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2009/02/26 20:22:06
Subject: [video report] Space Marines vs Orks [2000 pts]
This is my first attempt at a video battle report. it is more story based than ' one hit penetrated, rolled a 6 and blew it up ' - more like 'the dread took careful aim and unloaded with his assault cannon on the incoming trukk'.
It is just turns 1, 2 and 3.
Comments are encouraged, especially as to how to improve the report- what you saw that you like, what you didn't like, what you'd like to see more of, etc.
thanks in advance...
it might look better full screen so feel free to watch it here:
Pretty good. I would suggest less time showing the text because fast readers are done quick and slow readers can hit pause. This raises the tempo and increases the tension; more battlelike. Music was cool; funny at times.
It took a full two minutes to get to a photo of the table; army lists can be presented typed out or even linked to an army profile in the army profiles section. That way viewers who are just browsing around can get to know you and will be attracted to your next video or videos hopefully.
Good quality photos. Detail goes a long way, as do captions.
Panning the field periodically (like at minute 7:00) helps out the generals among us. And its nice to see that your gaming room is as messy as mine.
Story was long; impressive time commitment. Good spelling is nice. So are short sentences. Gets ideas across quickly, like good spellign.
As long as you're committing this much time, check out Vassel.
Overall I'm guessing you took some time to do it and learned alot along the way so thanks for doing something cool, and look forward to more washecon.
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2009/02/26 22:55:52
2009/02/27 03:03:32
Subject: [video report] Space Marines vs Orks [2000 pts]
thanks for the ideas. I will shorten the frames for the stories and include some captions for the pics.
I'll have to check it for spelling mistakes- and I can shorten sentences as well.
I hope to have the rest of it up this weekend.
thanks again
2009/02/28 01:30:10
Subject: [video report] Space Marines vs Orks [2000 pts]
Was a good production. Unfortunately I can't say that I'll be watching another. I much prefer pictorial reports so I can 'flip' between pics and judge where the action is, where it should be and where I'd have done different. Also I read way faster than I watch videos, so I probably could have read the entire report and gone back to the interesting bits in the time it took to get through turn 1. However, don't let this criticism stop you from making more, as i'm sure there are plenty of people out there who'll enjoy these much more than I.
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