One More Day Until the P4A!!!

2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 1 day later) · announcement · Hank · 3:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Internet & YouTube) · mode: Announcements · tags: calendar ritual, civic or action cta

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

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

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, Project for Awesome
• ★★ Hank recalls last year's (2007) 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
• ★★ 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

• reminder · 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)
• asked · 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)
• looked back · Project for Awesome 2007 edition: the final Brotherhood 2.0 project (2007) — Hank recalls last year's (2007) 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)
• promised · 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)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Hank: write a Project for Awesome song and post it as an mp3 (2008) — kept
• P4A 2008 edition — completed; last: looked back, 2009-06-21

Mentioned

Central: Project for Awesome

Also: BlogTV · Katherine Green · YouTube

Only in the description or credits: So Jokes

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