A few years ago while at a party for the Toronto International Film Festival I was given a SWAG bag that had a web cam in it. I remember thinking to myself, "Wow! That could be fun. I can't wait to try it out." I got it home, tried to use it, got annoyed because it wasn't working, and then didn't think about that camera again until very recently when I thought I may try my hand at making a video blog.
Fast forward to today when I brought it out of retirement, plugged it in to my laptop and was astounded when IT WORKED! A window opened and there I was, looking back at myself. "Why did I find this so hard before?" I asked. "This seems to be the easiest thing in the world".
So then I start recording. I had a whole routine that was very amusing about how scared I was of this "video blogging" thing, and how easy it turned out to be. However, I was lulled in to a false sense of security.
It turns out that I could get video, (a bit grainy, but actual video), but there was no audio. No problem! I'm a smart cookie. I can figure out how to get audio. And there it was, a button that said "capture audio". How easy was that?
"Fantastic!" I thought. "I'll just click on that and I should have video and audio and I will be on my way!"
But, alas, no. It didn't work that way. Apparently, neither my laptop or my camera have a microphone built in. Dang it.
I tired, and I tired and I tried. But to no avail.
And the longer I tried the more frustrated I got. I was seriously about to be beaten by a camera I can hold in my hand! This was not how my night was supposed to go.
But then, there hiding in the corner I saw a button called "tool box".
"Oh, maybe there will be a hidden microphone somewhere in there".
That is not where the microphone was.
Would you like to know what there WAS in that tool box??? SPECIAL EFFECTS!!! Who needs a microphone when you can do things like this:
and this:
and this:
I may still learn to video blog...but for now I'm just going to play in the snow!
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