Should I put some serious content in a different video?

mercmonster

mercmonster

Asia's Redheaded Step-Child
Hey guys, here's my dilemma. So for those of you here that haven't seen my videos before, most of my content consists of comedic street interviews with people here in Portland. This past weekend, we taped another street interviews video for release tomorrow (I'm actually editing it now). During this shoot however, our normally light-hearted/silly content took a turn when I interviewed quite the character. Without revealing too much, our interviewee ended up saying some pretty messed up things, I called him out on it, and by the end, he threatened to throw me down a flight of stairs (while perturbed, I wasn't too worried - that's the benefit of having a couple of large crew members behind me). All personal bias aside, his interview is pretty engrossing stuff.

So my question is if I should put this stuff in the same video as all the other interviews we shot that day (which was all more fun and comedic), or if we should just put all his stuff in an entirely separate video? Putting his footage in the same video would still fit with the topic of the video, and would definitely provide it with even stronger content. That being said, the sudden shift in tone may also be a bit jarring and out of place. But should I dedicate one week's video entirely to this guy? What do you guys think I should do? If you do think it should be standalone, do you think I should present it with commentary? Or just a raw cut of the interview's "highlights"?

Thanks for any suggestions you can give!
 
Personally, I think you should put part of his interview in, maybe at (or towards) the end. And then have an annotation that links to the other video. This is, of course, assuming you have enough footage of just him for his own video. That way viewers can see a little bit of him and if they like his zany personality, they can click for more.
Just my two cents :) I'm sure it will be awesome either way.
 
Make the video separate as long you censor the guy. Or maybe change his voice. One video about a guy saying engrossing stuff will further damage his reputation.

On the other hand... don't include him :/
 
I'd say have some parts in that video,but do what others have said and have a video with the full interview.

I'm actually sort of intrigued to see what the guy said...I'm subscribed to you so I hope to see it soon :D
 
Yea, I'd make a separate video, like a kind of 'outtake' and be like 'This was way too weird to include in the lighthearted fun video but here you go'
 
I'd suggest splitting it into two video. First, the happy comedic version. Then right after, upload the negative version with some text or you explaining about the upcoming outburst.
 
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