In a moment of insanity the other day, I decided to record myself reading Films from the Future aloud, and post the videos on my personal Youtube channel.
It’s a decision I may come to regret for many reasons. But heck, now I’ve started, I might as well persevere …
There was some method to my madness — I wanted to make Films as accessible as possible to people who are grappling with the isolation brought about by coronavirus. And in the absence of being able to give the book away, I set out to do the next best thing and post recordings of myself reading from the book on YouTube.
There is, of course, a downside to this — many as it turns out! I’m not a professional voice actor, and so I’m not sure how palatable my readings will be. I also lack the skill of reading long stretches aloud without fluffs and false starts. And this book is long — this is going to take a a lot of hours of sitting reading in front of the camera!
Plus, let’s be honest, who’s going to listen to these?! I’m not sure I believe that anyone really cares to hear an author read from their own work, and early clicks on the videos only serve to confirm this.
But just in case there’s someone who will find these useful, I’m going to persevere over the next few weeks. And if nothing else, it’ll help me get better at reading aloud … or at least, there’s the hope that it might!
If you’re interested, the videos can be found up on my personal YouTube channel, packaged together by chapter. I’m breaking each chapter down into manageable bites, so there are going to be a lot of videos — well over 100 most likely — each focusing on a particular topic.
And if you want a taster, here’s the intro video, and the playlist for the first chapter.
Cheers – Andrew
All the videos (the set will be completed over the next few weeks): https://www.youtube.com/andrew-maynard-2020science
