Making a Review 1 - Prep Notes and How Long It Takes - (from May 2021)

This video was a patreon only video, released to backers in 2021. In this video I describe what goes into making each of my playguides, or at least the process back in those days. This included Preparation Notes and research; followed by recording the game, pre-editing the video, narration, narration fix, and the post edit. It was a long process, but I wanted to do my best and not cur corners.

Since this was recorded, I decided rather then put myself through this 8 month ordeal every year, instead I cut down the process considerably, by not adding so many pop-ups and fancy stuff on the screen. Otherwise, each game which used to take 2 weeks was now taking a whole month. So for the final few series the editing was limited to editing out all of the verbal mistakes, so that the narration was at least clean and balanced in volume, even if it meant removing all of the clicks manually. Editing the narration takes the longest time, while the research and pre-edit of the footage is usually the easy bit.

In the background of the video you can see a photo of my actual Amiga shelf, which is normally to my left. You can see the Amiga Power The Album to the left, and The Amiga Years coaster to the right. There is also a special border I made for the shows, which would normally have the 4:3 aspect of the Amiga game screen in the middle of it, to give the shows a common Lemon theme. But in the end I wanted the games to be present without distractions, and I found my Lemon borders to be too distracting, so I never used the border in any of my reviews.