Words without looking Part 1 from Troy on Vimeo.

Words without looking Part 2 from Troy on Vimeo.

This video was produced together with the previous video and attempts to emulate the break away content that appears occasionally between segments in The Katering show. In the above two part video Cameron and I, using the items from a nearby cupboard, attempted to play a Pictionary-like-game, where the person drawing cannot look at the page while the other person guesses the word being drawn.

I decided not to show the audience what the word was, in an attempt to get the viewer involved in trying to guess the word along with the participant, in order to make the video more engaging to the viewer and more interactive as a result.

I feel the concept works as the humour is derived from the actions and follows a simple concept (like the show). The implementation of it was not so successful with the camera being too static. In my opinion the content is entertaining and even seems to fit the actual style of the show with its relatable humour. The camera work however (again using the mobile) lets the video down and makes it seem much more static than it needs to be.

For the next videos I abandoned the phone filming method and switched to a DSLR because although the phone was more convenient, it did not create the right look for instructional-style videos.