Fall of SOPA explained in 3 minute video

Simon sez, " This is a short motion graphic video concisely documenting the fall of SOPA with great attention to detail, and recognising future bills that may be a threat to online democracy. It is notable for the way in which it highlights SOPA as a great moment in history; a bill that threatened democracy was felled by one the greatest democratic sources in the world -- the internet."

The Fall Of SOPA

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tsa

Good video, except for the voice. As a non-native speaker I found it hard to understand what she said.
- KBert
  
  As a native speaker, likewise; even so, yeah!
- Sam Mularczyk
  
  Sorry to hear that! Didn’t really factor that in, sometimes us aussies have a weird accent :| If I could add subtitles to Vimeo, I would…
israfella

The message is great, but the music is distracting. Do they think we’re all so attention deficit that we can’t sit through a 3 minute video without electro music blaring in the background? The music should be at a much lower volume than the narration. In this video, the narration struggles to rise out of the music. In this particular video, I think no music would work best. The voice seems to have an annoying echo. I don’t mind the accent, but it sounds like it was recorded in a closet. This is an important message, it should be cleaned up a bit.
- Sam Mularczyk
  
  Hey Israfella, thanks for the tips! I found that wasn’t as effective without music, but maybe next time I’ll go for something more minimal and less intrusive.
  And yup, totally agree on the audio levels – that’s something I definitely should have fixed. It’s funny you mention that – it was recorded in a closet (or at least in a room about 2m square)… probably a bad decision on my part.Thanks again for your input – next time I’ll definitely be putting a little more thought into the audio, it’s definitely the weakest part of the animation
Alanna

I wonder where the narrator is from? That accent sounds more NZ than Aussie. Or do the Aussies overuse ‘actually’ just as much?
- Sam Mularczyk
  
  She’s an aussie (think she lived in NZ for a bit though? Nice catch!)
  
  Though I wrote the script, so the overuse of “actually” is probably my doing :/
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