Alright,
so let's face it: the “introductory” post to this blog was very
weak, bland and uninspiring. Anyone who read it must have been like
“What?”, “Huh?” or “That's it?” Because it was
just way too
short and even I personally
think that it could've been better. Now while we're on the topic of
it, you may be wondering why haven't I talked about my recent uploads
here, or why I haven't put up much content on this blog when there's
so much happening on YouTube right now. It's
undeniably true that there
is a lot of interesting things that
I could be talking about over here,
but I will generally only make
a
post if it's something that gets me very fired up, or if
it's
something that I saw and felt really stoked or passionate about. In
other words, it just has to be interesting enough for me to make it
worthy to talk about. That may or may not change, but I'll just go
with that vibe for the time being.
So
this brings us to the next point, perhaps the most interesting one
really and
that is:
what's up with my channel? For quite a while, I thought this channel
was created in 2011, but a quick check actually shows that it was put
up in 2010 (January 4 to be an exact nerd), so it's been around
longer than I had
originally thought.
When I was younger, I enjoyed watching lot's of YouTube videos, so I
created a couple accounts to
view or comment on videos. Because some of these accounts were quite
a while back, a lot of them were probably deleted or I had their
passwords forgotten, so one day I decided to make a “proper” main
account and that's where my
signature account,
ATA1201058,
came into play. I don't quite remember how or why exactly I chose
that name, but I think it revolved around me wanting something that
started with an “A”, but I couldn't think of a specific name or
word, so I just went with an acronym-like title and tacked numbers
onto
it, to
make it more unique. When I first launched this channel, I didn't
really have intentions to upload videos, as my main intention was to
just watch, comment, like, dislike and occasionally subscribe. A
year
later in November, I decided to put up some lame test animation that
went by the name clock,
which now goes by clock of boredom,
since it was simply that: a video made out of pure boredom.
Since
then, I hadn't uploaded a video for years. I still commented and
watched, but my uploading
activity was about
as lively as a grocery store parking lot on a Sunday night, until
suddenly, nearly 5 years later in 2016, my 2nd
video appeared! And not much longer after
that,
soon a third, fourth, fifth and beyond! So what gives? Why am I
uploading more videos in 2016 versus the previous years? Well,
there's actually a variety of reasons as
to why that's so,
but it's mainly due to inspiration from events in 2015 and the fact
it's actually a lot of fun – except during video editing time! As
anyone can tell from looking at my channel, here you'll find cruddy* outdoor videos of me filming random things. Typically
trails or paths, but also things like campuses, schools, churches,
fireworks, wild animals, volcanoes whatever. The other type of videos
you'll find are game play videos, which has mostly been Asphalt 8 so
far,
but I'll do others at some point. Pretty
soon actually...
Random
outdoor events and games is definitely quite an odd combination, but
I like it. Considering that my first video was an animation, does
this mean that I'll do more animations? Unfortunately, my animation
skills are lacklustre, so probably not, but I won't certainly
won't say never.
There
is a folder sitting on my computer with frames of an unfinished work
from years ago. I don't know if I'll ever
decide to
complete it, let alone publish it. I don't think there's anything
else I want to say, so I guess that does it for this blog post. To
anyone who
actually took
the time to find and
read this, you now know what
mysterious channel is all about.
Cruddy* = "Why are your outdoor shootouts so unstable and nauseating?" Well, it's the combination of my camera's lack of OIS and bouncy/shaky hands or movements. Is this ever going to improve? Yes, I'm hoping to resolve this sometime in the foreseeable future, but I can't promise when exactly it will happen. I will still shoot random things outdoors, because I certainly don't want to constrict myself from this type of fun, but won't do it too often and I'll do my best to keep improving the stability of my current somewhat lacklustre camera.
