I just made a video called "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XteEf6XvKk" (purposefully misspelled). It is essentially what I think a little kid's take on the official trailer might be.

Note: I am an avid fan of the Elder Scrolls series. The linked video is intended to be a lighthearted and funny jab at a YouTuber stereotype. If it fails to entertain, constructive criticism is appreciated.

After finishing this video, the result wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I first had set out to make it. Still, I think the idea spawned here might be a good basis for subsequent similar videos. I figure he could talk about the game's features and such, and do scribbly illustrations for the visual portion.

If anyone has ideas for what he can say and do and talk about, please reply!

Heh that was pretty good, made me smile.

"Elder Scrolls for dummies"

That was different!

Oh No!! Hes gonna take my ghost!

Lol. Good job....?

With the mountains and the waterfalls and the big people and the towns and the HOYVEN FLAYVIN! And you STAB a PERSON!

Yeah, reminds me of proffesor Frink.

Made me laugh. Thanks "she is going to put me there someday"

It was interesting... sorry, it's not my kind of humor I guess, but I tell you what you can do to make it more appealing for people like me.
I guess if the little boy had a silly name like "Jimmy" or "Timmy or "Billy" or something like, it would've been nice.
If you had a small picture animated drawing of the little boy actually inside the video. (Nothing complicated, 3 pictures that give him movement and change of pose) If I could see him it would've added another level of comedy, instead of just looking at the trailer all over again. (I also want to -SEE- something different in the trailer, not only hear)

besides that, good luck nice job

Ha you made how orcs use magic, that has been in my favorites for like 100 years kinda cool to find you on the forums. I just subbed you :wavey:

Thanks for all the comments, everyone!


Funny thing is, I had it titled "Little Timmy's Skyrim Trailer" before, but I saw a bunch of unrelated "Little Timmy" videos pop up on the side. I guess "Little Timmy" is already a taken character name on YouTube. Don't know if it's worth making another just to have a cool name like that. I'd rather have something unique but equally effective. I changed the title now to at least include "maed by timmy" though. I do like your idea of representing the character using a crappy drawing on top of the footage or screenshots of the game. That's something I hadn't thought of, but it could be an easier way to make the videos. And, timmy's not that good at videos. So, timmy's all about easy.

hahaha, you sound freaking Bill Cosby man

+1

This did make me lol. Loved it when you mention the wall going all "wiggly". :laugh:

I gotta say, this just didn't seem funny at all. Don't know, maybe just because I could still hear the actual trailer in the background. Or because it was just a voiceover the original trailer... :shrug:

The last line was awesome.
"My mom says I can play this game because it looks like fun and that I can learn how to survive in the wilderness, because she's gonna put me there sometime..."

The voice and rambling is beyond annoying, sorry.

Skyrim!? Skyrim was like a sky and a rim and the thing where the guy comes out and does a thing and then he makes a *unintelligible*

Sounds like it was made by Butters, not Timmy

I laughed

Let off some steam, Bennett!

I personally think that you should be making fun of how stupid teens instead of a little kid because some teens are very superficial. They deepen their voice so they can sound older and talk about stuff that don't matter at all. I think that it would be funnier with a 16 year old instead of a 8~10 year old.

Not stating that all teens are like that, I am just saying some are and deserves to get burned for it.

Alright, it looks like I'll be going with the child's cartoon drawing look for the videos. So, I've updated about half of the original video with silly illustrations. Here's how it looks so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-s1e1TQVQ

I thought this might be a good opportunity to involve the community and such. So, if you're interested in having your drawings appear in the video, please send them. I tried to make the messiest, goofiest looking drawings possible, and it was surprisingly fun. I'd love to share that experience with others if possible, and I'd love to see what you guys (or girls) come up with.

This can be done in whatever image editing or painting program you like.

Here are a couple good (and free) image editing programs that I know of:
http://www.getpaint.net/
http://www.gimp.org/

If you'd prefer to just attach and send, I have an email address in the video that you can send them to. If you prefer posting or PMing a link from an image hosting site, that's cool too. Thanks preemptively!

Oh my god. I had to pause the video when I first heard the voice because I was laughing to hard. It's like if Bill Cosby breathed in a ton of helium.

You sir, are awesome. I'll be checking out your other videos now :thumbsup:

This made my day
The last line was awesome.

Haha, that was really good. The funniest part for me was when you said "...And the hugs" while he was performing the sneak kill. :laugh:

I would be into you having this character do this for other trailers. I don't think you should actually change the trailer in any way, actually. It's fine as an audio commentary. If you changed what we were watching then you'd be changing what the kid is commenting on, and the things he's saying wouldn't make sense to people who haven't actually seen the trailer numerous times. For example, the "And the hugs" line made me laugh, and if you illustrated it yourself, I would have still laughed as I've seen the trailer 20+ times. But people who haven't would get it.

If you do plan on making this into a series, then I've got to admit the audio quality could use a little work. Yes this is supposed to be a little kid, and a little kid shouldn't have access to quality sound equipment, but I don't think people really think too hard about things like that. At one point in the video (0:11) you can very briefly hear the narrator of the trailer, which I thought was actually someone talking while you were recording your audio. It wasn't until I realized later that the trailer wasn't totally muted and that it was actually the narrators voice. And there's a low hum in the background that you can hear in the beginning, but that is sort of drowned out later once the sound of the actual trailer starts. Also, the voice sounded a bit too much like you were just holding your nose while talking, I think you could work on making the voice less fake.

If you had just said "check out my funny video," the first line of my post is all I'd say. But I only gave this constructive criticism because you asked. I don't want you thinking I'm just complaining.



This was what I was talking about. It's just not funny if you're commenting on your own drawings, and there were some parts that weren't funny specifically because I didn't see them happening in the trailer. I much, much preferred the original video.

I very much appreciate your feedback, and I'll take it to heart. Since it's already started though, I still want to finish this cartoon remake and keep both versions up. I agree with you about the losing context bit. I kept in some of the trailer audio because the recording fell flat at some parts. But, I think it was a quick and cheap move, and I'd be better off re-recording and trying to get it good with either just my audio or some pleasant music in the background. I could also try removing some of the noise with Audacity. If I like the result, I'll replace the original one I made so that it doesn't have the trailer audio interfering.

I think the cartoon thing might still work for things where I'm not directly commenting on a trailer, like if I want the character to just ramble on about different stuff. It might be good to compile a list of hot-button topics regarding the game and then have this kid share his bizarre and asinine thoughts.