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[Hints]

I didn't figure I'd post here again after explaining myself, but I need to vent.

I am sick of binary code and antagonists 'taking over' other accounts, then taunting me on every single page.

Geeze


Thanks for letting me vent. Goodbye

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[Das Omega]

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[ProfessorEGADD]

Apologies if this has already been touched upon earlier in the thread, didn't read all of it. Also, I was just about to throw up a new thread like this but then noticed that this was already here so...yeah. Some of the grammar maybe kind of off for this discussion since I just copypasta'd.

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Several of my passing thoughts about this range from having the setting from its usual woodsy origins to putting it into some kind of alternate reality Africa. However, I feel that putting Slendy in a sci-fi environment is an absolute blaspheme that should never, ever be though of in a serious light.

Due to that, I feel as though the 'new' environment would be somewhere in the past. Something of the lines of putting him back in the good ol' Black Forest or some other wilderness with lots of trees. I'm too much of a fan for the tree symbolism to even think of throwing that away. Throw in some feudalism or a nice Roman or two and you've basically got what I've thought of.

Edit: Herpaderp. Five seconds after and I already have doubts. Guess what I'm trying to say is that I guess I would be more happy over a novel or a third-person perspective rather than a vlog/blog.

[ForgetWhatYouWrite]

Ok. Attention everyone starting a VIDEO blog. It is not necessary to use EVERY noise/grain/invert/threshold filter in AfterEffects.

Especially not all at once. It looks cheesy. It hurts people's eyes. And really it's not adding too much to your video. If the entire thing is staticky it better have a reason.

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[quitthecarnival]

Acting is a big thing for vlogs. It can completely and utterly ruin even the best idea for a series. One of the reasons I like EMH so much is because the characters are based almost 100% off the real crew. They don't really have to act. Few things sound forced and it never sounds like they're reciting a script, which has been a problem for others.

I'll agree with other people about people being too aware, but it really depends. Marble Hornets isolated itself almost completely from interaction/the real world. It worked for them. They were dealing with an unknown force that they knew nothing about. For them, Slender Man wasn't what is it in IRL. And they did it from the start and kept with it the whole series. On the other hand, EMH was made based on the idea that the Slender Man stories exist, as well as everything related to him (blogs/vlogs/ect). They started off very interactive with their fan base. They've made it abundantly clear that they're aware of everything (except the hidden stuff) IG. They somehow managed to create their "hub" IG. And for some reason I find that almost as disturbing as Slendy.


TL;DR version: If you're going to completely create a character from scratch, use a good actor. If you're going to be interactive and aware, do it from the start so it doesn't look forced.

P.S. I'd love to see more ARG elements since the majority of Slenderstories are just simply stories to watch or read. And if properly done, another blog/vlog where IG Slendy is just the creepypasta he is to us would be wonderful.

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[awakeasaurusrex]

Necro'ing this thread because I think it deserves another airing.

You know what I'd like to see more of? Proper investigations. Characters actually proactively seeking information out rather than waiting for clues to fall in their laps. I can think of some blogs that do this to a certain extent - Marble Hornets, Tribe Twelve with the interviews, Experience of Evil (especially the videos set in the present) - but even those I think could do with emphasising it a bit more. And a heap of the second-tier Slendervlogs and Slenderblogs just have the characters passively wait around for the next thing to happen, then freak out a bit, then passively wait for the next thing to happen. Why so passive, Slendervloggers?

[Wolfloner]

want: more character driven stories. More references to early Slender-mythos, rather than just rehashing the big blogs/vlogs.

maybe: vague slender-motives? Not too much, of course, because that defeats the purpose of Slenderman. If the audience learns about any sort of motive, the protagonists shouldn't.

Don't want: abuse of distortion. Especially if most of the video is relatively quiet, and then the distortion is really loud.

Last note: going to sit down and read all of this thread soon and plot my own blog accordingly.

[somniate]

This thread is excellent.

And as for investigating - I think that's something that vlogs could work an angle on. A creepy old library, or records storage, you have atmosphere.

[ZorakRamone]

I have to respectfully disagree with those of you who dislike the idea of motivation being introduced to Slendy. It's a crucial part of every character in every story and without it everything falls apart.

Provide me some examples in storytelling where this has worked before so I can better understand where you're coming from.

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[Hellothereangel]

This has been said before but it's a big pet peeve of mine. If you're writing a blog please don't spread out the story over three or four other blogs, it just makes it a chore to read and piece together. It can be done well but mostly I've just seen it been done badly. It also makes it hard to pick up the story if someone comes in late.

Another thing that bugs me is the amount of time Slendy is in the story but does nothing at all. By now people are having him show up and just stand there and do nothing but make people paranoid or yell at him. What's the point of being scared if he just looks in the window like a creeper? Draw the curtains and call a friend over for a beer, problem solved. Have him actually do something, like wreck the house or follow you when you're with someone who can't see him or have him appear and heard the characters somewhere dangerous. Nowadays the minions look more dangerous than the big guy.