The Fire

It feels really good to have the fire for creativity back. There was a long while there where I felt like creativity just wasn’t a part of my life anymore. It left me hollow, and it is relieving to feel whole. I even have the fire for making videos again. UeCraft and replay mod have done a lot for that. A big part of what I like about video production is cinematography, and that is all but lost in most forms of gaming and maker content. It’s largely about whatever it is I’m doing, and not the video itself. I think that might be why I wasn’t enjoying making videos. Editing isn’t fun if I’m not putting something visually exciting together.

With replay mod on the minecraft SMP, i can actually get some cool shots of everything happening. Even the boring stuff can be a showcase of the world, a bit of visual candy to carry you through talking sections. I like to wear two different caps while I’m working, and my sculpting hat is pretty quiet. This format frees me up to record my dialogue after the fact, and make it fit the scene perfectly. There is still the option for real time gameplay, which is available on the Twitch channel, but this way the videos can be something that I actually built, rather than just a cutdown of a stream.

I’m not knocking stream cutdowns by the way. They’re a good format, I watch them all the time. This is less about what makes for consistent content and much more about what I want as a creator. I want cool cinematics and chill, reflective vibes on my videos, and this is a way to do that. It’s a much more fun way to make videos as well, so it’ll be easier to enjoy the process.

Thanks for reading! I’ll see you in the next one.