by Qyot27 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:49 pm
At least as of right now, the only videos I haven't released immediately after finishing them are multi-editor project tracks. This was also generally true for most of my prior videos, IIRC. The only two videos I have submitted to a convention contest were six months old or less at the time of the showing, though (although I don't think one of them aired because of the inclusion of one line of English dialogue or the amount of blood - not quite sure which).
When I actually get back to editing whole videos again (which hopefully will be in a few months, making it a year or more since I'd done any full-length videos - if you don't count the one I did for VG3) I'll probably hold off just as a precaution since I'll likely have a contest or two I'd want to submit the video to and IMO it's better to be safe than sorry.
I'd actually think of it in reverse in terms of 'testing the waters', so to speak, though. Generally the most popular videos I've watched are ones that premiered at conventions or at least had very limited release beforehand, not something as wide as a Local download would be. It most likely has to do with the fast word-of-mouth that arises from contest-winning videos at conventions and even more likely the particular editors having gotten names for themselves by their convention track records. Basically what I'm saying is that 'if it did well at the convention, it'll probably be popular if it sees general release'. Doing well doesn't mean it necessarily won anything, though.