I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts about content creation lately, and it’s inspired me to really go after it.
Content Before Code
Before I started coding, I was making content. I started creating videos and movies with my friends around second or third grade, and I started coding in sixth grade. Up until college, I made a lot of different videos and short films.
I think one of the biggest draws to content creation for me was that I could be whoever and whatever I wanted in my movies. If I wanted to be like a character in a book that I was reading that could create fire in their hands, I would go and do that! A lot of my early videos were visual effects tests, meaning that I would make a short video to try to create a certain visual effect, such as fire on my hand.
Many of my later videos were for class projects, but still had a full script and a lot of visual effects shots. Some of them would put the actors in an alternate maxtrix-like universe, and others were parodies of popular movies, such as Star Trek.
Content in College
In college, there wasn’t a big need to create content anymore because I was a coding major (Computer Science). Because of this, I didn’t really make many videos in college, whether they were for fun or for class.
I did, however, start diving into livestreaming and live content creation, which was really fun! I really enjoyed taking something that was the norm in the space (eg. playing a game on your computer) and figuring out ways to make it novel and interesting. For example, I streamed a lot of myself and friends playing Dance Dance Revolution, and I revolutionized the space by hanging a giant greenscreen behind us so that I could live edit in visual effects behind us. Using my coding knowledge, I also enabled viewers to contribute to the livestream, either by adding more visual effects or actually affecting the game. I really enjoyed the interactive part of livestreaming.
Content and Code
I’ve been thinking a lot over the past year or so about how to combine my knowledge and passion of coding into interesting and engaging content. Showing and talking about code on a screen isn’t inherently interesting and isn’t accessible to a wide audience.
I also have experience public speaking and explaining complicated topics to people in easier-to-understand terms.
So I thought: why not create videos where I talk about complicated and interesting topics (such as AI) in ways that anyone can understand?
And that’s what I’m going to do.
I’m really excited to work on this and will be getting videos out soon! I’m meticulously planning these videos so that they’re entertaining and educational. When someone watches my video, I want them to feel like they’ve learned something and have had a great time doing so. I’ve got a bunch of ideas that I’m working on right now, and I am learning how to make them funny and educational at the same time.
I’ll be posting these videos on various platforms, such as YouTube and Tiktok.
The title of this post is a hint at the first video I plan to post soon!