklands Gardens to vlog about Gosports role in the civil war in the 1640’s.
Luckily a bus came as I was about to pass the bus stop opposite Royal Arms. As I was carrying two bags, I didn’t fancy the idea of walking to the waterfront.
The Falkland Gardens were mostly empty; there were maybe half a dozen people spread out across the area, so I got set up and went for it.
OK, so there’s a trick I have to learn, and that is how to work with the cue cards. The story they tell is actually not bad. Translating that into me talking on camera is an entirely different kettle of fish. I have, I think, 6 or seven clips to bring together. Once I’ve done that, I will post it, no matter how bad it is, unless I judge it to be completely horrible, but my thought is that no matter how bad, it’s there as a lesson.
One delightful little episode afterwards, when I finished, a chap who was sat about 20 yards away stuck his thumb up and said it was good (I think he’d been drinking), but we did have a bit of a chat, and he was very complimentary, more I think that i had made the effort to get out and do something.
The other thing, the decision to film in the evening was the correct one. The sun didn’t feature in any of the shots, whereas had I gone in the mornigng it would have dominated every shot.
I think it will be the other way around when I go over to film the Portsmouth part. The sun will hopefully be behind us for most of the shots.
Bills Posts 