Plagiarism Video Update + Remastered First Half (Patreon)

Hello Freakers,

The next video, "Plagiarism and You(Tube)" is EXCRUCIATINGLY close to done - we even have a name for it now! I'd love to show you the near-final draft, but I don't want to risk alerting the subjects before the video is public. So instead, now is the chance to show off how much a video develops as I work on it.

Linked above is the final version of the first 80 minutes. You'll notice a heck of a lot of changes, the main ones being:

- Tons of reshot live action segments

- Part 2 (Iilluminaughtii) is now part 3, because...

- An entire new part 2 has been made, a case study on the Cinemassacre plagiarism story!

- The Iilluminaughtii segment is also no longer horrifically long and painful, and is more focused, with tons of rewrites.

Somehow, this draft is 12 minutes shorter than the last one, but contains a ton more material. I don't even know how that happened. For people who already saw the first version, I hope seeing the difference between the two demonstrates the way my videos develop as I work on them. I'm infinitely thankful for having the chance to take the time to do this video right. I don't know how I'd have managed if I had to get this out on any normal timescale.

More content which couldn't make it in for time reasons is going in a separate video which will hopefully go up at the same time on a second channel, for people interested in knowing more. This will make it easier for viewers to understand some of the plagiarism and its effects without having to consult a 3 hour video.

The full thing is looking to hit the 3:20:00 mark, making it technically shorter than the longest video I've ever made, so I haven't broken my promise of making shorter videos!

We're in the process of finalizing all the visuals, redoing vocals for clarity, we commissioned some animations for a segment near the end because we thought it would add to the mood, and we're in the process of reaching out to the people who were plagiarised to give them a heads-up before the video goes live.

I want to apologise for how long this has taken, but FOR ONCE (and only once), it isn't entirely my fault. I think when the final video is done, you'll see why. I'd love to take the blame for the delay by saying "I underestimated how long it takes to properly document someone's plagiarism," but I couldn't possibly have known they'd have ripped off so many people. I'm just flabbergasted.

Let me know what you think,

- Harry