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by Michael Gray 
May 5th 2009 at 12:00PM
It's been a little while since we've had a guild recruitment video on Moviewatch, so I was pretty happy to get a note from Horror. He told us about the Scytheguard Recruitment Video, which he'd built for his Forsaken-only roleplay guild on Sentinels.
The video's got a few good ideas behind it, and has a few things that could be improved. First, I liked Horror's idea for a voice-over. Since his guild is exclusively for the undead, starting off with that nightmarish "you can't breathe anymore" idea is a great start to roleplay. That being said, I think the opening went a little longer than needed. Anyone checking out a trailer needs fast-paced action, or they'll wander off.
I think showing snippets of Northrend is also a good idea. There's enough random footage of gameplay out there that you want your prospective recruit to know you're progressing, and enjoying current content. Otherwise, they may assume your guild's just a few friends who threw a Fraps up on YouTube. (And while there's nothing wrong with that, it might get in the way of recruitment.)
Now, this was Horror's first and only video so far, so I can see why he's using an unregistered Fraps. But if he does more videos, he should go ahead and grab the registered version, and get the watermark off the top of his video. The video looks neat, but the watermark's a little distracting.
If you have any suggestions for WoW Moviewatch, you can mail them to us at machinima AT wowinsider DOT com.
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, WoW Moviewatch
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Narica May 5th 2009 1:25PM
Scytheguard isn't a raiding guild by any means. Don't think they've had a guild run of Sarth, let alone Naxx yet.
They're one of the more active RP guilds on the server, though, to my knowledge.
lol May 5th 2009 1:48PM
i thought the HD button was supposed to make the video look better D=
Horror May 5th 2009 2:24PM
Such love. :) Thank-you.
The video was tossed together while Wrath Beta was going on. So the music hadn't been released. It was a little "push" for people to roll a Forsaken and get in on the juicy lore when WOTLK launched.
Yeah, that's my voice.
I wish I could have spent more time on the machinima, but it was amazing I could sit down and do what I did on my busy schedule and a computer what lacks harddrive space and...y'know, not being able to afford video capture software.
Would I do another one? No.
But I do a lot of other WoW-related 'art':
http://whitebunny.deviantart.com/
Thanks again for posting the video. Scytheguard festers with joy.
Keyra May 5th 2009 6:49PM
I actually liked it, though I could see a few areas that needed to be edited. Little things, really (like the zoom out sequences being first increased in size so that the box didn't become part of the picture, and increasing the overall video just a little to hide the Fraps watermark), but considering your computer's limitations, it was still pretty cool insofar as the visuals. The voice was a little hard to understand at times, but still fit for the Forsaken. All-in-all, a good guild recruitment video, and the logo was awesome!
king0lag May 6th 2009 2:16PM
I love this guild :3