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• Bad Video Friday, Blog Post, Web Series

  Bad Video Friday — Week 2

  02.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  This weeks Bad Video Friday video is the new series “Hold Please”. At first glance you might think I am wrong… There’s nothing wrong with this series! At first glance, you’d be right. It is one nicely polished piece of work.

  But then it gets going and the main character tells us she’s an actress. Really!?! Do we have ANOTHER web series about an actress trying to make it?

  And what kind of receptionist makes $22.00 an hour?

  And why does the audio sound like that? Hear that buzz? There’s no room tone, god that gets annoying.

  And why does the first episode end right after the interview? I mean, how does that motivate me to watch episode 2? Is it going to let me down with no story as well?

  If you want, episode 2 is after the break.

• Bad Video Friday, Music Video, Web Series

  Bad Video Friday

  02.06.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  As I’m sure you gathered from the post title, I have decided to dedicate every Friday to a video, or series of videos, that I find to be excruciatingly bad.

  That’s right. Bad.

  I know I promised that ClaytonBoen.com would be dedicated to the great talent found on the Internet, but I’m finding that I learn more from bad works of art than I do from good ones. You can view something good and enjoy it, but when you view something bad there’s something inside of you that had to pick it apart. Something that forces you to say to yourself, “Self, I never want to do what these people did. It’s so bad! I need to figure out what they did wrong so I NEVER do it myself.

  So in the inaugural week of Bad Video Friday, I present to you: “Couch Cases”

  “Couch Cases” tries to mimic successful shows like “In Treatment” and “Web Therapy”. It doesn’t do a very good job.

  But instead of me talking about why its so bad, I want to invite you all to talk about it. What did they do wrong? What would you have done differently? If you’d like, there are a few more episodes inside the post… Watch them all, if you can (I couldn’t).

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