I'm ill today. When I first started posting on FC, I talked about being productive while sick, and someone in the comments mentioned being "zooted up on pseudoephedrine"—well, that's me right now.
Experimenting with Lighting
When I began this challenge, British weather meant it was dark by 4 PM, making my window useless as a light source. But as the weather improved, I found that using natural light made a noticeable difference in my videos
That said, I’m still a night owl, and my room is lit by yellow lights. One day, I discovered that turning off my main ceiling light and relying on just my two "camera" lights—a ring light and a desk lamp with adjustable modes—created a much better look.
Today, however, being ill and all, I forgot to do this. And, well… here’s how that turned out.
In my opinion, natural lighting is the best, followed by my night setup with no main light. Today’s video ranks last. But it's reassuring to see that my lighting experiments are actually making a difference.
Video Editing Experiments
I also tried something new with editing today. Usually, I use Final Cut’s multicam feature to switch between clips, or if it’s an acoustic song, I record everything in one take. But today, I recorded the acoustic guitar and vocals separately to incorporate backing vocals, using a picture-in-picture effect. Curious to see how it's received.
The Song
This one came together quickly, but I enlisted my poet sister’s help for the lyrics and had her sing backing vocals in the chorus. Then I realized the song sounds a bit like Cecilia—oh well.
Also, there's a typo in the title: inn should be in.
I have decided to try out @mattlee's new platform tortoise , and will release the song as usual as a video on Youtube, Instagram, TikTok and Rodeo as well as Zora.
Desh Saxena on Warpcast
Check out my new track "Song 90/100 - London was not built in a day" on Tortoise - I am aware it sounds a bit like a certain Simon and Gurfunkel song, but I am ill today, and my ears were ringing for a bit, so given that, I'm happy with it. https://nfeed-frame.vercel.app?id=09e9e554-90b7-480b-b0ca-cf98f7885464&img=bafybeif6v6lzutdcqvqqibioapn5pgzprjdql2qsbqi4qb57mltaokoama
