Mr. Feature Creep: Just One More Change

About this episode

Paul Hardt shares humorous and painful true stories about the phenomenon of Feature Creep in media production.

Send us Fan Mail Ever had a media video client ask for “just one more thing”? Welcome to the world of Feature Creep—where a simple three-minute video spirals into CGI mascots, helicopter shots, courtroom drama, and toddlers dictating color palettes. From a newsroom commercial gone wild in 1990, to the Fast & Furious of plant nursery training videos, Paul Hardt shares hilarious (and painful) true stories of edits that never ended. Learn why chasing “perfect” can turn into ego management, h...

People in this episode

Host: Paul Hardt

Topics covered

• Feature Creep
• media production
• video editing
• storytelling

Keywords

• CGI mascots
• helicopter shots
• courtroom drama
• color palettes

Mentioned in this episode

Products: video editing software, CGI tools

Books & works: the Fast & Furious

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