Full length reaction

Mark Moran

I like the suggestions that Wolf of Alba made. I subscribe to every service in the universe so I'm able to watch along with your reactions, although I'm not sure that applies to everyone else out there. But maybe try a few different ways and see which one gets the best traction? You could do it with a poll for your "5 different options of full length reaction formats" and see how they rank. I think most of us are okay with a bit of experimentation to find the best fit.

Marius Speider Sørum Moe

Uploading the whole movie in a video starts going into a rabbit hole of copyright circumvention that, in my opinion, detracts from the creative and additive process that you're already doing. In my personal opinion, a bonus for patreon backers like a full reaction video would be nice, BUT with only the intro cinematic/first couple of minutes from whatever you're watching, letting people synchronize their own version of a movie with yours. We are already getting the "significant" reactions with video in the edits you make. Full length movies with a reaction track attracts a different kind of audience, without the emotional investment in the Holden content. In my opinion. Also, when are you going to let Matt show you Rocketeer, the pre-MCU superhero movie that can totally go toe to toe with any of them? <3

u_mike

I'd enjoy some full reactions but only if it doesn't take too much of your time. If you had to cut back on other content I'd rather not have full reactions. As for how, doing it on Youtube is definitely out, Google Drive or similar. I think adding the movie audio in its entirety could get you into trouble legality-wise so room audio only. A reaction channel I followed for a while had the movie windowed in the bottom center and showed it for a short time in the beginning so that you could sync your own copy to it and then periodically for brief moments throughout so you could match up if it got out of sync (I assume because of the whole PAL/NTSC mess).

RandomAndysChannel

For me it depends on the movie. If I really love the movie and want to see more than just thr highlights then if there was an option that you figured out how tondo the full length without getting in trouble then heck ya I would totally watch the full length

Dillon Decair

Hey Holden, I’m a huge fan and will be on board for whatever you decide. I’ve loved watching your content through COVID and look forward to what’s to come for you.

Holden Hardman

Haha, Pastor and I will probably start watching through them together now. My next big purchase this year will probably be some type of better audio setup. Either mics on all of us, or additional rode mics. SOMETHING that can make the actual "reaction" portion better. Until I can get a higher quality camera so I can film all of us and the image not be quite so blurry when zoomed in.

not gonna suggest anything other reaction channels do, because they usually record alone or with 2 people tops. while you make it an event with up to even 7 people or something. So technically it could be done... but it would take away the experience, and that counts for Matt especially, to give at least a little edge for positive review sometimes... You could play around with mics and stuff that would in fact reduce echo from the movie in your recordings and you would add movie sound layer separately (or in case of full video just letting us know when you start so we can watch along) but it's a challenge to keep the process as close to current event format while making the raw data clean enough not to need extra work for full-vid crazed patrons xd I personally don't need the full vids, I barely have time as it is, BUT if there WERE already full vids.... I wouldn't not watch them, you know xd And I still can't believe you didn't see first 3 Fast and Furious movies! That was the most shocking thing I heard this month...

Brayan De La Paz

That sound awesome holds!!

Holden Hardman

I've thought similar things. Maybe a little treat for Patrons is that I could go back and release the full reactions since I archive everything. I just dont want to break any laws, I don't want my channel flagged, and I want it to be worth it for Patrons.

Batamus

Honestly I never watch full length videos, the one time I did I believe the patreon used google drive and that was an easy experience for me.

My advice, and this is something that alot of reaction channels do, is they will record themselves, then overlay the episode or movie in the corner or something, without any audio from the movie or episode, just the personal audio from the reaction. Then they will show the first few seconds of the video, and then hide the majority of the overlayed footage in a black box or something, only showing the edges. Another option and this is what blindwave (a large reaction channel) does, is they will only record their reaction, and then put a timer in the corner showing how far you are into the episode or movie. And then you would count down from 3 on both before clicking. Just some ideas, I've always wanted to see a full length reaction. Obviously it's a huge commitment to have to potentially edit an extra video. But if you go ahead with it I'd definitely be interested. Tbh I wish you'd have done it for RotS. Anyway love what you do man!

Absolutely!

Holden Hardman

That's what I'm thinking too. I likely wouldn't do it for everything, but those movie I know people have been wanting to see. Like Logan for example.

Steven

I'm only interested in full length reactions for major movies like Endgame, and I appreciated how you did the live stream with the timer for Endgame. I wouldn't bother watching a full length reaction for most things

Braxen

Others use headphones to avoid recording audio, but that greatly reduces the viewing experience

Endling_king

I follow a creature who reacts the whole video but blurs it out but has the blurred movie on screen so you can follow along while watching your own copy of whatever it is that is being reacted to.

KyleD.

Sounds good to me! 😁