Feedback on latest vid?

[runic zodiac]

Howdy fellow creators! I’ve recently been putting a lot more planning, time and effort into my videos over the past three uploads. If anyone is into TV and movie reviews if you wouldn’t mind watching my newest video and giving me both positive and negative feedback? You’ve all been so helpful over my past two that I want to know if the improvements are getting there! Dita Beard is My Spirit Animal! (White House Plumbers Ep. 2 Review)
https://youtu.be/Szt6xN0j6hU

[celest fossil]

Well done.

The video and audio quality are really nice! Pacing and tone is great too and feels natural/comfortable.

You do a great job intersplicing scenes. I wonder if the first half might benefit from using some footage as b-roll (ex when you’re talking about specific characters).

I also might play with some light ambient music to tie it all together. Something soft so that your v/o isn’t overwhelmed.

[gentle hound]

For the Thumbnail: The image doesn't do anything to make me wanna click on it even if i'm interested in the show. I'd swap it for your face (faces are great for CTR) and put the show's logo+EP number large and to the right, your face to the left (Westerners naturally look left to right). Don't copy text in title and thumbnail. If it's in your thumbnail it doesn't need to be in your title and vice versa.

[runic zodiac]

Wonderfully put, thank you so much! I’ve been debating myself whether to use B roll footage during character discussion or keep the picture of said person as I’ve been doing, I’ll definitely try it out for episode 3 along with ambient sounds in the back is something I’ve been heavily debating.

[runic zodiac]

Yeah honestly I’m not gonna lie, the thumbnail was made in a hurry just so the video could be uploaded since my schedule has been inconsistent due to health issues but things are slowly being fixed with the exact thing you mention! I was going to put my face over Ditas(woman in pink) for an eye catcher. I usually put myself in the thumbnail (ex shown below) but have heard mixed reviews about them as well.

[runic zodiac]

I see what you mean with the “Episode 2 review” in the thumbnail, definitely something I’ll work on fixing tomorrow before I head to work/write episode threes script.

[gentle hound]

your face is way too small. It should take up about 40% of the space, and probably be the only face in the thumb.

Good thumbnails tend to only have 2-3 main elements in them. Simple and large. It can vary by niche, but most niches and the most popular tend to do this. Mr beast, the largest gaming channels, the largest reaction channels, etc. movie and TV shows are similar. You'll see this trend with Jeremy Jahns, Christ Stuckmann, Flimi Indian, etc. Even RedLetterMedia even does it.

The more elements you put in your thumbnail, the higher cost it is for me to read them all and understand what the thumbnail is. The more walls you put up, the less people will work to get through them all. UI designers know this super well. You want your content to be as accessible as possible for the max number of people in the max number of scenarios. mobile, PC, TV, etc. Make your stuff as simple as possible while still being understandable.

I'd swap out the name of the show for an emotional adjective that makes me wanna click

then use the name of the show+episode number review, is your SEO that you put in the title

don't use SEO terms in a thumbnail

too small

Even at the smallest size, I can tell it's an indiana jones movie review

also keep in mine your bottom right part of the thumb will be covered by the time

[runic zodiac]

Ahhh I see what you mean now, thank you so much for the input, I’ll definitely work on fixing the ones I already created and put it in to future thumbnails as well. The diagram along with the samples from your channel made it click in my head, couldn’t be more grateful 🥲

[gentle hound]

np. I hope it helps! I think you have all the ingredients already, you just need to put them together more effectively.

it's also extremely important to oput your face in the thumbnail. It's like like a free 2%+ CTR boost. I'd do it if I used my face in my videos.

[runic zodiac]

Yeah I definitely do I’ve noticed just the sheer difference from each video improvement wise. As for the images you posted are those from a third party website/app? I’m currently using TubeBuddy but I feel as if it’s become not as helpful over the passed two years or so?

[gentle hound]

thumbsup.tv is what I was using in that pic

I'd never pay for tubebuddy or vidiq. free vidiq is ok for more easily pulling info from stuff like subscriber amount

if oyu go into youtube analytics, it'll show what platform your viewers are watching on. I was surprised like half of mine watch on TV

[runic zodiac]

Awesome I’ll look into that, yeah TubeBuddy was awesome back in the 2017 “reaction” type days but now it’s not as useful.

[runic zodiac]

Oh wow I didn’t know analytics showed that much info!

[gentle hound]

a lot of these guru resources are large corporations preying on you by selling generic advice that you've already heard, or is available for free

ChannelMakers is a great example. Recent video came out. Turns out it's not one passionate guy making videos to help you, it's a corporate business with like 20 guys behind the scenes who paid some actor as the face of it

I think they change like $450 for "discord access" too. It's obscene

[runic zodiac]

Wonderfully put 😂

[runic zodiac]

What!?! Yeaaa no way I’d be paying more than $5 a month for a service and that’s pushing it 😂

[gentle hound]

his "room" that looked like a bedroom, was actually a set in a warehouse lol. But yeah. VIDIQ is the same. Rob is literally an actor and not the founder or owner of VIDIQ.