Comments on: 5 Rules for Five Second Projects

By: The Gorilla

The Gorilla — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:48:00 +0000

Actually, these new rules came after all the hullabaloo surrounding that winner.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:24:20 +0000

The last winning submission was over 5 seconds long. Sending some mixed messages there Nick.

By: illd

illd — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:44:48 +0000

Cause the gorilla said so!

By: elitwin

elitwin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:35:34 +0000

oh and… bed bugs & monkeys

By: elitwin

elitwin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:31:04 +0000

So glad to hear. You’ve won me back.

By: Rounin

Rounin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:28:55 +0000

Nick laying down the law.

@Chase, I think it’s fine if it was just 1 or 2 seconds of black with 5 seconds of actual animation.

Nick you also seem to have some html/CSS issue with your side bar. It’s on the bottom on the main page. It screws up the whole design. It looks fine when you click on the posts though.

By: Chase

Chase — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:50:14 +0000

I know the animation should be 5 seconds – but does the vimeo post itself have to be 5 seconds? Alot of the short vimeo posts I have seen seem to get lopped off at the end, not to mention the annoying playback controls overlay. I prefer a second or two of black so people can get settled in their seats, get popcorn, etc. before the show starts. Thoughts?

By: A3

A3 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:00:58 +0000

Never mind, I was still listening to the video when I posted that… a few seconds later you clarified that.

By: A3

A3 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:58:18 +0000

Hi Nick,

When you say “less than five seconds” it seems as the videos can only be 1, 2, 3 and 4 seconds long.. leaving out the ones that are 5 seconds long, and that´s the name of the projects hehe,or did I get it wrong?

By: Joe Clay

Joe Clay — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:42:07 +0000

Thanks for saying that! Most work, unless it’s text-based, should be strong enough to convey the theme.