As you may have already guessed, my next project is going to involve videos. For the past month or so, I’ve been setting up this project.  At the moment, a few technical preparations are still being made. I’ve done all the basic design work for the site, and I’ve passed the rough blueprint to a friend of mine for scripting (coding). Aside from that, everything is set from a technical and conceptual standpoint, so I can begin scripting episodes.

I realize people aren’t quite sure what to make of this. I’ve told most of my guildies and close WoW friends what I’m up to, but not my readers. There’s a good reason for that, however. What I’m planning is mostly an untapped medium. So instead of telling everyone what I’m planning specifically, I’ll provide you with examples of  what I will not be emulating:

  1. Video Logs – Video logs are a mostly unused medium for WoW commentary, so it’s no surprise The Weekly Marmot generates tens of thousands of views per episode. That being said, I do not like the idea of just sitting down in front of a camera and talking for ten, twenty or thirty minutes. If the goal was simply to sit down and talk, you’re better off writing a blog entry. If you’re going to do a video, you should be using footage to supplement what you’re saying. Otherwise, there’s no point in making a video about it.
  2. Encounter Guides – While there was a lack of quality guides out there for raid bosses two years ago, TankSpot has filled that void incredibly well. So there’s no reason for me to do encounter guides. Besides, I’m not interested in making encounter guides. That being said, I may create episodes where I critically analyze an encounter (or several).
  3. Machinima – I may include some machinima as supplementary footage (when I’m allowed, or when I collaborate with someone), but I am not interested in, nor artistically capable of, making full-on machinima. There’s plenty machinima to go around, anyway.
  4. Live Casts – While some people tend to love when a top tier guild broadcasts their raids, and while I absolutely love Day[9]‘s daily Starcraft netcast, I will not be doing any live broadcasts. It’s a future possibility, but the content would have to be interesting enough, and the talent involved would have to be good enough to make it interesting.

Everything else is pretty much fair game, so I leave it to your imagination. That being said, I am currently on a budget that’s coming out of my own pocket, so I don’t want to set anyone’s expectations unreasonably high.