Budget days have always been busy in my life, and yesterday was no exception.<\/p>\n
The Office for Budget Responsibility\u2019s leak changed the course of the day in many ways, but I\u2019m not particularly complaining about that. It succeeded in making Rachel Reeves\u2019 attempts to create drama look futile, and that might be a good thing for the future. Maybe budgets in this style are even over.<\/p>\n
The day was long.<\/p>\n
I was pleased to note that our morning video attracted more than 50 times more traffic than Rachel Reeves' HM Treasury video did.<\/p>\n
The early-afternoon video I recorded outside the BBC was a new departure for me. I am not alone in thinking that recording in an open space with people walking around you is not easy, especially when you are talking and recording at the same time, but it worked really well, and this is making us think that there are new opportunities available for video production that we have not previously given much thought to.<\/p>\n
Then, once back at base, we recorded the video for this morning in a single 23-minute take, which required a lot of editing because there are many charts in it, and I\u2019m grateful to Tom for working on it until late into the evening.<\/p>\n
The effort, however, was not without reward.<\/p>\n
We had more than 110,000 views on YouTube by the end of the day.<\/p>\n
Yesterday was the best day on this blog this year, with 50,000 views.<\/p>\n