The other day I was cleaning out a cupboard, and I found something I'd looked for and failed to find about a week ago: my old recording mike. I last used this thing about a decade ago to record some poems for a probably-long-forgotten project at the Arc in Stockton, back when it was a new venue, but was pleasantly surprised to find that it still worked. I plugged it into my laptop and realised that this now meant I could record some of my actual poems.
Once I'd got over the horror of being forced to listen to recordings of my freakish voice, I did so. Then I looked into ways of uploading them to this blog, and my facebook page.
Turns out the easiest way to do this is to post them as videos. This, however, would entail me having to work out how to use Windows Movie Maker. So I sat my ass down and did so.
The first video, posted only to my FB page, was really just a test to see that the audio uploading worked. But I've spent tonight working on a new video where the images reflect the text, follow each other sequentially and last the whole of the video, giving you something to look at while you listen to me witter on. So, without further ado, here's 'Retreat':
Photo credits, btw: Moon: Dori (dori@merr.info); WSB: Christiaan Tonnis; Man in Bondage: Daisy Romwall, Morro Bay, US; Cave Troll as Corporate Bully: Kevin Dooley. All other images either public domain or by me.
ReplyDeleteI did put some credits on this but they seem not to have loaded. Evidently my Movie Maker skillz still need some work!