Today I was going through the posts and I saw that I had missed a lot; both new posts and comments 😞 I am gutted about that. I went into my notifications to see what I had turned on - and have now fixed it so I can see everything. I was so touched to see so many new conversations and questions people had asked, and had answered by you (I was MIA!), our community, and I am so sorry I missed this boat. It's a big effort to decide to contribute, especially meaningfully, in a community, or on a video, or anywhere - because the ask is greater than the human capacity to give to everyone who would like us to contribute. I hope I don't get a strike for a swear-y cup. I am watching reruns of "24" (I never watched it 20 years ago or whenever it came out) but I heard the only reason they got an R13 rating is because the language is low level.... Thank you for being here 😍

I am telling YOU first, because you have been so kind to join my community, this corner of our greater community, adding another thing to your socials life that you check in on occasionally in the hope that it is going to add some actual value. I appreciate you 💝 Not sure if you have heard of this annual event https://www.vidsummit.com/ but I am beyond ecstatic to be going to this for the first time. I am going to make lots of content while I am there, and I'll be focused on getting tips, fine distinctions, and hopefully transformational information for us that will make a difference for our channels. Rest assured you will get my honest takes on everything as being a Kiwi, I keep it real 🦾 Let me know if there is anything you would like to know from VidSummit because I am your girl on the ground!!!

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So I accidentally managed to catch the live chat this morning, and at some point a channel was mentioned called: What's Up Boomer. I scribbled it down after the chat I went to find the channel and found a video about Pickleball! I have never heard of Pickleball, so I watched the video and it was just a wow! I wanted to share it, because I think we can all learn a lot from this short video by Fil, I think that is the name of the channel creator. I have never heard of the game, and I have little interest in most ball games, but I watched, and I was completely engaged. The video is fun, lively, well filmed, it is all of the things. It has ZING!!!! I wanted to rush out and play Pickleball, and I wanted to watch more videos on the channel. And this video I noticed after is 4 years old! So please, if you want o0t see what I am raving about, go watch, take a few minutes, give it some love. It has over 400 views and just a few comments. It deserves a lot more!! Thanks, I hope this is ok to enthuse like this, I have no af"fil" iation.... sorry, but truly, I don't! Edited to add, @Karen Taylor told me that Fil is a member here, so hello Fil!

1. Yesterday I got an email from a friend saying they were sorry they missed a group live due to their partner feeling well enough to hang out and do fun stuff. (I obviously replied saying to never apologize for this💕) 2. On my way to my Mum's, I stopped off in the car and filmed 2 minutes talking head to camera video about how it's important to take every IRL opportunity with our loved ones, and how today I am going on a Roadie with my Mum - and will try to grab bits of video. 3. I took bits of video throughout the day. 4. When I got home, I chucked my 'talking head to camera' footage and every piece of quick video I took during the day to see if I could slice them in together. I have never done this technique before. 5. See this image below where I show what I did. I trimmed anywhere of my talking head video that seemed like a natural pause, then dragged the rest of that talking head video over to the right, to see what surprise bit of video just happened to be next (after all, it was chronological order of the day). While I was editing, I got excited as I saw I was not only telling 'a' story, but I was showing the day play out. The 'show not tell' thing. 6. It's the latest video on my channel called "Family First: Disconnecting to Reconnect" if you want to see it, but I was pleased how this low effort format turned out (while I was hanging with the fam in the lounge watching "24"). It was a very quick edit because it didn't have to be perfect, the medium was the message sorta kinda, and it was even better that it wasn't perfect. Have you used this technique before or have any other 'From idea to published video in 1 day' formats you can share with us?