One More Day Until the P4A!!!

2008-12-17 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Global development · announcement promotion

On the eve of the 2008 Project for Awesome, Hank urges viewers to finish their videos, gives the BlogTV schedule, recalls last year's P4A as a community party, and gives a new thumbnail workaround (the P4A image as the whole second half of the video).

What is said

00:00:00 — Day before the Project for Awesome: Hank busy organising; make your video; clear your schedule to watch, rate and comment

★★ Hank says it is the day before the Project for Awesome and he has spent all day organising it and making his own P4A video. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome
★★★ Hank tells viewers who have not yet started their P4A video to start right now. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome
★★ Hank hopes viewers have cleared their schedules for the next two days to watch, rate and comment on Project for Awesome videos. (hedged) — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome

00:00:29 — BlogTV schedule for the 48 hours; Hank recalls last year's P4A as a YouTube-wide party and looks forward to community and doing good

★★★ Hank says he, John and his wife will spend most of the 48 hours of the 17th and 18th on it: John on BlogTV from noon Eastern, Hank later into the night. — 00:00:00 · John Green, Katherine Green, BlogTV, Project for Awesome
★★ Hank recalls last year's P4A as a huge YouTube-wide party: he and Katherine commented across videos and he found new YouTubers who became real-life friends. — 00:00:29 · Project for Awesome, Katherine Green, YouTube
★★ Hank says he looks forward to feeling part of a community, hanging out with friends, meeting new people and also doing good things. — 00:01:14 · Project for Awesome

00:01:43 — P4A thumbnail problem and fixes (green screen, picture in picture, printable image, P4A image as the whole second half); Hank decides to write a P4A song for it

★★ Hank apologises that the P4A thumbnail method is not working, according to reports. — 00:01:43 · Project for Awesome
★★ Hank jokes that if YouTube breaks his project's thumbnails it owes him a front-page feature, and says that is what he told them and what they did. (playful) (hedged) — 00:01:43 · YouTube
★★ Hank lists fixes: a green screen with the P4A image, picture in picture, or keeping the P4A image on screen; a printable image is linked in the sidebar. — 00:01:43 · Project for Awesome
★★★ Hank's fix for everyone: make the entire second half of the video the P4A thumbnail, then pick the last thumbnail in the edit-video settings. — 00:02:12 · Project for Awesome
★★ Hank says people can talk over that half, stay silent or use a song they have rights to, and gives permission to use songs from his album. — 00:02:41 · So Jokes
★★ Hank commits to writing a Project for Awesome song right away and posting it as a long mp3 in the sidebar for people to use. — 00:02:41 · Project for Awesome

00:03:40 — The song is written but not good; sign-off

★★ Hank reports the song is written and the mp3 is in the sidebar; it was fun to make but is not good. — 00:03:40

Threads in this video

remind · Hank asks viewers to make and submit P4A videos about their favourite charities (2008) — Hank reminds viewers to make their Project for Awesome videos, telling those who have not started to start right now. (00:00:00)
open · Hank asks viewers to spend the P4A days watching, rating and commenting on P4A videos (2008) — Hank hopes viewers have cleared their schedules for the next two days to watch, rate and comment on P4A videos. (00:00:00)
retro · Project for Awesome 2007 edition: the final Brotherhood 2.0 project (2007) — Hank recalls last year's Project for Awesome as a fun YouTube-wide party in the comments where he found new YouTubers who became friends. (00:00:29)
refine · What is the community's charity drive for: attention for causes, money, or the community itself? — Hank frames the P4A as a chance to feel part of a community, hang out with friends, meet new people and also do good things. (00:01:14)
rule-change · P4A 2008 edition — After reports that the thumbnail method is failing, Hank changes the P4A thumbnail rule: make the entire second half of the video the P4A image and choose the last thumbnail. (00:02:12)
make · Hank: write a Project for Awesome song and post it as an mp3 (2008) — Hank commits to writing a Project for Awesome song right now and putting it as an mp3 in the sidebar for people to use in their videos. (00:02:41)
kept · Hank: write a Project for Awesome song and post it as an mp3 (2008) — Hank says the P4A song mp3 is now in the sidebar and that he has already written the song. (00:03:11)

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