CH [ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED] - A Sample Round

[DildoBaggins]

I've been working on a first project for a bit now. I thought it'd be helpful to share a round to gauge where I'm at in terms of "do I suck and this". It's not entirely representative of the full project but covers a solid scope of what follows.

- 3440x1440 resolution (You'll have black bars on a standard 16:9 monitor/TV)
- Hardcore. Sorry softcore guys, though the silver lining is I'm tired of seeing dicks at this point and will probably go with softcore for any future project. There's also some 'softcore only' rounds you'll be able to check out, just not this one.
- First Project, set expectations accordingly.
- No beats (visual or auditory) and I don't plan to make an e-stim/funscript. I'm curious how much of a deal-breaker that is. I'm not opposed to making a beat track if needed, it's just not something I need myself. E-stim/funscript is a little different, I don't have equipment to test and would rather not zap someone's balls without being able to test before shipping.
- Comments appreciated. Hate it or love it, let me know. Brutality preferred, that's how we learn.

LINK: https://pixeldrain.com/u/PAdFvShu

*Note: It's called Round-1 but it's not the actual first round, there's an intro and softcore round prior to this.
*Note2: 900mb for 7mins might seems gratuitous but I'm still playing with compression settings, final delivery will be more reasonably sized.

- ENJOY!

[SoftDriver]

Hi DildoBaggins!

Firstly I'd like to say I'm not usually a fan of hardcore, but I'd like to say great work! You obviously have a talent for this so, take my comments below with a pinch of salt, and don't let it discourage you from continuing.

I'd love to see your softcore work in the future!

1:03 - Seems to have a frame missing, split second black out.
0:34 - 1:20 - I'd suggest adding a little dynamic zoom/ very slight camera shake.
Audio - Overall the audio mix is good with just the right level of music and background noise.
I'm not a huge fan of cum shots - but this is just my personal taste.
The wiggling cock made me giggle but its actually an interesting shot...
Tit job colour changing affect looks great.
5:04 - The frame rate speed slowdown is maybe a bit too noticeable, I think you might need to use a software like Topaz, to generate frames to reduce the stutter (especially if you plan on editing a lot more, and using slow-mo types of affects)

[DildoBaggins]

Thanks for the feedback SoftDriver! I have Overtone open in another tab so I don't forget to check it out, I'm a big fan of your other releases.

-The missed frame at 1:03's been corrected, that's what I get for making last minute changes and not doing a proper preview before uploading.
-I agree that ~0:30-1:30 section could use a little something.
-As for the frame rate issue, I have Topaz VideoAI but my GPU isn't great, so I'm saving that for a day where I can let the computer do it's thing, it's going to take hours and hours and I have other clips to do the same to. I figured it makes sense to save it for the end, then I can also swap clips out and not worry I wasted time upscaling/frame interpolating.

Glad you liked the parts you liked even if it's not to your taste per-se. I've been second guessing myself lately and it's killing progress so, good to know I'm not total hot garbage.

[senorgif2]

I generally like it, although calling it a CH with no intention of having beats, seems a little odd. I'm not a huge fan of the music track for this round, I wonder if that indicative of the music style for the entire thing. Generally I'm not a fan of male vocal tracks in productions like this. I like the video content, not the music, but that's personal taste. All in all, its a solid edit, besides the few mistakes and things that need polish as mentioned by softdriver. One other thing id add is since you are going for a higher resolution try to find higher resolution video sources, and if that's not possible upscale them. The low quality of some clips is very noticeable on my 1440p screen. Which reminds me; do you have an Emporium account?

[DildoBaggins]

I generally like it, although calling it a CH with no intention of having beats, seems a little odd. [...]

Thanks for the feedback Senorgif2!

-True, I should call it a long form PMV not a CH.
-As for the music, instrumentally it's pretty similar to this but with no vocals or female vocals, this is the only male vocal track (technically there's 2 more but I have instrumental versions for those). I tried to cut the vocals but they're too prominent in this track, all that ends up left is kick/snare/bass.
-As for the low res, this round has the oldest content I'm using, the other rounds have better sources. I plan to upscale/frame interpolate but I'm waiting until the end so I'm not doing redundant upscales.
-No emporium account, I never knew anyone with an invite and I bet my ratio isn't good enough anyway.

[TentacleWarlock]

Just checked it out and overall it has promise

- I didn't mind the music, it was slower but if the intention of this round is for the player to stroke slower and it almost be a frustrating experience SEEING the erotic visuals but not getting to fully experience it I think it works well. Especially if this round will be used for transitioning into some harder content or something (obviously we don't need a picturesque forest opening scene for every round but I assume if this is some kind of transition then it works fine). Overall its a nice experience

- I found the female vocals at around 2:15 jarring and not aligned with the slow melodic feel of the rest of the content, the slurping and porno styled acting/voice just didn't work for me for what the rest of the round seemed to be trying to do

- One of my biggest things and what I think will impact this the most going forward (given that you are reasonably competent at making visual clips together) is making this an actual Cock Hero. What I mean is that currently it is just kinda porn shots with some music in the background and what make Cock Heros special is the extra interactivity, making it an erotic journey. This could classically be done is several ways:

1. Adding beats, could be visual only beatbar (this way it doesn't interfere with the audio feel you are doing), audio only (Not really the best option IMO) or both. This a straightforward way to make it more of a Cock Hero.

2. You could instead add text based narration, like onscreen messages instructions the player how to stroke (very good idea to add a little variety, could add instructions to also massage balls or something if a scene like that comes up or for a round, or only stroke the head or something) and/or messages teasing the player or making it feel more interactive.
- This could be done by having an imaginary (or real/portrayed) host/narrator that has more direct messages to the player like "This next round is gonna be a hard one" or "Look at all these cocks getting to cum" ... " To bad yours has a long way to go" or other more direct commentary on the rounds/scenes to make the experience feel more interactive
- Alternatively you could do a less invasive approach having more general instructions and even single words appear on screen things like "Resist" "Don't Cum" "Imagine the pleasure" "soft lips" or whatever. If you have ever seen NUMBERONEFAN's works they, and similar creators, do this fairly well were its often less of a direct narrator/host interacting with the player and more vague general taunts, encouragement, or instructions, often appearing kinda like your "Louder is better" message at the beginning of this round.

3. You could even leave rounds entirely as they are with little interaction but then between rounds have a lot of interactions stuff, having some kind of host that instructs on interacts with the player or helps create some kind of narrative/story with the work (rather than just porn with some music). Just something to help tell a story or get people more invested in the work. An example might be one of the championship CHs where there's a host that interacts with the player as a "random" round is selected and then can provide commentary or instruction to the player.

Overall just something to make it more interactive and more of a Cock Hero would be wonderful (and depending on how its done you could always then also release a PMV version if you want just without the added cock hero elements, lots of creators have started doing this, but I do think that while it may be a little bit more work, the end result would be so much better)

Anyways this is a nice start and I look forward to seeing what the finished product is like!

[senorgif2]

-No emporium account, I never knew anyone with an invite and I bet my ratio isn't good enough anyway.

I asked because I have an invite, you can grab some higher quality sources perhaps. PM me.

[DildoBaggins]

Just checked it out and overall it has promise

- I didn't mind the music, it was slower but if the intention of this round is for the player to stroke slower and it almost be a frustrating experience SEEING the erotic visuals but not getting to fully experience it I think it works well. Especially if this round will be used for transitioning into some harder content or something (obviously we don't need a picturesque forest opening scene for every round but I assume if this is some kind of transition then it works fine). Overall its a nice experience

Thanks for the feedback, TentacleWarlock! The gist of this round was to be a primer that covers the bases of what follows. As for the music, while there's faster stuff in other rounds I'm not a fan of the '300bpm friction burns' style of pace.

- I found the female vocals at around 2:15 jarring and not aligned with the slow melodic feel of the rest of the content, the slurping and porno styled acting/voice just didn't work for me for what the rest of the round seemed to be trying to do

You're in luck, the final renders will be multi-track audio ( I can also remux different versions), so there will be a version with music only and no moans/scene audio.

- One of my biggest things and what I think will impact this the most going forward (given that you are reasonably competent at making visual clips together) is making this an actual Cock Hero.

This is the aspect I've struggled with. Originally I wanted to do a full plotline but being new to video editing it seemed like I should focus on the video aspect first and foremost. The latter rounds have some JOI audio type stuff alongside the music which hopefully will provide some additional direction and pacing.

I definitely don't want a beatmeter, there's been many great CHs with meters but I find them distracting and don't want to waste the screen real estate. A beat sound I considered, and will take a stab at, but again, it's not something that does much for me, so it's low priority for now. I think I can pull it together into something reasonably cohesive in the end, we'll see.

[ratsgat]

Wonderful! Not many CH lately are to my liking but really looking forward to this one.

And - who is the girl with the large areolas?

[Teacan]

Wonderful! Not many CH lately are to my liking but really looking forward to this one.

And - who is the girl with the large areolas?

Alexa Pearl I think.