The Challenge

I started making videos for fun. When I first film "Fernando, Felipe, and Veronica" with my friend Mat, I never thought about ongoing series or production values. I was just thrilled to have a video camera at my hands. As "Monkey and Dog" and "Green Arrow" formed, I began to love making videos as a hobby.
People used to tell me I should go to school for it and I would tell them I didn't want to turn my hobby into a career because I didn't want to hate my new favorite past time. But, as time went on, I kept finding myself overjoyed at each new video. During the first year of BICS, I was very sure I would go on to Lancaster Bible College like everyone else. I made a few videos during the year, but not as much as before and not very good ones at that (I almost destroyed "Monkey and Dog" with the 6th episode). But then, during the summer, I had a revelation. I made a few videos during my break, but it wasn't until "Eric and Brendan's Zombie Blog" that it hit me how much I loved video work. The idea of having a series ongoing and new; it was awesome. I knew I wanted to do that for as long as I could.
But, man dingo, it can be annoying. I'm not doing this stuff professionally, nor I am I doing it full time for school. I'm managing my Youtube site as if I was professional, but it's not so easy posting as if I were. My biggest gripe is that I don't have a constant flow of videos to keep the site always active. I also get slightly discouraged when a new video I think might get me some views under-preforms (see "Eric and Brendan's Zombie Blog" and "Once Upon a Final Fantasy"). But, this is not so much a complaint as a challenge. I'm not content with leaving my videos at low views and I've been networking them to get them noticed more. It should also be noted that I've been making Red Raptor Productions more expanded, with the help of Twitter, Facebook, and this blog.
The challenge to make my videos better is a good one. I'm working on a series right now about brothers that I hope to have done by January and I've got a few ideas for music videos. I want RRP to have Christmas specials, more commentaries, and more for you to enjoy. Next semester, I'll be taking a Digital Video class, and that should give me more ideas and material to work with.
The challenge is for material and we're going to meet it head on.