@mouryous: Thanks! I cut the intro back during E3's Best Of and cut it out because Alex's rant kinda disrupted the flow of it and tucked it away for until S3 came out. There's stuff like the Nelly transition that happens all the time where it's just pure coincidence that discussions overlap between the two coasts. There's also stuff like "I have to set up the idea of Jeff playing music for Ben to 'vibe' to" and get lucky that they kinda explained that concept at the end of the video before they played the Temporary Secretary song so the payoff to the Nelly transition worked better.
Basically I have a bunch of random clips and get lucky everything falls together in a way that can have some logical progression.
@finalcut: I disagree. You're free to DM me with whatever you're talking about and we can talk about it there since it wasn't a part of what I was trying to pitch on this thread.
Here's my twitter thread I wrote a few months ago on the YouTube style thumbnails and my idea on how to improve on them:
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I got so unreasonably upset at the @giantbomb thumbnails for RedOut today I thought of a better way they should do YouTube thumbnails. Here's my mockups and I'm just going to casually tag @danauer in hopes of creating more emotes for @_janjerome to use in future videos. pic.twitter.com/7czcKB1JbS
A bit more context: One of my favorite youtubers is Anthony Fantano, and he does this really genius thing of wearing specific flannel shirts in his videos that kinda gives away his general impressions of an album just in the thumbnail (yellow=good)https://t.co/hG5e7TnONb
It's a great way he intrigues his existing audience to videos of lesser known artists (or games in GB's case) when he's busting out the good/bad flannel shirts, causing those videos to be watched more by that existing audience. Plus, the GB character art is flashy and stands out.
I love the old character art Giant Bomb had for their reviews and was super bummed when it was decided to be removed from the site because it didn't fit the aesthetic they were going for. It would be great if they were brought back in a more appropriate place in a meaningful way! pic.twitter.com/hfZJDuXVmo
So the way I would do it is to make five or so general emotes for each person and when the QL is recorded, just ask which one to use (Loved it, Hated it, Iffy on it, *shrug*, etc.) and use that one for the thumbnail for each person.
I really prefer this over the joke of punching down on other YouTubers who do the traditional "shocked face" gimmick for the thumbnails with stupid shit all over it. Plus, the joke is outdated.
And that concludes my TED talk. Please like/comment/subscribe for more drunken rants about things nobody else cares about but myself and have a great time at E3 everybody!
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