Let’s take a video viral: UNC Agent-gate

SFN Note: We originally posted this entry on Thursday, but the video in the link at metacafe was evidently experiencing technically difficulties. We think the video is so large that it works best when metacafe has low traffic. It worked last night from like 10pm-12pm. We are re-posting now and will continue to try to find ways to make sure the video is successfully available for viewing.

One of the most active members of the SFN community and message board forums – Plz2BStateFan – has put together an awesome video that we wanted to share with you.  We tried to get it uploaded to our site but had some technical difficulties due to the original size of the video.   The following is from Plz2BStateFan:

"I spent ~10 hours on this thing.  Loved every minute of it.  Please provide feedback if anything is particularly confusing or if you know of better ways to execute certain concepts.  This is only the 3rd video I have put together and I need to learn from my mistakes.

Be patient in the begining.  It sets the tone. I highly recommend watching this more than once to catch everything.

And please, share this with as many people as possible.

Thanks,

Plz2BStateFan"

Of course we would ask that you ‘share this with as many people as possible’ through our URL so that we can track the traffic it can generate.  Thank you very much. We also concur that you need to force yourself to stomach the first 90 seconds or so of the video to set up the rest of it.

 

The old farts of the SFN author team love this kind of creativity and use of multi-media…we just don’t have any of this talent or skills to put it together.  So, if you are interested in working on creative multi-media projects that you would like to distribute through our channel then please don’t hesitate to let us know.  You can always reach us at [email protected]

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17 Responses to Let’s take a video viral: UNC Agent-gate

  1. sbas2 08/19/2010 at 11:55 AM #

    “the voice” is Heath Ledger’s Joker from the Dark Knight-right? a Montgomery Burns “exceeeeelllenttt” to you.

  2. Plz2BStateFan 08/19/2010 at 12:28 PM #

    I would argue the first 90 seconds show what could have been….then it is all changed by the investigation.

    SO IT MAKES SENSE(SINCE?) DAMNIT! The audio is the complete driving force for the video.

    @#$%^&*

    When I watched it, it got all screwy again. The pictures ARE NOT supposed to flash for split seconds like that(if that is what you are seeing)

    grrrr this is the trouble we had uploading it earlier.

  3. packplantpath 08/19/2010 at 12:38 PM #

    Yes, pictures flash quickly for me. Very subliminal. Or epileptic.

  4. Plz2BStateFan 08/19/2010 at 12:41 PM #

    Lets see if this works now

    EDIT 8/20

  5. Plz2BStateFan 08/20/2010 at 11:45 AM #

    ………….sigh……………

    Apparently websites do not like my videos.

    But let me tell you folks, the working version is awesome! Just take my word for it…….

  6. Plz2BStateFan 08/20/2010 at 11:54 AM #

    We think this video works when the metacafe site has low traffic. It worked last night from like 10pm-12pm. If you want to catch the real deal try this again late.

    o.O

    The only other option is trying to have statefans host the video….but that would actually cost money.

  7. StateFans 08/20/2010 at 11:58 AM #

    ^ We still want to try to figure it out

  8. Plz2BStateFan 08/20/2010 at 12:33 PM #

    Just a note. Everything is correct until 10 seconds before the WRAL logo. You can hear the sound glitch before the WRAL logo, and then the pictures start to show up for split seconds, the audio timing is off, and the entire point of this thing is ruined.

    Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this?

    If nothing else…..when I get back home from traveling next weekend, I will try to remake this thing with a smaller resolution so its smaller, look at anything funky at the point it messes up in the sequence of pictures, and reupload.

    I will provide another link. Dont take my word for it, its good. Ask statefans.

  9. packplantpath 08/20/2010 at 12:38 PM #

    I know nothing about this kind of thing, but why not youtube instead of metacafe?

  10. NCStatePride 08/20/2010 at 12:42 PM #

    The spastic nature of the video almost made it cooler. Plz, that was shear brilliance.

    BTW, you may want to run the video through a compressor before uploading to the web server. That often fixes these types of glitches.

  11. Plz2BStateFan 08/20/2010 at 12:55 PM #

    Youtube and facebook mute or remove the file because the audio from the dark knight is copyrighted and cannot be used on their websites without permission from warner brothers.

    Other sites I have uploaded it to end up glitching in a similar way. This is actually a good learning experience. Because if I intent to do anymore of this kind of thing as a hobbie, I need to know what is going on.

  12. WolfWall.com 08/20/2010 at 1:04 PM #

    Try Vimeo! Better than youtube imho anyways and metacafe just sucks.

  13. wufpup76 08/20/2010 at 1:25 PM #

    Nice work!

    And I can totally take the first 90 seconds because I know (as we all should) THEY’RE NOT THAT GOOD ANYWAY. All hype.

    TIRE BOWL!!! BEST D!!!

    Anytime they face an actual good offense or good quarterback it almost always has equaled a loss.

    CHEAT 2 LOSE!!! (my new slogan for Hole football).

    And I now have an urge to pop ‘Dark Knight’ into the DVR …

  14. tractor57 08/20/2010 at 3:25 PM #

    Pretty darn good!
    I watched at 3:40 PM on a Friday and had no transmission issues.

  15. PackerInRussia 08/21/2010 at 12:59 AM #

    Hey, I watched the video at 1:15am your time and there were parts where the pictures only briefly flashed up, but parts where it was fine. Also, the everything was really small within the Metacafe console. Maybe that was me though. I liked the concept though. Hope you can get the glitches worked out.

  16. Plz2BStateFan 08/21/2010 at 1:40 PM #

    Got a better place to host the video, I’ve checked a couple times and no problems!
    http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ce8f1ebffc/jimmy-v-says-hi

  17. blpack 08/21/2010 at 9:12 PM #

    Interesting take. Shows the ills over there in a new light perhaps. I wonder if UNC-cheat will have to suspend a few players this week or will they wait until Sept. 3?

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