Manic Expression

yes I know it is linking back to Tgwtg forums.. but:

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=35841&p=544974#p542086

Painkiller at August 1, 2012 at 4:42 PM

yes I know it is linking back to Tgwtg forums.. but:

 

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=35841&p=544974#p542086

If you're talking blogs in general, I think richtv (I may be wrong on this account) is already kind of analyzing tv shows. But if you're talking about semi-recent and modern tv shows, I think it could work.

maybe. It will probably come down to the style. For example: If you want to  review a show episode by episode, you may want to eitther go over the major points of the episode and breakdown your thoughts or do it like a riff as your commentary go through the entire episode. Well that is what I thought you were getting at, I might be wrong.

Chilton at August 6, 2012 at 12:15 PM

Ok, I want your opinion on something. I've noticed that there aren't a lot of reviewers who look at TV shows or at least episodes of shows. So my question is, even though there are tons of "Let's Watch"-style reviews as it is, do you think it would work here?

Depending on how many episodes are in said TV show (like, for example, with anime series, there's typically 26 episodes (2 seasons w/13 episodes apiece); for me, if there's 26-episodes in a series, I'd make a 13-14 minute review (if it's more than 26, then it'd be a little longer, but this isn't often in my case).

As for you, with careful scripting/editing, you can probably whip up a review around 15 minutes (or maybe under) taking certain aspects of live-action TV shows (I assume this is what you're talking about).  For example, the acting, the dialogue/writing, the sets/lighting (technicals), the humor/drama (how well is it executed?), and so forth.  I wouldn't attempt the 'Let's Watch' style, since it's more important to set yourself apart from others, and actually REVIEW said show.

Just my two cents on the matter.  

My suggestion is instead of doing the entire TV show, just look at the pilot and see how that stacks up. Is it engaging, does it make you want to watch the rest of the series, what's some werid stuff in the pilot that doesn't happen in the rest of the show etc.

Call it 'First Impressions' and you're set really.

Following on 8tor's idea, maybe you could analyze it for that: differences between pilot and series. What changes you think worked for the worse, what you would like to see, characters that would win from a different setting, and all that.

For the record I came up with "First Impressions" ages before NC's "Raiders of the Story Arc". He totally stole the thought from my brain

But in all seriousness, go anaylitical. Take something like The Big Bang Theory. The characters act a hell of a lot different, to the point where Sheldon almost seems like a normal character. Compare that to later on where the characters are over the top.

Hell look at the pilot for the Simpsons. If there's ever a show that shows how badly the characters can be exaggerated, there it is.

So instead of just cracking jokes, look at the pilots and see why they worked. Why they got picked up into full shows. Or if they didn't, work out why people didn't appeal to it.

The Doctor Who 1996 TV Movie is a good example of a failed movie pilot. Remove all preconceptions about Doctor Who and just watch the movie and see why it didn't make a full series.

I mean you can crack jokes and whatnot, but anayltical shows are by far more interesting than 'this thing sucks, that thing sucks' etc.

Giving up on the idea because it violates copyright and you'd be pulled off Youtube/Blip/whatever?

Well okay to eleborate wihle the concepts of riffs are in of themselves totally legal, you can't actually put them with the footage. Take the most famous example, Rifftrax. You buy the Riff for about $3, but you need an actual copy of the movie to sync up with it. Legally Rifftrax can't supply the movie they're riffing.

The only way round that is if you riff copyright free stuff, but by which point Rifftrax has already done it, so do you really want to compete with the guys that wrote Mystery Science Theatre 3000?

Just saying, riffs only work if someone's willing to sync it up with the movie or if what you're riffing is public domain. But since your competition is the best of the best, what would make people want to listen to your riffs?

Basically the single greatest bit of video-making advice is this:

Why should I watch you over the countless, countless other wannabe reviewers out there on the internet?

What is it that you have that no one else is doing. What is it that makes you so much more interesting than some of the more famous people.

Why would I want to watch the imitiation of something when I can watch the origin?

So before you make a video you need to work out what's gonna set you apart, otherwise you'll have a very small audience indeed.