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Communal Slendervlog?

[qaqa]

I have thought about it and I think it could be done with careful planning on the part of the participants. I wouldn't because I'm not going to appear onscreen in a vlog, but I certainly think it could be done.

[Lookbehindyou]

Definitely possible, just need the right team. Almost anyone could write and do post production, it's the filming/directing/producing/casting part that's hard simply because everyone is scattered all over. The cast needs to be absolutely perfect if this is to be done right too or else don't bother.

I would be down to help with the writing aspect and post-production. I'm okay with video, but better with sound and coming up with music that fits a segment.

The team shouldn't be too big, but shouldn't be too small either. The fewer people involved, the less chance of something leaking out. On the other hand, too few people could lead to the entire thing falling apart. Once finalized, no others should be added to the team and nobody should back out. In other words, don't volunteer unless you are absolutely certain that you are fully committed to the project. Anyway, count me in if this is something that anyone actually wants to tackle. I've already written some ideas down in the past, and would love to get serious about it. Send me a PM.

[qaqa]

I would also be down with helping on writing. Let me know.

[Broeckchen]

In case that German should be featured, I could always help with translation and pronounciation, as well as research for German mythology and stuff.

[anerisinaction]

If this is a qualification, I have been GMing for over seven years in ways players really enjoy. I had a waiting list for my most recent game, but yes, I'd help in any way.

[Lewa]

I've actually proposed this before in Angora chat, not entirely seriously. I think the big issue is what Lookbehindyou mentioned about commitment. Most every internet project I've been involved in breaks down because people just disappear and leave their parts undone. I learned that lesson almost a decade ago on some Bionicle forum, and relearned it multiple times since then.
If you intend to do something like this, you need to work out some sort of solution to that. Everybody needs to be able to contact everybody else in as many ways as possible (not just email, but social networking accounts, phone numbers and maybe even home address.) And you need to be psychic too, predicting whether somebody's initial enthusiasm will still be there months later.
Alright, I've been negative enough here for now. It's an intriguing idea. If somebody could make it work, it could be better than any of the existing Slendervlogs, which all have weaknesses due to the talents of those involved.

[sje46]

You're asking for a bunch of people on a very small forum, who live all over the world, to create a slenderseries. You expect to find enough people who work in SFX, sound, etc on this forum who are willing to donate a lot of time for this project, when they have very little incentive to do so?

For internet projects like this to work, you need three or four highly motivated people willing to do a LOT of work, and hundreds of people to do very little.

There would also be a lot of creative problems. When you have everyone trying to contribute to a major creative projects, you get something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Million_Penguins Everyone trying to contribute to a story will lead to a massively unfocused and chaotic work, that no one will enjoy. You need one strong creative force. Maybe two if they work well together. Any more than that, and creative differences will destroy the work.
Which won't end up being interesting to anyone, and will be overly gimmicky.

Thinking too much about this is a waste of time. I've seen a lot of people try to start collaborative stuff on the internet...write a story, create a band, etc. It only ever works when there's one clear creative vision, and where everyone else knows exactly what they have to do, and have incentive to do it. It will fail, and you will feel discouraged.

If you don't feel like you're able to create a proper vlog series, there's many other things you can do using different mediums. Write a novel or screenplay. Or, better yet, make a legit movie. A feature length amateur film would be fantastic and would breathe new life into the slenderman mythos, without involving quite the amount of effort the Big Three put into it. And you can still ask for help from people here. Something like the IG Marble Hornets (the pretentious student film). Focus on an hour and a half of great writing and great scares, and judging from your effects you'd be able to create something great (although not quite Hollywood blockbuster quality). I'd be willing to help out with that. But a fully collaborate vlog is just...too out there.

[ZaqCass]

I'm good for acting or writing, but I suck with SFX

EDIT: Either way, good luck!

[-Etrocal]

Sorry if my first post was a too vague, but my original idea is that people online would help create ideas and write out scenes, without ever actually contributing video. Unless it's completely needed to drive the story, (which is seemingly unlikely,) only one person would actually be doing the filming. The ideas online would help shape the story and make it watchable. The only people who could really contribute video would be graphics designers, but they wouldn't need a real commitment.

I'd like to not force people into huge time commitments by just working out the story over the course of a few days with the help of UF, and then whoever is best suited to actually film it could.

[Lookbehindyou]

[purplesharpie]

If you do it, I'm in.

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In response to people believing that I want some sort of super high budget, hundreds of extras epic, that's not the case. Outside of maybe some graphics, the only communication that would require the community is the story, the characters, all of that. The lead(s) would probably have to be actually cast, and most of the real work would go in the hands of the person with the camera. My question is if a community could write a story and help shape it to become more than an average vlog.

Admittedly, secrecy would be difficult, but I'd say that most people here wouldn't go into the open an spoil a series. In terms of actors giving spoilers, I don't think the full plot would be revealed to them at any given time, instead of just giving them what they need to know when they need it.

[BrochachoNacho]

[Ouroborus]

This sounds familar...