Speaking strictly from a viewer's perspective: If the vid starts with 20 seconds of Character A, I will think the vid is about Character A. I will only understand that the vid is through Character B's eyes if you give me a lyric that will help me grasp that, because that's how I understand vids. Unfortunately my brain is very concrete that way, due to early old-skool training in vid making.
Yeah that's how I understand them, too. *g* The vid IS about character A, which is good, but there's no lyrics for the first 45 seconds so the song doesn't settle on a narrator until them, which is character B.
*nods* I think it will be hard for the viewer to make that transition, that deep into the vid. (On the other hand, I have a habit of making things way, waaaaay to hard on my viewers.)
It might be possible to pull it off, with an visual effect to lampshade it and a really clear 'I' and 'You' in the lyrics, but I think if you can work it in earlier, you'll make your life much easier!
Yeah I ended up introducing Char B earlier. It works better, I think, although I may have lost some of the moodiness the original intro set-up. Bah. Decisions, decisions!
Yeah that makes sense. I hit the Char B on "I" think hard, but that's not until 45 seconds in. That's a long time to wait for id'ing the narrator, I think. IDk!
I think it depends on the visual and lyrical cues, for me. If there's no clear demarcation there, I'd probably be confused the first run through and then have to rewatch once I realised what was happening (ohnosuchapity)
Depends on the lyrics (and to a much lesser degree, the music). If you show me character A and then give me a clear shot of character B on the first "I" and character A on the first "you," then I'm good. Just don't do what I did once and put a two-shot on the first clear pronoun(s).
If the song doesn't have as clear a POV right off the bat, it can be trickier, but I still think as long as that first "I" and "you" are crystal clear, most people will follow.
ETA: One case in which you might have a harder time getting it across is if the song goes against fanon type. For example, the song is "Goody Two-Shoes," and you're playing against type and making Fraser the POV character talking about RayV or something.
Yeah it doesn't have any lyrics until 45 seconds in, and originally I had character A (the subject of the vid) for the first 20 seconds, and then intro'd Char B and THEN the lyrics start and Char B comes in as narrator. I actually think the lyrics coming in so late is what makes not intro'ing Char B at the beginning not work that great in this situation, even though Char B is pretty solidly the "I" once the lyrics start.
The song is for a completely different fandom than the current vid is, so that's in my favor. *g*
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It might be possible to pull it off, with an visual effect to lampshade it and a really clear 'I' and 'You' in the lyrics, but I think if you can work it in earlier, you'll make your life much easier!
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If the song doesn't have as clear a POV right off the bat, it can be trickier, but I still think as long as that first "I" and "you" are crystal clear, most people will follow.
ETA: One case in which you might have a harder time getting it across is if the song goes against fanon type. For example, the song is "Goody Two-Shoes," and you're playing against type and making Fraser the POV character talking about RayV or something.
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The song is for a completely different fandom than the current vid is, so that's in my favor. *g*
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