User blog:Lindenbree/Creating Our Own YouTube Channel 2 (UPDATED)

Okay, so since Mutahar won't be appointing a second reader for his channel, we should make our own. But how should this work? Here's some of the ideas and topics we need to discuss if this is going to happen. I've updated the information to reflect the new ideas and comment feedback we received. Like last time, if you agree, disagree, or have something productive to add to any of this, please share your thoughts. And definitely check out the suggested names!

WHERE TO POST VIDEOS

We're going to start off on YouTube. Meds has already made a g-mail account for us to use with the YT channel… if there's objections to him helping us, and people want to disassociate him with the project, we'll get a new email. Though if it were entirely up to me, I'd personally take a free email, even if they're easy to make.

WHAT TO READ

Alright, so our first order of business would be to read the the CPotM's that Mutahar skipped, which I believe would make the first story 3 Colours. However, the author of that story is no longer on the website. I think Viper would be okay with us reading his story, but we should decide if it's really okay to read a story without the author's permission.

After reading the CPotM's that Mutahar neglected, we can start reading our own stories, or stories that didn't win but we feel deserve to be read. The content will not only be from SOG though. We can pull stories from other sites with the author's permission, and also read creepy mythos and legends.

WHO WILL READ

Alright, you need to have a decent mic to read. If you want to audition to be a Creepypasta reader, http://vocaroo.com/?upload is a great site, and doesn't even require an account (though you may use whatever website you want to upload the audio so long as it's accessible). When trying out, you don't have to read the entire pasta, only 5-10 paragraphs should be enough to give a clear idea of your mic quality and reading coherency.

Here is my audition and Cyber's audition respectively.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Tt15YwRupA

http://vocaroo.com/i/s18htLJNpRBy

If you're able to, please edit your recording before uploading. If there's problems like static or messing up the words too often, your chances of being picked are less likely. We will have several readers, and as of now, those readers are Cyber and I by default since we're the only ones who have auditioned. If you'd like to be a reader, you must audition.

WHAT WILL BE ON THE VIDEOS

Well, Mutahar had to stop putting gaming footage on his videos due to copyright reasons. So, that kind of footage is out of the question. What should our visuals be instead? Here's three options, but feel free to add more ideas if you want:

1. Just a blank black screen

2. The text of the pasta would scroll up as it's read, so the viewers can read the text alongside the video's reader.

3. Fanart pertaining to the story. Now… not many creepypastas have fan art of them. Perhaps when we start off, we would find images that look relevant to the story, and, if the artist permits it, use that art as a visual. We will give a shout out to the artist(s) in the video. Eventually, we'd have enough videos and shout outs to hopefully give ourselves and some artists more publicity.

If we grain enough popularity, we can have somewhat of a mini art competition. We will announce what story we'll read next, and any artist who wants to create fan art for the story to be used in the next video can participate. We'll pick some of our favourite art works to put on the video, and give each artist a shout out.

This will, though take time, if we gain enough support for it to happen at all. But, if we can include art in that manner, it'd set us apart from other CP readers as we'd part of the art community as well as the CP community.

WHO WILL EDIT THE VIDEOS

Anyone willing and able to, since the work should be spread out. If you want to volunteer, please do so.

The volunteers so far are:

LindenBree

CyberTheNerd

Sifenchar

SO… THE ACTUAL ACCOUNT NAME?

This has been quite a debate… here's some of the suggested names so far:

TeamSOG

TeamHorror

Haunted Gaming

Nightmare Fuel

The Internet's Bookshelf

The Internet's Library

Web Tales

PastaReadersUnited

To hopefully make this easier, please list at least four of these names in the order of what you most want selected, to what you least want selected.

WHO GETS THE ACCOUNT?

Well, so far, if we all go through with our offer, it'd only be me, Cyber, and Sifen since we're the only ones who have offered to edit or read.

TO REVIEW OR NOT TO REVIEW?

Alright, so, I was thinking that there will be no in-video reviews. However, if the reader wishers to make a review, they can put the review in the description. That way, the immersion of the story isn't broken in the video, and people who want a review can read the description.