Advice?

[mpoetess.livejournal.com]

I'm just finishing up my vid for the Vividcon premiere show, and it's a movie vid, to a film that relies pretty heavily on its plot twists. It's not M. Night Shyamalan, but same sort of issues; part of the movie's concept is the mystery of what's going on.

I've already tested it out (accidentally, and thank goodness she didn't mind) on a friend who hasn't seen the film, and am fairly confident that I haven't given away all the plotpoints, but it's still spoileriffic, by nature.

So, for the vidshow, given that I won't have the option of a neat little summary on my webpage to warn the spoiler-averse to rent the movie first, would it be a kindness to have a pre-vid "Spoiler Warning! If you haven't seen the film and you don't like spoilers, now would be a good time to...er...close your eyes..." title? Or do you think it would distract from the vid itself or annoy viewers/VJ's?

Comments

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

The Pirates of the Carribean warning worked because the movie was still in the theatres at the time. If you are making a vid for a movie that has been out for some time, I don't think any spoiler warnings are necessary. And yes, we do have programs, and yes, you can write your own blurb. My suggestion would be to put "contains spoilers" in your vid blurb in the program. I (personally) think spoiler warnings for something that's already rentable (or aired this past season or what-have-you) are unnecessary.

[mpoetess.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The fact that there are programs really solves my issue, I think. I think as long as people know the name of the film in advance, I'm good. (And obviously, if I hadn't been braindead and posting at 1:30 in the morning, I'd have thought to just ask you guys about that first. But I didn't think of the existence of programs until Livia brought it up.)

I agree with you, for my own viewing habits (I also have philosophical confusion over people who want spoiler-protection for tv episodes where the entire season, possibly two, coughBetterBuffyFicscough, has already aired in its country of origin, though I have no problem complying with their wishes) - I've just gone paranoid due to the number of People Whose Brains Don't Work Like Mine that I've come across in fandom.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

if I hadn't been braindead and posting at 1:30 in the morning, I'd have thought to just ask you guys about that first

Hee. No problem. And no need to be paranoid. If someone sees a vid begin, doesn't recognize the source, and decides to keep watching, that is *their look-out* if they are spoiled for something they haven't seen yet. Plus? It's a vid show. There is a 99% chance that there will be *something* each person in the audience has yet to see. That's just a given.

Except me - I get to see everything first. ;)

Runs away, screaming the "BURNINATING" song at the top of her lungs

[mpoetess.livejournal.com]

...ok, it's just me, right, whose brain went to the "Wonder if someone should vid/has vidded that..." place?

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

BURNINATING!!!! It is that time of the year again. This is JUST like Christmas only without the religious guilt. YAY!!!