Hi all,
I'm posting this to patrons now, and will publish on YouTube in a few hours. I still need to write the video description, triple check there's no issues I missed, get to work on subtitles, tinker with the thumbnail, etc. But it's done, and you can watch it!
I saw someone call Twilight a "Trojan Horse" video, and this one fits that description too. Ostensibly an analysis of another controversial pop culture phenomenon from the 2000s, it's really about wider and more taboo issues. In this case I'm using the popular horror franchise Saw as a proxy for working through topics that would be almost unbearable to fixate on for the length of time it takes to make the video. Namely violence in general, and my country's continued descent into depravity and barbarism in specific.
I wanted to change up my method a little bit, and so I did very little outlining this time to avoid the reflexive "Part One" structuring, relying more on intuition and pattern recognition. The video is a little bit free associative as a result. I allow myself to chase tangents and let the train of thinking wander where it will.
I had intended this to take less time than previous main channel videos. But the time saved in certain areas—fewer sets, fewer filming days, shorter overall duration—it all ended up being spent on editing, which for a more "film tube" style video turns out to be much more labor intensive. It's a dense 90 minutes.
Anyway, hope you enjoy. Thanks for your patience with my general dysfunction.
Grateful as always,
Natalie