THE YOUTUBE VLOGCAST PROJECT.

CLOUD 9.

DIVING DEEPER.

THE SAME RECOGNISABLE SEQUENCE IS NEEDED IN EACH VIDEO:

WHICH IS?

TO INCLUDE SIMILAR THEMES, PLACES and INCLUSIONS IN THE CONTENT. PEOPLE LIKE THE COMFORT OF FAMILIARITY. THEY HUNKER DOWN AND ACCEPT BECAUSE IF THEY RECOGNISE SOMETHING THEY LIKED, THEY GIVE A SECOND CHANCE AND MAYBE EVEN ONGOING CONSIDERATIONS TO REVISIT AND LOOK AGAIN.

BUT SOME NEW INTRODUCTORY IDEAS MAY BE A GOOD IDEA TO BE THROWN IN FROM TIME TO TIME. TO AVOID STATUS QUO and the ‘SAME OLD, SAME OLD’ STAGNATION.

How many ideas on the list for each consideration already thought about?

I like the idea of odd numbers. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.

One?

Myself I suppose. Gray Summers. A.K.A. Frail Autumn. Cloud9. The guy who chats about what is happening in the video. A short spoken introduction Mantra that many YouTube presenters seem to do.

‘Hello, hello and here we go’ type stuff.

Three?

Main and constant ‘Inclusive Essential Themes’.

1. The VeeDub.

The inclusions spoken of and looked at for the video theme current needs. A visual vibe of what is to come..

2. The Music.

A new song.

3. The ‘Other Interest’ inclusion.

For example: With someone present chatting their interests, playing/singing their or my songs. Sometimes it’s just me and presenting one of the seven Cloud9 considerations too.

Five?

Circle of Five regular places to Visit. Also. The ‘Circle of Five’ matches my little booklet story around the pottery days. This little booklet of the stories and poems of my pottery characters was a lovely period in life. So, positive vibes are present in the number 5.

Seven?

Seven other ideas, to include alongside the music, the conversation, the view. Things to include, to talk of, to act out that produces a result linked to a calm interlude. A short activity that shifts a viewer’s focus. Gives them a very short distraction before returning to the main content. Think of my interests and which are strongest. They add little sparks of change. Maybe an oddity inclusion at a place or places in a section or more in the video.

1. Fountain pens, journals and writing script.

2. Photography.

3. Vegetarian cookery,

4. Various teas/coffee,

5. Aromatherapy/Aroma,

6. Complementary Therapeutic interventions

7. Others wild card interests. Art, Driftwood art, pottery, etc.

Some of the above may be too long in activity status. It may be wise to keep stuff simple.

Nine?

Cloud 9. Philosophy? On Cloud 9 means ‘blissful ambience’. How do we ourselves arrive at a place called Cloud 9? Sound and Vision. As Bowie sang. ‘Waiting for the gift of Sound and Vision’.

Maybe adopt a Philosophy in a similar way to how ASMR works? Not really. Tapping objects with intentional rhythmic means and whispering dialogue is not in my thoughts. But the ASMR concept of listening and realising a period that produces less anxiety, sleepiness and lowers stress is very interesting. A similar approach could be that, in a small section of the presentation, an intentional ideal of no voice being used would be beneficial for theme dynamics. Activity that produces ‘chilling out’ by engaging visually and aurally to comforting sights and sounds.

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response’: (ASMR).

‘A pleasant tingling sensation that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. This feeling is triggered by specific visual and auditory stimuli, such as whispering, tapping and gentle movements. It is often associated with a state of relaxation and well-being, and many people seek it out for stress relief and sleep’.

How would the videos go? Cannot realistically include Seven Other Interests in each video. But always start and end with Drone flight around locality of five places, to eventually arrive at the VeeDub. An Instrumental, the same each time, over the intro footage. Outro, the drone flying off. Another leaving instrumental. Both written already? Probably. Intro = ‘And so the story goes’. Outro = ‘Grooving with Mr. Summers on Cloud 9’. That all has a certain chill factor. Small inclusion to break up the video content. Like an old short TV break where the Test Card was shown for a minute or two.

THE NEXT BLOG.

PART FOUR OF THE PLAN?

Ideas expanded again. Especially for a gentle and short sound and vision activity section? Well. The ‘Mindfulness’ piece of short visual or aural content is important to create a vibe across the whole video. The ASMR philosophy runs quite deep neurologically and much study and research, over years, has been sought to its efficacy. Whole videos can be seen on YouTube which focus upon the whispering, tapping, specific noises and other techniques given over the full length of the video’s content. Not the premise of my thoughts of presentation. Too many limitations to that concept. And would require me to dive deep into the research of ASMR. Not the aim at all. But the idea of presenting a quietly run short content that exudes Mindful experience would be worth pursuing.

Akin to white noise sound? Yes. Taken from surrounding nature. Little short sections of seeing and hearing the sea’s waves, river ripples, waterfall, etc.. Alongside the visual presentations of ‘nature’ in the spot I am in. Or an activity. Like the sound of making a pot of tea, grinding coffee beans and the noises of making certain types of coffee, the sound of a fountain pen nib on hand made paper which is writing down song lyrics, etc. .

To be continued……