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[McGregor]

[Boros7]

[pravado]

i really don't get why it takes them so long to film these entries

like... how badly are they screwing around? all of the past few entries look like 1-2 day jobs at most, not 20+

[The Slender Man]

I...I never thought I'd say this, but
I agree with what pravado has said.
Even if they have to balance school and a job, it shouldn't take this long.

[pravado]

seriously if you want to break this down

- jay runs through a forest (one take, done while they're getting to the location they wanna go to)
- he finds tim and tim charges at him, jay hides and tim finds him, jay runs again (might take more than one take but still, shouldn't take more than a half hour)
- tim drags him away and hoody enters (multiple takes to get it to look right, shouldn't take more than 10 minutes since its such a short clip)
- jay wakes up and finds tim (multiple takes, shouldn't take more than 2 hours)

- add distortion noises on hoody and tim, add hoodys distortion cut when he turns off the camera, very simple editing job

part 1 is done on the way to wherever they're going anyway
part 2 takes a half hour max
part 3 takes 10 minutes max
part 4 takes 2 hours max
editing + distortion takes 4 hrs max

and that's being generous. so roughly 6.5 hours total to film and edit this entry. even with the accident... 1-2 day job at most.

while i'm not entitled and understand they have personal lives and don't wanna do this all the time, i'm just showing the logic behind why the long gaps make me think they're procrastinating or something. even with a job and school, there's enough time in a day to film, esp since they all live together and i always see them tweeting about playing dnd and watching tv and shit


now don't twist my words. im fine with their pacing if that's what they want to do, it's their project and i have no right to bitch about how long they take. i'm just saying if i was in their position with something that's as widespread as this i wouldn't procrastinate

[twistedpuppet]

You truly have no idea how making a film works. I'm disregarding anything you think you have to say from this point forward.

[pravado]

[The Slender Man]

Guys, calm down.
I'll just say that I had my own slenderseries for a while, and it should only take about a week to film this.

[Magyk]

[pravado]

please oh great ones, please tell me what witchcraft they're doing that involves more than pointing a camera at something and getting it set up right and then editing

amazes me how people think something is more complicated than it is just because they have no experience with it

[Magyk]

[punxtr]

Making compelling videos is very difficult, because the the camera is always limited by itself and the person operating it. So many shots that seemed good can look like shit when you look at them later.

[fezstudios]

So far I've only really made short films for Spanish class, but it does take a while. Scripting takes maybe three or four days, and filming everything and editing can take about a week sometimes, although as these guys are pretty much professionals IMO, it probably takes longer than that. Plus you have to wait for time of day and all that jazz.

[saksxalmo]

(ignore this)

[twistedpuppet]