[Android General] levander:
Dark, I didn't think the video was as bad as you say it is. Kind of creepy how dark everything is at the beginning and I'd start with a scripted bit about what's going on with Motorola deciding to screw their customers over. One thing, in the beginning of your video, you mention that Motorla claims ICS isn't fast enough on these phones. You don't really make a distinction that Motorla has made some ridiculous claim that ICS is too slow on these phones and that's why they can't upgrade them

I just thought the beginning was too weak to go viral in a strong way. It's like when you write a newspaper article, you want the attention-grabbing stuff as much to the front as possible. The fact that you strayed off into what was basically a review of ICS, I found that interesting. Although if you were designing something to go viral and get the word out, it should be shorter. We live in an age where sound bites are a terribly powerful media format... although that's partially a statement as to how lazy our media institutions are...

Overall though, you've actually got a decent personality for videos I am terribly picky about these things and usually have a lot of trouble listening to amateurs on audio or video. You really didn't do that bad. You even had some decent charisma going in your presentation. The charisma was mild, but if it had been stronger, it probably would have been annoying for this type of video.

If that was your first, or one of your first videos, designed for mass consumption, I highly encourage to keep going with the hobby. I'd listen to what you had to say about technology products you'd recently bought.

Proposed script I'm coming up with real fast.

Have something visual at the beginning of the video, not just shadows in the darkness. I think it was good you didn't put your own mug shot in there, you're not the point. Maybe have the lights on at the beginning of the video showing the turned off phones? maybe also have a print-out of a Motorola logo that the phones are sitting around? The Motorola logo just adds color to an otherwise dull shot of two turned off phones. and, it could irk some Motorola execs a little more seeing the Motorola logo in a video bashing their phone? Lol. I don't even know the Motorola slogan, but AT&T's is "Rethink Possible". You say something like, "Let's see how AT&T's got us rethinking possible! And you have the Motorola slogan on the print out with the Motorola Iogo.

Anyway, verbiage at the very beginning, just say your comparing start up times between ICS and GB on Motorola phones, turn off lights, start them up, then go into Motorola's promise, Motorola's proposed dates, everybody waiting patiently, at end of Q3 (the proposed release date) Motorola says we're not releasing it after all! And they've offered as a ridiculous excuse that ICS isn't fast enough on these phones. By this time the ICS phone is maybe booted, and point that out - hopefully in a dramatic flourish that right after you state their excuse, you've just demonstrated what bull**** it is...

Then you can go into a few things about the new stuff of ICS. When GB finally finishes booting, say "yeah right, and it's ICS that's too slow". Then finish whatever you were saying and the video is *over*.

I really liked the technique where you'd be talking about something or other, and I did find it usually interesting, then you'd cut yourself off and point back to the progress of the test, then go back to whatever the hell you we're saying before. That was effective.

Mostly though, I just liked how comfortable you were talking about it. Too much amateur video designed for mass consumption, it's like they're trying too hard and come off as kind of nervous. That XDA TV video at the top of this thread is a prime example. It's a good video too, I just think it's one of the weaknesses. A problem you don't have because it comes natural to you.

Anyway, my script is pretty much what you've already done, just hopefully I've conveyed some tweaks you might find useful.