The fabled Behind The Scenes video. (Patreon)

More delayed than a Kickstarter, but it’s finally here - the behind the scenes video I promised I'd make exclusively for patrons.

Contains: Over one hour of poorly shot footage of an incoherent asthmatic man struggling against all odds to complete a video on the MB Omni game system so he can go and have a nice lie down. 

Now before you watch this one I’d like you to take a moment to consider how you feel about behind the scenes videos in general, because they can be a great way to spoil something you previously enjoyed. 

In my case I used to enjoy the making-of footage on films like Star Wars where they showed the model makers and the SFX teams…however I’ve never been a fan of watching side-on footage of an actor delivering their lines to a camera in an echoing soundstage with a boom mic in shot and missing any incidental music or colour grading..it often just looks silly, like something from a bad school play. 

However even that was preferable to seeing most modern blockbusters being made where it often involves an actress screaming at a man in a green morphsuit covered in ping pong balls holding a sign that says ‘insert monster here’…and then moves on to showing a bored looking bloke sat at a workstation showing how he clicks a mouse to add the missing elements. I think this is one reason we don’t get as many extras included on discs any more, there’s probably very little that is worth showing. 

The reason I mention this is that my behind the scenes video shows the reality of making a youtube video. I haven’t tried to embellish this in any way. All the good stuff should be in the finished video on youtube, what we have here is everything else…and it’s probably a bit like watching that guy at ILM pressing buttons…except it’s photographed more amateurishly. 

That said if you wanted to witness the reality of being a youtuber or even if you thought that a 30 minute video should probably only take a morning to put together, this video could be of interest. 

It might not come across during every single minute of this, but making these youtube videos is the most rewarding thing I’ve had the opportunity to do and I consider myself very fortunate that a hobby eventually became my job and it's largely thanks to you and your continued support.