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Who would want to see an uncut video of a build, all 15-20 hours?

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Posted by gregbale on Friday, August 7, 2020 7:49 AM

Tickmagnet

I'd prefer to spend that 15 to 20 hours on my own build.

Not sure whether it's advancing age (and the curmudgeonliness that goes along with it) or the hyper-saturation of video 'content' these days...but my patience and attention span for any but the best you-tube type videos these days is about a minute.

Hearing some guy fumble for words to improvise as he opens a box and counts sprues for the camera is most often just excruciating. Having worked in media advertising for some years...where the dictum is, "figure out your message and get it across as quickly and concisely as you can"...watching some well-meaning eight-ball with (apparently) all the time in the world sharing his modeling 'wisdom' is something akin to root-canal.

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Posted by GAF on Friday, August 7, 2020 7:09 AM

Bish

 Tickmagnet

I'd prefer to spend that 15 to 20 hours on my own build.

 

Ditto

As soon as i open a build thread and see its a video, i click straight off. I would rather just see photo's and an explantion with detailed pics of any images.

 

Even movies are only 2-3 hours long.  Cut that down to like 15 minutes and you might have something.

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Posted by Bish on Friday, August 7, 2020 2:10 AM

Tickmagnet

I'd prefer to spend that 15 to 20 hours on my own build.

 

Ditto

As soon as i open a build thread and see its a video, i click straight off. I would rather just see photo's and an explantion with detailed pics of any images.

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Posted by lewbud on Friday, August 7, 2020 1:49 AM

Ohms,

If it's something you want to do, go for it and let the viewers decide.  Would I watch something that long? Depends on the subject and how entertaining the presentation is.  I don't know if YouTube will let you upload a video of that length without having to break it up.

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:49 PM

Here, but only a couple a year. Check out "Grafting a Forrestal hull..." in ships.

Your idea has a lot of merit and it's been done in various ways, but it is a good suggestion.

I'd rather watch something like that as opposed to the endless vids where you spend 15 minutes watching some one you can't see take all of the parts of a kit out of a box.

 

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Posted by ohms on Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:43 PM

GMorrison

I've never built a model in 15-20 hours. More like 150-200 so I wouldn't want to inflict that on anyone.

 

Bill

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Posted by ohms on Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:41 PM

Guys (and girls?)! You're not getting it. Maybe I'm at fault for not wording the title properly. 

I'm not asking "Who would enjoy sitting and watching a 20-hour long video, Stanley Kubrick-style?"

I'm asking, "Who thinks we could do with a few of these-type videos on YouTube?"

Think about it: what's one of the purposes of these forums? To ask questions about detailed things. Why not have a video in which you could skip to the part where the professional modeler him/herself shows you practically & visually how they do it?

If you don't need it, it would only be another one of millions of videos on YouTube you don't need, but I know for me, when I was starting out, I would've loved something like this: to be able to skip and forward AT MY PACE, not at the pace of the video creator, purely for reference.

I completely expected people to dismiss the idea, but as a thought experiment, would NO ONE ELSE be interested in this? It would be like being in a workshop, only this workshop can be accessed at any time.

Thoughts.

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Posted by tankboy51 on Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:23 PM

Not me.

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Posted by GreySnake on Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:11 PM
I can’t say I would. For some things it would become tedious to watch to a certain point for example road wheels once you see one sanded and put together is there much of a reason to see the other nineteen?
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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:22 PM

Tickmagnet

I'd prefer to spend that 15 to 20 hours on my own build.

 

Exactly. There is only so much time in a day. And perhaps like golf, this hobby is far more interesting to be doing than the be watching.

 

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Posted by Real G on Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:05 PM

An uncut build video would be hard to watch.  With proper camera angles decent script and good editing, a short video showing the important stuff would be better.  If I did an uncut video, the run time could span years!  And who would want that?

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Posted by Tickmagnet on Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:56 PM

I'd prefer to spend that 15 to 20 hours on my own build.

 

 

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:39 PM

I've never built a model in 15-20 hours. More like 150-200 so I wouldn't want to inflict that on anyone.

 

Bill

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Posted by the Baron on Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:37 PM

ohms

Sounds crazy, I know. But I can't help but think it would be such a good resource for people. 

Put literally everything in there except the drying times. Surely the world could do with two or three of such videos.

Has anyone ever considered this? Surprise

 
I'm fairly certain you can find such videos on YouTube today.

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Posted by Rob Gronovius on Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:27 PM

You would literally be watching paint and glue dry.

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Posted by ohms on Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:26 PM

Tojo72
To be effective, it should be broken into sub assemblies that could be accessed at the point needed

Right?! I'm thinking it could solve so many of the questions on this forum.

Even simple steps like cutting the pieces off the sprue can lead to questions, like when you're dealing with tiny pieces, for example ("How do I cut something so small without breaking it?")

I'd be so for this.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:17 PM
To be effective, it should be broken into sub assemblies that could be accessed at the point needed

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Who would want to see an uncut video of a build, all 15-20 hours?
Posted by ohms on Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:11 PM

Sounds crazy, I know. But I can't help but think it would be such a good resource for people. 

Put literally everything in there except the drying times. Surely the world could do with two or three of such videos.

Has anyone ever considered this? Surprise

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