Story telling on Youtube

do you think narrated slide shows could convey compelling stories?

  • yes

    Votes: 5 83.3%

  • no

    Votes: 1 16.7%
  • Total voters
    6
PowerfulRedHat said:
do it! i imagine it being something like those beatles cartoons or the animated parts of the pink floyd movies the wall :p
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I'd actually probably wait till I'm at Reese's place, then do stories that just use still photographs we take. Just take a bunch of pictures and get some of the craziest most expressive looking stills and then narrate a story using them.[DOUBLEPOST=1406591520,1406591432][/DOUBLEPOST]
PowerfulRedHat said:
Makes sense in a way, i guess only tv can pull off weekly shows :p youtube users attention spans are a weeeeeeeeeeee bit tinier!
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Plus you're gaining new audience members so rapidly. On television there's huge promotional campaigns before a series drops and the hype it up so that from episode one a large audience is following it. On youtube people just find you as they find you and if they find you first with a video that makes no sense to them cause it's in the middle of the story they may not care to go get filled in.
 
Wreckless Eating said:
Symph has it right. Serialized content doesn't do well because it relies on previous episodes to make sense. That makes it very unfriendly to new viewers who join midway through a season.
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very good advice for sure. how how about teh method of story telling itself though? doesn't exactly neeeeeed to be serialized really ^^
 
PowerfulRedHat said:
very good advice for sure. how how about teh method of story telling itself though? doesn't exactly neeeeeed to be serialized really ^^
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I can't believe I forgot to point this out, you never actually said these stories would continue throughout each video, haha I got distracted by this new cool term "serialized content"
 
Symph said:
I can't believe I forgot to point this out, you never actually said these stories would continue throughout each video, haha I got distracted by this new cool term "serialized content"
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It sounds very important does it not! I'm actually only now considering serializing it just so i can talk about how i have serialized content, cause i'm pro ;)
 
You could give it a try. I'd make each episode wrap up a story with a very loose story arc that ties the episodes together. Its going to be hard to get results. Pemberley Digital does it very well but they have a distribution outlet beyond YouTube. So their shows are made for TV first.
 
Wreckless Eating said:
You could give it a try. I'd make each episode wrap up a story with a very loose story arc that ties the episodes together. Its going to be hard to get results. Pemberley Digital does it very well but they have a distribution outlet beyond YouTube. So their shows are made for TV first.
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Yeah, i think that especially just starting out and experimenting with techniques and styles, it'd best to do a few small, stand alone productions and see how they do. i'll be sure to harass you with links to the finished product in the near future ;)
 
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