Post by Josh Average on Jun 28, 2023 10:22:28 GMT -6
Warning: Flashing lights for the first 10 seconds, crunchy audio for the first 1:09 of the video.
(Context for Implausibly Average & Halloween for Implausibly Average: I treat Halloween like our April Fools, so the video that goes up on Halloween is usually a joke or silly gimmick video of some sort. In Implausibly Average lore I, Josh Average, am trapped on an office/TV studio on The Moon.)
The plan for this year's Halloween video is, loosely, "what if Implausibly Average the YouTube channel existed as a pre-HD TV channel of nebulous time/origin?" The upload will say that I found this VHS tape in the office of a past broadcast from the TV station, and I don't know when it's from or where it came from. The video itself will be anywhere from an hour to two hours of uninterrupted broadcast, so commercials, credits, bumpers, shows, everything.
This will require 3 things: homemade pre-HD TV-style bumpers, Let's Play footage of pre-HD consoles, and a collection of period-appropriate commercials. This is a proof of concept of the bumpers.
Awhile ago, when I started the semi-reboot of Implausibly Average, I commissioned a friend to do some TV voice over lines. Just some "coming up next" stuff, as I was making a TV bumper as a trailer for some new Pokemon Let's Play stuff. I didn't end up using much of it, as Brain Problems put me on hiatus with Implausibly Average.
However, with this video idea, I was able to both tie in the "lore" of Implausibly Average with our yearly Halloween gimmick video and use some of that old audio I commissioned for the bumper! Additionally, I've been able to to use a theme song I commissioned from my dear friend Darling Demon Eclipse.
I think the bumper works alright! It can use a few extra passes for sure, and I need to make a lot more of them, but it's a really solid start. Along with these types of schedule bumpers, I'm going to try and put together "generic" bumpers, using local affiliates from the pre-HD era as inspiration. I need to make a lot more, but I've got until Halloween, so I have time to find the style and make more of these.
Anyways, what do you think? I'd love feedback!
(Context for Implausibly Average & Halloween for Implausibly Average: I treat Halloween like our April Fools, so the video that goes up on Halloween is usually a joke or silly gimmick video of some sort. In Implausibly Average lore I, Josh Average, am trapped on an office/TV studio on The Moon.)
The plan for this year's Halloween video is, loosely, "what if Implausibly Average the YouTube channel existed as a pre-HD TV channel of nebulous time/origin?" The upload will say that I found this VHS tape in the office of a past broadcast from the TV station, and I don't know when it's from or where it came from. The video itself will be anywhere from an hour to two hours of uninterrupted broadcast, so commercials, credits, bumpers, shows, everything.
This will require 3 things: homemade pre-HD TV-style bumpers, Let's Play footage of pre-HD consoles, and a collection of period-appropriate commercials. This is a proof of concept of the bumpers.
Awhile ago, when I started the semi-reboot of Implausibly Average, I commissioned a friend to do some TV voice over lines. Just some "coming up next" stuff, as I was making a TV bumper as a trailer for some new Pokemon Let's Play stuff. I didn't end up using much of it, as Brain Problems put me on hiatus with Implausibly Average.
However, with this video idea, I was able to both tie in the "lore" of Implausibly Average with our yearly Halloween gimmick video and use some of that old audio I commissioned for the bumper! Additionally, I've been able to to use a theme song I commissioned from my dear friend Darling Demon Eclipse.
I think the bumper works alright! It can use a few extra passes for sure, and I need to make a lot more of them, but it's a really solid start. Along with these types of schedule bumpers, I'm going to try and put together "generic" bumpers, using local affiliates from the pre-HD era as inspiration. I need to make a lot more, but I've got until Halloween, so I have time to find the style and make more of these.
Anyways, what do you think? I'd love feedback!