Is this engaging editing that keeps you interested??

[hasty owl]

Hey I was feeling I might have overedited this, but I've been really putting a lot of crazy editing on my videos so people don't click off due to audience retention, does this keep you engaged?

[tacit zodiac]

I feel like if this was the type of niche I was into, then yeah it keeps me engaged!

[snow ore]

I don't think it's overedited at all, everything you put in added to the video super nicely imo. In summary, I was engaged yes

[slate pendant]

Yeah that looks really good. I think the time spent on black screens should be cut out, though I think thats just temporary for this post.
The shots we're you're just pushing in on the interviewee and occasionally zooming could use something else to spice them up, even just a graphic or change in the zooming. The one shot were someone walked through the background while the interviewee was talking was a good example
Overall that is really good though. That seems like it would keep really high engagement.

[hasty owl]

yeah i was thinking that, wdym by graphic?

I feel I could add something like that

[hasty owl]

ty 🙏

Im going to go back and edit the video more like this

[slate pendant]

By graphic I mean an icon or drawing or graph or something like that just to briefly pop up and have something new appear

[proper wagon]

Nice, good pacing! I would even add the words "Philosophical Disagreement" in screen when he says it (and then gone 1 second later).

Not over-edited Au77! Keep going like this

[hasty owl]

ty man

AND YES

that is a great suggestion

ill definitely be adding that

[hasty owl]

oh yeah ill try that too

[hard condor]

I don't think it's overedited, I think it's actually a level of edit I want for a subject I don't know anything about 🙂
Overediting would have a lot of flashy effects, subtitles everywhere, sound effects every 2 seconds, anything that would detract from the message instead of enhancing it.
You don't have that problem, it has a nice style+pacing and you should keep doing it without doubting it 🙂
If you can keep this editing in the first 30 second / 1 minute of the video to keep the retention high, you can probably lower the quality level a little bit after the first minute if you're late in your schedule / feeling burnt out or if it's asking too much effort (been there...).
If you can maintain that quality for more than 5 minutes though then maintain it, then do.

Though I'm saying that without being sure there's a longer video ahah

[hasty owl]

im trying to keep the video under 20 minutes

and ill try to keep it consistent throughout, ty

[pseudo pawn]

this is really good

very snappy, i dont think its overedited

[hasty owl]

ive been adding a lot of that text suggestion @proper wagon gave

I've noticed a lot of youtubers put text of what is being said on screen

to keep retention

[pseudo pawn]

yeah

i do it a lot in my side channel videos

very worth it

[hasty owl]

what font do you use?

ive been trying to get a font that looks right for it

[pseudo pawn]

caros bold in all lowercase https://www.freefonts.io/caros-font-family/

[tacit zodiac]

I use Dosis (but I know that doesn't suit everyone's tastes)

[proper wagon]

Nice that my suggestion gave you some inspiration! 😄

Now when choosing the font, pick a font that'll also look readable when you use it in your thumbnails. Then it will all match together, you'll slowly create your own style. So eventually you'll use this font in your video's, thumbnails, youtube banner