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RI posts on youtube

Postby overcoming hope » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:08 am

Imagine if someone made youtube versions of the RI blog starting with the coincidence theorists guide. I think there would be a good chance that the blog traffic would go through the roof.

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Postby monster » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:03 am

I agree. In the video, should the blog post be narrated, or shown as text?
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Postby overcoming hope » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:08 am

monster wrote:I agree. In the video, should the blog post be narrated, or shown as text?


narrated, maybe both.
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Postby monster » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:34 am

Well I don't know about converting all the blog posts, but it would be fun to get creative with a specific one, to have a contest or something.

They do that all the time at fark.com, they give a photo for people to creatively photoshop and they have fun with it.

I think we could do that with the coincidence theorists guide. I have only rudimentary video editing skills, but enough to participate.

Edit: dang, why does that post have to be one without artwork... well it'll be more challenging.
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Postby Penguin » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:35 am

Great idea!
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Postby Pierre d'Achoppement » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:42 am

I was thinking about the coincidence theorists guide when watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4tTShrLvsw
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Postby monster » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:46 pm

Well the coincidence theorist's guide is pretty long...

I made a video of the first few paragraphs, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR2ViSQ_c0
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Postby FourthBase » Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:42 am

Yes!!!
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Postby monster » Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:28 am

I've extended it to about 4 minutes, in this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEVecT1KbWQ
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Postby Jeff » Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:33 pm

Hey monster, that's cool! Good work.
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Postby §ê¢rꆧ » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:47 pm

That is really cool, monster. Why did you put it on .ru Youtube? Just cause?

I think the music is a little too mellow, but that's probably just me. Although I like how it picks up at the end. What'd you use to make it?
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Postby monster » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:11 am

§ê¢rꆧ wrote:That is really cool, monster. Why did you put it on .ru Youtube? Just cause?

I think the music is a little too mellow, but that's probably just me. Although I like how it picks up at the end. What'd you use to make it?


I used Windows Movie Maker, which comes with Windows XP and is pretty easy to use.

I was just playing around, but now I've downloaded some software to help me storyboard the video. I think I'm going to put more effort into it, because it's fun. Not that I've ever made a nice video before - I have no experience at all - but Movie Maker is easy enough for noobs to use.

I used my brother's music for the soundtrack, so I don't have to worry about copyright ;).

(Is it on .ru YouTube? If so, that was an accident.)
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Postby Sweejak » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:48 am

I'm really liking this. It would be nice to see some "Ken Burns Effect" where the camera pans and closes in on some of the images. If you need a hi rez of Dr. Bill holding the note I can provide.
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