Update on my next video (May 2018)

Just a quick update on my upcoming Elder Scrolls video essay. I've been planning this video in my head and with notes for a long time, but it really crystallized after my Why Fallout Isn't Fallout video, and my interview with Elder Scrolls 1 & 2 project leader Julian LeFay/Jensen.

It was clear to me that a similar treatment on the evolution of the Elder Scrolls would be similar in scope to my Fallout video, and probably around the same length. Well apparently, I was wrong.

The final script of Why Fallout Isn't Fallout was about 5,200 words. The Elder Scrolls: A Promise Unfulfilled set in at 13,000. This is not only my biggest scripted video to date, but well over double my biggest video.

So it's safe to say this was a massive project. It's taken me nearly a month to finish the script, game recording and voiceover audio. I'm half-done with the audio mastering and editing, but I've started on the video side as well. The introduction and format is basically done and it will follow a similar format as my Fallout video, though tweaked to better suit the fantasy flavor of the Elder Scrolls.

This is going to be BIG.

Estimating at around 70 minutes long, this will be an epic breakdown, retrospective and analysis hopefully worthy of the titles that inspired it. I also looked back at the way I used to master my voiceovers and how I used to speak. Technical issues aside (I didn't sound dampen my room well at the time), I think my voiceover was the best around the Fallout video/Arcanum era (around July-September of last year), so I have taken steps to emulate the best of both worlds: cleaner, echo-less audio but having the pleasant range and sound of my older videos.

Hopefully these changes and this massive amount of work will pay off in the end, but that unfortunately means I may not be able to release the video this month, though I will try my hardest to do so. 70 minutes is a ton of video to cut, and with the way I edit I can sometimes spend several minutes to an hour to find the perfect clip for even a small segment.

I will try for an end-of-month release but I honestly do not know how long it will take until I have finished the video. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support, and I look forward to when I can show you more!