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Topic: The Heart's Work [Celebration Entry Contest Version]

Here's the contest version of my Celebration Entry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APCMFHlCK48

I'm posting this in the WIP threads because I want everyone's opinion on something. When I release the public version, which will have credits and 2 seconds of animation I had to leave out, should I include a screen at the beginning stating that the short contains intentionally poor animation? I'm worried about people leaving the video and even unsubscribing before they get to the message at the end; but at the same time, would it such a screen at the beginning hurt the effectiveness of the message? I'm struggling with this, so some advice would be much appreciated.

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Re: The Heart's Work [Celebration Entry Contest Version]

backyardlegos wrote:

I'm worried about people leaving the video and even unsubscribing before they get to the message at the end; but at the same time, would it such a screen at the beginning hurt the effectiveness of the message? I'm struggling with this, so some advice would be much appreciated.

I saw the video before reading the description, so, luckily, I have a good idea of what some people might think.  At first I thought, "what frame rate is this?", but after a few seconds, I realised that there must be a reason behind it, "He was better than this, wasn't he?"
I did get the message at the end, and the short length of the video should keep the audience watching it till the end.  But hey, I don't really have many subs and cannot predict what they would do.

For the screen idea, I'm not too sure.  I think that the way it is, you wouldn't be expecting the message and it is indeed more effective.  But that's just my opinion.

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Re: The Heart's Work [Celebration Entry Contest Version]

I think every struggling, budding brickfilmer can learn something from this, even I can. You offer a good message, backyard. And the frame rate is matched up well with this. I would say leave it as is, because most YouTube audiences probably don't have as good animation to offer as you usually do.

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