Open Letter to Matt

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I will be starting audio recordings of this letter by July 20th, so if any changes need to be made to this letter, please make it before that date. Thanks. Great letter
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TheVeganAtheist wrote:I will be starting audio recordings of this letter by July 20th, so if any changes need to be made to this letter, please make it before that date. Thanks. Great letter
Cool, once again I look forward to it.
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After much deliberation, I have decided that I won't create a video on this latest letter. It is much longer then I anticipated. In an effort to upload more content more often, I am creating shorter videos and I am already busy creating the following weeks videos. This letter contains enough material to make a few videos and would involve an enormous amounts of the time (as did the first 3 part letter).
With the authors permission I would like to publish this latest letter to theveganatheist.com website and annotate on the already created letter to Matt its existence.
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I believe that the video played a large part in drawing attention, and later Matt, to the letter. In my opinion the letter video was one of the best videos currently on TVA's Youtube channel this is to be understood as someone who did not comment on the first letter.

I therefore have 2 proposals regarding the follow up letter;
  • The video letter could be shortened with a link to where the full letter could be found.
  • The video letter could be produced by another member of the forum, who is a confident speaker and a capable video producer.
although there are more fitting places to add this comment, I praise TVA for creating the videos on a weekly basses, regular content is likely to keep an audience and add to the already vast success of his channel.
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I agree with bobo0100
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Would anyone be interested in working together on this video? I may do it if someone can do the reading.
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TheVeganAtheist wrote:Would anyone be interested in working together on this video? I may do it if someone can do the reading.
What if we wrote a short version, that fits into a 4-5 min video?
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If anybody has a good reading voice and a mic I would support that.

I thought the animation was more time consuming, though? Would it be useful if we all helped collect all of the funny images, and put them in order (syncing up with the text)?
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brimstoneSalad wrote:If anybody has a good reading voice and a mic I would support that.

I thought the animation was more time consuming, though? Would it be useful if we all helped collect all of the funny images, and put them in order (syncing up with the text)?
The animation takes some time, but the record and editing the audio can be a real pain. Collecting images is not a problem for me.
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miniboes wrote:
TheVeganAtheist wrote:Would anyone be interested in working together on this video? I may do it if someone can do the reading.
What if we wrote a short version, that fits into a 4-5 min video?
I don't think it would do the full letter justice.
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