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[zbeeblebrox]

Moving is good. I'm surprised how few employ this. Even if your Slenderman outfit is unwieldy for motion, there's nothing stopping you from doing the creepy Samara thing and having Slenderman do jump-cut teleportation toward the protagonists.

[LegoAlchemist]

I think Slendy isn't moving as much nowadays, even in the big-shot vlogs like Marble Hornets, because the vloggers are starting to use puppets for slendy rather than actors. Lack of actors could also be the problem itself -- there's simply no one to play Slendy at the time and they need both X and Y characters to be on set at the same time, so they have to go with puppet.

Honestly, it's a choice between motionless, 7-foot tall puppet Slendy that looks eerily real or an obviously-too-short actor Slendy that can move but is obviously an actor. Unless you're good with After Effects/Vegas, it isn't easy to do both.

[Wolfloner]

Talking about ways to make Slendy's movements seem unnatural (also a reference to The Ring above reminded me about this): when they were shooting The Ring, to get Samara's unnatural movements when she was walking, they filmed her walking backwards and then reversed the footage. I think something similar could be employed with Slendy.

[TheFallenenvoy]

What moves has momentum
What has momentum can be stopped.

I prefer a slendy that does not walk as much.

[C/AMN MERRITT]

Slender Man does move in supernatural ways, in MH there was an entry where Alex was running and everytime he turned around, he was always there; no matter where he looked.

It's like teleports or something.

[cochinosanchez]

[UFN]

Walking? No, I think Slendy starts to look more like a guy in a suit when he's moving around (circa entry 6 in MH where it just looks like a guy in a suit, not scary, not creepy, just a dude in a suit) so the less he moves around in a "traditional" sense, the better.

Teleportation, though, works like a treat and I love how MH does that.

I think slendy could benefit from a touch more movement (such as in a particular entry, which i forget, where his long limb slowly opens Alex's bedroom door) but not locomotive motion.

[The Mad Owl]

[JustJim]

[ElHombreAlto]

I agree, When I first got into the Slenderman Mythos (Started off with the big three) I was terrified of slendy everytime I seen him in the background. But when he fucking moved. I swear there was a few times I just paused the video. turned the lights on. And walked out of the room and drank like 5 bottles of beer to calm my nerves.

Although I can understand how it'll lose the creepiness effective if over used. I think it should be one of the tricks the makers should only use if the scene is right. Like I dunno, say for discussion sake. The main character has just found bags of organs like in EMH and turns to a friend to say something and you see tall and faceless in the background slowly moving towards them, or going full tentacle or a simple head snap thing. As opposed to just standing there.

But that's just my take on the whole thing.

[Aurastys]

[Lumine]

[CelestialFiend]

I've always imagined showing the slenderman moving, but from the waist up, would be very creepy. It is something about his legs actually moving that doesn't fit well.

just my humble opinion.

[redwulf25_ci]

[redwulf25_ci]