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I thought Mind Field was really cool. Obviously a very different feel to the normal vsauce videos but … I dunno, I don't see what's wrong about going that route
by scrollaway 5y ago
I thought Mind Field was really cool. Obviously a very different feel to the normal vsauce videos but … I dunno, I don't see what's wrong about going that route.
Derek of Veritasium is trying to go that route by himself. He released some documentaries of his own (which actually were of lower quality than his regular material, I thought).
Wendover is also releasing some long-form documentaries. He's much better at it, actually.
- raihansaputra 5y agoWhat's interesting is maybe the different incentive structures. I don't know how Derek is doing it, but Wendover seems like to get the funding mainly from Nebula/other sources. In the case of Vsauce, YouTube Red probably has agreements to let outside people manage it to be more "commercially-safe".
- cartoonworld 5y agoI watched some Mind Field and thought it was ok, but thought it was not as engaging as vsauce regular content. I figured that vsauce is good at making videos he makes. They gave him a cable format & crew and it didn't really translate his appeal. Someone like Veritasium or Wendover might be able to get very proficient in a documentary format, it sounds like they might have good ideas.