GAME PLAY VIDEOS - PART 1

 For the last 2 weeks I was on isolation because a co-worker had been tested positive for COVID. At this time I don't know his situation. Hopefully okay. I did come out of it okay, but those two weeks gave me the opportunity to create my game play videos.

There were a total of six videos. The first four were Game setup and components, Draw Cards Phase, Resource Phase and Movement Phase. Each were from 2 minutes to 4 minutes long.  It took me at least 10 hours of multiple takes to get the right footage. I would have love to do multiple angles while taping, but I only had one good camera I was borrowing from my daughter, a tripod and two light stands for extra lighting. 

It was to be a top down view of the table. This way you get to see everything, at least.

My setup with tripod and one of the lamps visible.

This was during the Battle Phase video.

The last two videos were Battle Phase and End Phase. Those took me another 12 hours and at least 30 takes to get it to the point I was satisfied. Once I had all the videos completed, it was time to start editing. I currently use Pinnacle Studios 17. I have been using and upgrading that program for at least 14 years now. I have tried a couple of others and this one works best for me.

It was easy to edit the first four videos, but it still took me another 10 hours to edit all of them. I am using a laptop that is four years old now. The problem I found during the editing process is that I would have to wait practically a full minute after making an edit before I could make another edit. But at least they were done to the point I could add simple changes to them, Part of the problem may be my laptop cannot handle processing all that audio video data since it is four years old. But I will keep using it until it totally crashes on me.

The Battle Phase edits have taken me at least 37 hours now. The video is almost 15 minutes long. The original was 18 minutes, so I had room to make the required cuts. Once again it was painstakingly slow because of waiting for it to update after each edit. 

My plan is to get the videos completed within the next week now that I have to gone back to work. However, luckily next week I will be visiting family in Calgary and may have some time to do final touches.

Once the videos are done, I will be posting them on my Youtube channel and then advertising their link on my FB pages. More to follow when they are done.