Creating Not a Vodcast, but a Streaming Video
Hey guys! First of all, I don’t like the term – vodcast. Clearly, podcasts have entered the mainstream for listeners everywhere, but vodcasts have not because my group of people had not heard of it when I brought it up. I think podcasts work because people can listen to them at work or in their car and they don’t have to be constrained to a screen when so much of our lives are laser-focused on screen time. When I think about a video podcast, I immediately think of YouTube videos. Unlike the VHS tapes of the past, these videos are instantly available to be viewed on repeat without being kind and rewinding. Since I have determined that “vodcast” is not a word people use, I am henceforth removing its title from my streaming video.
To come up with a subject for my video, I browsed the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative’s (PPLC) website for information that was new to me, or at the very least things community members may not know the library does. I compiled a list of 5 items ranging from online content to music options to museum passes. I chose Pinellas because I live here. The short list created itself and was not difficult to make.
Since life has taken a turn for the unknown with COVID-19 bearing down on this country, life has gotten unpredictable in every way. I recorded my video to complete the assignment, but am not exactly happy how it turned out. I had a plan to make it more fun with creative transitions between each of the five items, but it ended up being completely factual. Given the fact that I have to now teach my 2 kids on top of all my other responsibilities, a basic video commercial talking about 5 things your library has that you may not know about completed the assignment in an acceptable way. The other half of this assignment – my podcast – turned out awesome so I think that more than makes up for this part.
