VIDEO SUMMARY VIDEO 2 ATTRACT NOOBS

InsaneAnalyst · Post by **InsaneAnalyst** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:05 pm

Alright so I had this awesome idea I thought I should share with y'all.

Since noobs seem to be intimidated by the storyline thus far and find it so hard to piece together everything and watch the videos. Why not make a catch up video. Like take clips of important things that have happened and get a narrator to narrate between and explain the plot (like the dead chick from desperate housewives). Even if it was 30 minutes long or so, it would probably work to attract more people since noobs could catch up on the plot fast and easily with out getting confused or intimidated cause everything they'd need to know would be in the video.

Post by **Broken Kid** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:10 pm

A fan has started creating Recap videos to quickly bring people up to speed. They can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=LonelyGirl15Recaps

Others have suggested what you're saying: a video with a character or narrator pointing out what the Creators think are the key points. I believe The Creators said they're going to look into it... it is a good idea!

Danielle · Post by **Danielle** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:15 pm

i've been working on a video that brings us from may 2006 to nov 2006 (until the i in aphid..)

i'm almost done.

can you believe its been so long?

Terryfic · Post by **Terryfic** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:55 pm

Thanks for the link to my recaps BK.

I’m going to avoid using any voice over narration in my recaps and try to live by the old adage of show, don’t tell. I want to let LG15 tell itself. I think that will not only help new viewers catch up, but it will also let them see the story as it unfolded itself and give them a feel for the tone of the show. On occasion I will add a little bit of visual commentary to try to point out clues, but in general I’m going to try to stick to official canon material only.

The big draw back is that I have no insight into where the story is headed so it will become increasingly difficult to know what the important details to focus on are.

Post by **Broken Kid** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:53 pm

Terryfic wrote:Thanks for the link to my recaps BK.

Didn't know it was you! Kudos!

Terryfic wrote:On occasion I will add a little bit of visual commentary to try to point out clues, but in general I’m going to try to stick to official canon material only.

The big draw back is that I have no insight into where the story is headed so it will become increasingly difficult to know what the important details to focus on are.

Yeah, I agree. I think if the Creators made the catch-you-up videos, we'd see what they wanted us to focus on. But you're letting us know what fans take from it and focus on, which is equally as important!!

robtomorrow · Post by **robtomorrow** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:54 pm

Broken Kid wrote:A fan has started creating Recap videos to quickly bring people up to speed. They can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=LonelyGirl15Recaps

Others have suggested what you're saying: a video with a character or narrator pointing out what the Creators think are the key points. I believe The Creators said they're going to look into it... it is a good idea!

The recaps by the fan you mentioned are very good! This person has so far done a good job of emphasising the principal points of intrigue, like the picture of Aleister Crowley, the first mention of Cassie, and the cookie contest date 10/12/06, etc.

I think his/her approach is better than the suggestion of having a narrator, because so much of the story line has been in the meta discussion and speculation. How would someone writing the narration make a decision on what to leave in and what to leave out?

silvermoon · Post by **silvermoon** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:04 am

I'm not a noob, but I'd love to see a recap video done by the Creators! Seeing through their eyes what they think is important to share could lead to an entirely different feel about things.

Would they include the numbers that some people obsess over? Would it include Gemma at all? Would Jonas come off looking like a sweet, innocent hunk or a sinister stranger?

Would Bree come off looking likeable at all?

I hope they decide to do this!

milowent · Post by **milowent** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:44 am

Broken Kid wrote:A fan has started creating Recap videos to quickly bring people up to speed. They can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=LonelyGirl15Recaps

figured i'd note that the recaps (5 of them now) are now up to the period right before the ceremony.

Danielle · Post by **Danielle** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:37 pm

UPDATE; I got this close to being done and decided that i'd rather play in the rain. ever since i have not touched it.

Team Danielle!

milowent · Post by **milowent** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:35 pm

milowent wrote:
Broken Kid wrote:A fan has started creating Recap videos to quickly bring people up to speed. They can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=LonelyGirl15Recaps
figured i'd note that the recaps (5 of them now) are now up to the period right before the ceremony.

there are now 7 recaps videos, and they reach thru the end of october now.