Random Rising Storm: Vietnam Bullshittery - Update #4 (Patreon)

Hey there everyone. Sorry, I was really supposed to do this update earlier in the week but I kept getting sidetracked. 

So it's the end of week 6 on the latest Youtube video, which is Random Rising Storm: Vietnam Bullshittery (part 1) and it's creeping closer to completion. The video is 10 minutes long and consists of about 35 scenes arranged on the following timeline screenshotted here. And it's roughly 7 minutes and 30 seconds complete.

Now, the process for this normally involves getting all of the principle editing done and then going back for quality-assurance. But there are some scenes that require externally drawn assets. And those are currently still in progress with a commissioned artist. So instead I've been going back to perform QA, and as a result most scenes are ready to go.

In addition, I've gotten into the habit of leaving a "grace minute". This is where I intentionally leave a gap in the timeline and then bring in fresh clips in the last few days on the run up to the final render.

The reason for this is a confidence one. As in previous projects I would find that by week 4 I've already seen the video dozens of times, so everything in it is no longer funny to me. So I'd begin to feel self doubt and scurry back to add extra scenes rather than get the video out in a timely manner. So the purpose of the grace period is to put in jokes that are relatively fresh for me, to counteract that bit of brain weirdness.

So, the plan now is to keep quality-assuring. Receive the incoming artist work and slot it into the edit. And then complete the grace minute, a process that normally only takes a couple of days tops.Polish, polish, polish! And then get it out to you next week as soon as I'm able.

Again, sorry for the length of time it took. Also look forward to speaking to you all soon about the next project and getting your thoughts.