27 second intro...too long?

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:44 pm

Well, my second video's intro was 15 seconds. (Only white text on a black background so it did take up much space.) A couple of people told me that it should have been shorter (and I agree).

Toushi's intro is 16 seconds long and it is currently the second highest rated video on this site.

Rozard's video intro in Price to Fly is a minute and 4 seconds long and yet it has received good marks also. (I don't know how many complaints the intro has caused though...)

And the Hypeo brothers use long intros and outros in all of their videos. Most of them are pretty good. As they put it, it is a good way to put the viewer in the correct mood and to take them out of it.

Basically, as long as the video and intro are good, most people won't complain.

Personally I say keep it short and sweet.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:53 pm

Beowulf wrote:1. Fuck dial-up. This is 2004 not 1994.

Some people either can't afford cable or it just isn't available in there area. Though both are becoming less a problem as more time passes.

LightningCountX · Post by **LightningCountX** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:04 pm

Sousaphonist wrote:I like the ten second rule, myself.

Same here, i only make an intro past that if the first 20 seconds of the song i cant hit with beats or whatever so i just make some lame ass intro thingy.(kinda like what i did in my remember video =P)

MomochiZabuza · Post by **MomochiZabuza** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 4:26 pm

jbone wrote:
MomochiZabuza wrote:wouldnt you rather have lets just say "mini-amv" playing before the actual thing,
No, I just want to see the video and the name of its edior.

Imagine if the movie "Spider Man 2" was an hour of credits, followed by 25 minutes of Spidey beating up Doc Oc, followed by another hour-long credit sequence.

dude its not like my amv is 30 seconds long i mean sure its a 27 second intro but its a 3:30 second (at least) amv i mean the intro only takes up 1/8 of the actual time in the whole video....and fyi I DONT HAVE AN OUTRO!

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 5:28 pm

jbone wrote:
MomochiZabuza wrote:i forgot to say this last time but the intro may be 27 seconds but its freakin 5 mb....its not THAT big
5MB is UNBELIEVABLY FREAKING HUGE to someone on dial-up.

Have you ever accessed the Internet via a dial-up connection?

I wouldn't call it that huge. I was on 56K only last year, and 5 MB usually took about 15 minutes to a half hour. No biggie.

krzT · Post by **krzT** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 5:33 pm

honestly, why are you being so defensive? You posted this topic and asked for opinions, people gave them to you. No offense [REALLY! I'm not trying to start something here

] but it seems like you're just getting annoyed because some people are giving you answers you don't want to hear.

This is public opinion...you could even consider it the way people are going to receive your video. If the majority doesn't like long intros, then what's to argue? If you really think your intro is worth it, then keep it in at your own risk. It's that simple...

But the bottomline is: many people [although some don't mind] are advising you to shorten this long intro [everyone for their own reason]...what's so bad about keeping an open mind?

Pyle · Post by **Pyle** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:35 pm

Castor Troy wrote:I used to download 80 meg amvs and 100 meg Quake 3 mods on my 33k modem.

Deal with it.

My 26.4k modem disconnectes itself every 6 and a half hours. Nothing over 80 MB can be nabbed, I have to snag the HS's T1 line whenever they aren't looking.

MomochiZabuza · Post by **MomochiZabuza** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:06 am

krzT321 wrote:honestly, why are you being so defensive? You posted this topic and asked for opinions, people gave them to you. No offense [REALLY! I'm not trying to start something here ] but it seems like you're just getting annoyed because some people are giving you answers you don't want to hear.

This is public opinion...you could even consider it the way people are going to receive your video. If the majority doesn't like long intros, then what's to argue? If you really think your intro is worth it, then keep it in at your own risk. It's that simple...

But the bottomline is: many people [although some don't mind] are advising you to shorten this long intro [everyone for their own reason]...what's so bad about keeping an open mind?

its because some people walked (well i guess clicked) their way into the forum with the idea that 27 seconds and 5 mb must be secret code for 1 hour and 100000000mb

which is definitly not the case...also i think i could shorten it (after looking at the forum i realized it was way to long and should be shotened

also because I CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!

me likey defensy (i do it all the time) like that time i bought volcano insurance...

Onegai · Post by **Onegai** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:26 pm

I say incorporate your bumpers or titles into the video itself, if possible.

Instead of cutting off a 30-60 second lead-in to a song, use it as your intro. I thought Taskmasta's Anxiety pulled this off well, although I didn't much care for his outro. I've used this technique before also in The Definition of Trust and Some Ships.

I'm not a big fan of disruptive tangential 30 second bumpers at the front of videos.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:42 pm

Corran wrote:Rozard's video intro in Price to Fly is a minute and 4 seconds long and yet it has received good marks also. (I don't know how many complaints the intro has caused though...)

Well, that's because the actual video is 1:49

I figured I'd give the people something a little extra, since most AMVs are around 3:30 anyhow. Plus, I wanted to prove DevolutionEX wrong

omg i haven't posted in 4eva