Mashable's Harry Potter Summary Video Occurs in a Weasley 2 Minutes
Alyson Wyers — July 18, 2014 — Pop Culture
References: youtu.be & laughingsquid
For those of you who have been living under a rock and have not watched or read the Harry Potter series, Mashable has created a somewhat accurate Harry Potter summary in a 2 minute video. Harry Potter in 2 Minutes is part of their ongoing TL;DW project (short for Too Long; Didn't Watch). It is clear by the commentary of Bob Al-Greene and Max Knoblauch they are only summarizing the movies and perhaps themselves have not read the books.
With illustrations by Bob Al-Greene and animations from Noah Sterling, this Harry Potter summary is a humorous take on what happens in eight films. It also voices frustration with Lord Voldemort's inability to kill Harry as a baby.
With illustrations by Bob Al-Greene and animations from Noah Sterling, this Harry Potter summary is a humorous take on what happens in eight films. It also voices frustration with Lord Voldemort's inability to kill Harry as a baby.
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Movie Summary Videos — Opportunities for sites to create short, humorous summaries of popular film franchises like Harry Potter.
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Visual Summaries — An exclusive emphasis on illustrations and animations rather than plots of film series will attract viewership.
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TL;DW Projects — Short-text formats offer opportunities for media sites and content creators to produce summaries of events or complicated pieces in entertainment.
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Entertainment — Entertainment companies can create easily digestible summaries of popular franchises like Harry Potter to attract non-readers.
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Online Media — Digital content creators can do movie summaries in visual formats as well as create short synopses of news stories.
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Social Media — Facebook, Twitter, and others alike holding their user's attention for more prolonged intervals could benefit from implementing shorter summaries of longer content.
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