#I need no holding back feedback on my intro

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https://youtu.be/jXqFwCY0nhE Here is the clip unlisted
I have some thoughts of my own and you can see if you agree:

  1. 10-13 is very boring and grainy looking and makes me lose interest
  2. Some lines may need to be rerecorded for better speech clarity
  3. I'm iffy about the stadia clip that I put in there
  4. Subtitles, are they needed?
  5. Is this video even interesting idek anymore
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@haughty dagger @upper harbor

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Here is the intro

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@heady root

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I know you need to study but if you want a quick study break

heady root
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exam is in like 4 hours so gotta get ready too xD

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Yeah thats for sure the focus good luck!

haughty dagger
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I’m ready letsagoooo

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Annnnd I’m bored

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lol sorry I had to make a joke

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Ok, so I see what you mean, give me a moment to go through your drop-down list and make comments for all of them

strange stratus
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If you got stuff of your own to add go ahead

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Like it doesnt just have to be my list

heady root
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ero can i give the feedback after 9-10 hours

strange stratus
heady root
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gotta prepare and get out kinda in lotta pressure

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oki I'll come back from exam and give a good feedback

strange stratus
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Yeah man no worries do what you got to do first goodluck!

heady root
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cya on the other sideee

haughty dagger
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= 1. 10-13 is very boring and grainy looking and makes me lose interest =

- I'd argue the topic is more of a dry topic and less than any particular section is boring. What I mean by this is you have to *add* to the video interesting notes unlike other topcs which are more interesting and you have to *avoid* taking away interesting notes.

So instead of writing a video about an "interesting subtopic in this interesting topic" (like the spongebob video was, spongboeb is interesting, murder is interesting, well... dont quote me there lol) youre dealing with a case of "this somewhat dull topic actually has an interesting subtopic to reveal"

_ I actually think that the 10s marker started off with a strong note! I wanted to know more about "googles hiddens ecerts in secert search terms". It feel short when I realized we are only talking about Snake, the snake game, thats found by googling the word snake. But the other search terms might be a cool topic to cover, if its in your interest.

- By the 6s mark, I would have signed off personally because I'm not sure an interesting note will be made. I am also *biased* and also *not interested in snake game* in general. Your viewers might be, but I think this is a step down from the Spongebob video in topic interest.
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= 2. Some lines may need to be rerecorded for better speech clarity =

- I agree, but I think more interest needs added as you clarify a bit. Like... Why do I care about Snake game? Whats so cool or so interesting or so different or so etc about it? Why do I care about stadia? Are they a money grubbing, corrupt company that has some dark secert in making the snake game? Or are they just... stadia....? Sorry Im going to really lean on this note.

= 3. I'm iffy about the stadia clip that I put in there =
- I agree here too. I dont like it, not because its long (i think youre imply that?) but because it doesnt imply that we should be shocked or anything. I looks like youre trying to imply that stadia being a great company is a laughable thing with the over interested man, but thats exactly the problem here. Im agreeing with the joke. What IS the interesting thing about Stadia and why *should* i care as a viewer?

= 4. Subtitles, are they needed? =

- IMO, theyre never needed, but always welcome if youre unsure about clarity. Reading takes more mental space and takes longer than watching but it does keep retention a tad higher if done right. In this case with all the moving elements, I think you should keep text to absolute minimal, only for big punching points or notable words that add to your clarity.

= 5. Is this video even interesting idek anymore =

- Nope. I wouldnt say so. BUT this isnt a thing to be upset about. Like... How would you thumbnail this? Whats so interesting about snake? Its just a 2d game from a long time ago. IS there something fascinating here that you simply havent told me? (For example something like "The snake game was made to embezzle mafia funds" idk, or "the snake game resulted in 100 deaths" or like "the snake game has a secert imposisble level that google says if you can beat you'll get 1 million ducks" or "snake game has speedrunners in a cheating scandle" etc something extra to add)
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BUT I am BIASED

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Im sorry but the ending was more of a hook intro that the actual intro

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Imagine if the video STARTED like this:

"in this video I'm going to go over how Google snake was made how a speedrunning community was Spawn from it how Team Fortress 2 has anything to do with it and how there are mods yeah this shit goes deep"

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Its still not captivating me (im biased) but it is much better imo to captivate and hook those who might be interested in this

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Ok yeah you are totally right the ending part should be the intro and the rest should come after it if at all

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And you also brought to my attention I tend to assume people know about topics more than most do

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so stadia is so interesting to me because it was Google's big console they released and spent millions on. They had big ad campaigns and claimed it would innovate the gaming industry. I find it ironic that Google Snake had 7 and counting years of development while this multi million dollar project that was going to revolutionize gaming lasted only 3

haughty dagger
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So, theres your answer

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When you say "So instead of writing a video about an "interesting subtopic in this interesting topic" (like the spongebob video was, spongboeb is interesting, murder is interesting, well... dont quote me there lol) youre dealing with a case of "this somewhat dull topic actually has an interesting subtopic to reveal" is that a bad thing? Like can a video done in this way work or are you saying I should focus on something else

haughty dagger
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Oh no it depends, mostly on you and what you have to say on the topic

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For example, I love colors! I know sooooo much really random info on colors

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Hey want to learn the different ways we classify colors?

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There's four main structures

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My favoruite divides colors by hue, value, and chroma.... and youre gone

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Why did any of that matter?

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But if instead i said:

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Hey! Want to learn how color theory can help you make your thumbnails stand out?

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Suddenly its interesting

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Boring topic, interesting subtopic

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You have a boring topic (to me, personally), what is the interesting subtopic?

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yeah I agree that the topic is boring too dont worry

haughty dagger
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Why should i watch? What question will you answer?

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Google's Most Popular Game was an Easter Egg

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here is the title

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if that adds more context

haughty dagger
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That is kinda interesting

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because... Im going to ask what is googles most popular game

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But youll immediately answer it

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Its snake

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The snake game

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What about the other points you made? Like how TF2 is involved or the speedrunning commpunity?

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Im personally fascinated by speedrunning, so biased

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But a video on the crazy strides in speedrunning the snake game could be interesting

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haughty dagger
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AND it could be a major reason why snake is popular

haughty dagger
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You can make it too

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Yeha i feel like I could do it better

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but tbh I felt his video was boring but not to his fault

haughty dagger
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Every indie horror letsplayer in here played the same gqmes as me

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it just is more of a boring topic

haughty dagger
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a certain SOMEONE HERE keeps leaving REVIEWS on games that i want to play

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Bingo

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Its a boring topic

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It needs something added

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Like, colors + thumbnails

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Or foundation structures + natural disasters

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Etc

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Whats the thumbnail?

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Also switching to S2T my cat has made me a chair

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Ok so let me pitch my idea for making this video originally and you tell me if it's interesting or not. So basically I was curious on how this game has gotten so many updates over the years. I did some digging and got in contact with the developer of the game himself. and interviewed him I also found out the game has a dedicated speedrunning community and modding community. And I think the history of how the game got updates in the first place is interesting because they werent originally planned

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Basically I think there are a lot of unkown things about the game that are really cool and I want to share it but packaging it in a way that other people want to see has been really hard for me

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Snake. Google’s most popular game they have EVER released is the game Snake. Yeah I'm serious.

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Would this be a better hook

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or am I being dumb rn

haughty dagger
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Like is the game profitable?

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No not at all

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it loses money

haughty dagger
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Is the speed running community scandalous?

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Are there events or dedicated things made for the community?

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It IS interesting that it’s the most popular game, up until you realize none of googles games are “popular”

strange stratus
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Yeah true

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The original title was "The History of Google Snake" but I bet you can guess why that was changed

haughty dagger
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It’s like me saying:

The most popular video on YouTube is a children's song, until you realize that most other videos don't consistently capture such a wide and diverse audience

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Not as interesting as:

The most popular video on YT is made by a creepy channel that makes soft core videos directed AT CHILDREN and no one is stopping them

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(That’s why things like Elsa gate are super popular, because it takes an uninteresting topic, children YouTube videos, and adds an interesting subtopic, creepy channels/harm towards youth/something horrific happening/corruption)

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I have to say I actually don’t know what the most popular YouTube video is and I’m just saying this as an example

strange stratus
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Ok yeah I see what you mean

haughty dagger
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There’s a speed running community for the fastest to touch a specific color in Minecraft

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And I actually like that community, but mostly, we don’t talk about it unless there’s a scandal

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Tbh speedrunning was/is going to be a small part of the video

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I think whats happened here is the videos main premise has shifted so much that the script is in shambles and is going all sorts of ways

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I need to just find something to focus on and talk about it

haughty dagger
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What’s your thumbnail?

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Idk how to package this video

haughty dagger
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Sorry, I just I keep mentioning it because it’s a thing that I use myself

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here is the first one that I tbh love

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but i think most people wont

haughty dagger
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Think of the thumbnail in concept. If you can’t think of an incredible thumbnail, that would capture someone’s interest you probably don’t have an interesting topic or you haven’t thought it through.

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Omg

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Stop

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No one

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lmao

haughty dagger
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I promise you

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haughty dagger
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No one will click on that video unless they have another incentive

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Here is what mexy mocked up

haughty dagger
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Oh my god no stop

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No one will click on that

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What question is it answering?

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What is the interesting thing I should be looking forward to

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Is this a speed run of snake google game?

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Is this just a replay of a stream some streamer did playing snake for 10 hours straight

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I’m being hard on you because you’re an incredible channel and I see your potential

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Really if you were less great as a creator, I would be so much easier on you and assume you would learn these things over time because that’s just part of it

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haughty dagger
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You just had a big break, now it’s time to make it work for you

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Here are the thumbnails of some big snake videos

haughty dagger
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I can be really hard and sometimes even confusing

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so idk its hard to base on other in the niche

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idea wise

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and creativily

haughty dagger
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I’m gonna be really brutally honest here I can’t imagine 1 million people are searching for hacks for the Google snake game and if they are, I highly doubt they’re watching anything about this game for longer than two minutes

haughty dagger
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Your last video was so successful because it took something that people already enjoyed talking about and you talked about something they would want to know, but didn’t realize they wanted to know

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You’re also talking about something so interesting that they couldn’t help to pass it up

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You could make SpongeBob videos for the rest of your career or you could talk about the dark sides of cartoons in general. or you could talk about other darker twisted sides to media

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You could talk about theories, lore, or hidden secrets

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I just dont think I can do it tbh. I really enjoyed my time making the video but my passion is for sure more about video games and video essays on stuff

haughty dagger
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Bingo!!!

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wdym

haughty dagger
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“ ijust dont think I can do it tbh. I really enjoyed my time making the video but my passion is for sure more about video games and video essays on stuff

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Do video essays on video games that are interesting, popular, well loved, etc

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Not the snake game (unless you can really lean into something fascinating about it)

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Like what about the hidden elements in games? Or their creation? Or the character arcs? Or lore/theories? Or their toxic/strange communities?

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So you think the best course of action is to scrap this idea?

haughty dagger
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But that’s only because I don’t know anything about the topic and I can’t think of any awesome more incredible video topics from it

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And all that note, I can’t think of an interesting where I catching thumbnail that answers a question that someone might have

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The only reason I think it possibly could work is because these vids jsut did so insane

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and they are all bad

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IF i did make the video and thats a big if, should i jsut focus less on clickbaity and more just like

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history

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like be blunt

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yeah this vid is for people that like interesting stuff on niche games

haughty dagger
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But they’re all incredibly short and therefore very easy to watch, and they all have a question that they’re answering

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watch it or dont

haughty dagger
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It’s not Clickbait if the video is advertising something fascinating that is actually discussing the video

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I personally think if you were to upload this video, you should only do it if you have some thing that a general audience that you want to appeal to would be interested in your video

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Look at the videos again and think of what the question or the point of the video is

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This guy is a huge influence on me

haughty dagger
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Those are two questions

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That now I’m wondering

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I might go and watch this video

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This vid too

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this is like a top 3 creator for me

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i love his stuff

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and he inspires me al ot

haughty dagger
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There’s questions here too! I think you’re a mix of narration driven (that’s my topic form too) and informative

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yeah youre right

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I sent those more as cope i think

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So you fr think theres no way to turn this video into something good?

haughty dagger
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I don’t know Ero, but I do think you’re trying to opt out

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You keep repeating it

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I personally think if you were to upload this video, you should only do it if you have some thing that a general audience that you want to appeal to would be interested in your video

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Some question, some absurd concept

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Stuff like that

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Oh

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MARIO IS HERE

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Step back, it’s about to get real

heady root
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also apologies for suddenly showing up xD

strange stratus
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Lol its good

heady root
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i was bored on the metro

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I also have another idea that I think could be interesting

heady root
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I'll put in my two cents after the exam takes all my dollars today

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Yeah thank you Luna you've been super helpful

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and im sorry for being defensive

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I just really want to make this idea work and i dont think ive got it in me

haughty dagger
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Mexy you honor me

heady root
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no matter what we say

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post it

haughty dagger
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Now that

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Is a beautiful message

heady root
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it's a passion project you should go for it with the best u got

haughty dagger
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Sometimes I forget, YT isn’t a business for everyone or for every video

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the root of the video comes from the questions ive had for years about the game all the way back when I was in like 6th grade

heady root
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But it's hard to know if literally anyone else will care

heady root
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I'll bring in my 10 accounts

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heady root
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so dw about the views

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make a good enjoyable video that u are proud of

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and post

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then sleep

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I have an idea though that could be popular

haughty dagger
heady root
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heady root
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why let it go to waste

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Because I cant figure out how to package this video

heady root
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Put "best game" in thumbnail

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My lazy side wnats to just call it "The Shocking History of Google Snake"

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or soemthing and be done

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and let it ride

heady root
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and title write "I INTERVIEWED the creator of Google's best game*

strange stratus
heady root
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why not make the most interesting point of the video it's focal point

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yeah

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why not

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even though I delve into all parts of the game?

heady root
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you wrote best game in thumbnail

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begin with i interviewed

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show a snippet

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then be like but before that

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let's trace why it is the best game

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and then go to the interview

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chapter it so if people really want just the interview they can watch that

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yeah that could be good

heady root
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you can't call a game best game

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I think I might sleep on it

heady root
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and not explain why

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before interview

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so a good progression

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The original plan was to intersplice the interview throughout the video to explain parts of it

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of like how things happened

heady root
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do you want to read the script

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Or nah

heady root
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then the entire video is the interview anyways

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so no clickbait too

heady root
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ok gonna disappear again

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cya ero and luna

strange stratus
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seeya goodluck on your exam

haughty dagger
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Cyaaa Mexy!

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Well hey Mexy for the win!

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I’d say you have a great shot now

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Have you watched the show The Boys?

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i was thinking if I do have to become a tvshow theory channel

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a theory aboutr how the ceo of vought could be resurrected in the last season of the show

haughty dagger
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You don’t have to become anything Ero!

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That is an interesting concept!

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But there’s also so much in gaming to explore as well

heavy acorn
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Lmao how does this thread have +250 messages 😂

strange stratus
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We out here discussing

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no seriously tho mexy and luna have given me some super useful feedback as always

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and I appreciate them a lot

haughty dagger
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Ive changed it slightly since uploading this and now the stadia clip is gone and the line before and after is slightly different but overall this is the same intro

oblique jolt
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Are you still looking for feedback for this

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If you're able to yes please. It's still roughly the same especially with the stadia clip removed

oblique jolt
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would it make more sense to export a new one

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Yeah if you want me to I can. the vid has about an extra 40 seconds to it now if you want to look at that too and are able

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Im uploading the new version rn

oblique jolt
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No hurry, I'll check it when I get a chance

strange stratus
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Here is the link

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no hurry aswell

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Also I have questions about editors and such if you ever have time. I am a bit lost in some regards

oblique jolt
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what kind of questions

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I should have time for this on Thursday, but I can always answer questions

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So if I'm starting to make money on youtube, what are some ways I can more easily guarantee a steady income without having to rely soley on adsense? What are some ways I can diversify my income in ways that will set me up for my future?

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Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC3L75DXdy4

I do not write in any specific order, I simply note down the things that I notice as I notice them. This is not in order of importance, but you could consider it in order of severity since this is the order that I notice issues in.

First and foremost the audio is not great. Clarity and legibility are both low. The background music is a similar pitch to your voice, and I think you've either over-noise reduced, over-compressed, or over-produced. It's hard to tell, but the vocals are exceptionally crunched so it's some combination. Are you using a headset microphone? Are you using an inexpensive USB mic? If so, either of those cases would lead to this kind of quality and there's not much to fix it (overactive built-in compressors and small diaphragms) but if you're not then you need to re-evaluate how you're producing your audio.

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The script starts with a weak "The Year Is" which is a common trope but not particularly effective at appealing to viewer sensibilities. You really need to be telling a story relevant to the year, e.g. "The year is 1914 and Franz Ferdinand--not the band but the archduke--is touring Sarajevo." Most of your viewers remember 2017 and it was such a boring and bad year that the most important thing to happen was that Brexit's 2019 date was set. Made worse is that just 30 seconds in we're going back to 2004, further illustrating how not important 2017 is. There are at least 5 different approaches I can see that would better hook a viewer:

  • Did you know Google lets their employees spend 20% of their time doing whatever they want? Well one solo dev decided to do that and make a video game: Snake. No, not Nokia Snake, but Google's Snake, which is so popular that not only did it outlast Google's billion dollar Stadia project, it also spawned it's own speedrunning community and even has mods. And the craziest part? It's only accessible as an easter egg in Google Search. In this video, I will...
    • DYK Engager. 20% time policy is the hook. Introduce Solo Dev + Snake as result of policy. Contrast with Stadia. Emphasizes unexpected outcomes with speedrun/mod, and highlights surprise with easter eggs.
  • Did you know that when you type in certain terms into Google, you might find a secret easter egg? What if I told you that one of those secret easter eggs has spawned an entire community of speedrunners and modders and it's lasted longer than Google's billion dollar stadia project? If you type Snake into Google, you'll get the option to play the 1976 game, created by a solo dev as part of Google's ambitious 20% project--which let's their staff use 20% of their time to do whatever they want. In this video, I will...
    • DYK Engager. Secret content is the hook. Presents Snake as one of many potential easter eggs. Emphasizes success vs Stadia. Highlights 20% project.
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  • Ever wondered how a simple Easter egg could outlast a billion-dollar gaming platform? Meet Google Snake - a hidden gem tucked away in your search bar that's not just a game, but a phenomenon. Created by a lone developer during Google's revolutionary '20% time', this modern twist on a classic has spawned a thriving speedrunning community and even boasts its own modding scene. While Google's Stadia faded into obscurity, Snake slithered its way into internet history. In this video, I will...
    • Rhetorical Engager. Plays on "Wonder," and contrasts small project and big platform. Snake is a phenomenon. Emphasizes resilience and the lasting impact. Easter Egg vs Platform, with a strong focus on The Community.
  • Imagine a video game so compelling that it's outlasted Google's own gaming console, spawned a dedicated speedrunning community, and even inspired modders - all without a single dollar spent on marketing. Sound impossible? Welcome to the underground world of Google Snake. Born from Google's daring '20% time' initiative, this Easter egg has become an internet phenomenon hiding in plain sight. In this video, I will...
    • Revelation Engager. Focuses on the hidden nature and addictive quality of the game. Presents accessing the game as unlocking a secret world. Emphasizes the game's unexpected depth and complexity. Hidden Game vs Big Projects.
  • What if I told you that hidden within Google's search engine lies a game so addictive, it's outlived multi-million dollar projects? Type 'snake' into Google, and you'll unlock a world that's captivated speedrunners, modders, and casual gamers alike. But this isn't just any game - it's the product of Google's innovative '20% time' policy, where one developer turned a side project into an internet sensation. In this video, I will...
    • Imagination Engager. Focuses on the achievements of the game. Presents Snake as an underground world. Emphasizes the lack of marketing as a surprise factor, and The Community is an achievement. No-Budget Game vs Marketing Heavy Products.
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Good CTA.

Visuals are fine. Depending on if and how you choose to change the intro, they would change, but put more of your focus into those first 5 seconds.

  • Second 1: TV with hand and 2017.
  • Second 2: TV with hand and 2017.
  • Second 3: Google's 19th Birthday Image.
  • Second 4: Google's 19th Birthday Image, then Google Snake being boring.
  • Second 5: Google Snake being boring.
    This is followed up by a rapid montage of cat hands all over the screen, asteroids, drop bears. All of these are way more visually interesting. Even the "Google snake game" search with the Play Snake image is more visually interesting than Google's dumb little snake slowly worm crawling on a plain green background. Your first 5 seconds is the single most important part of the video. Your entire video will be judged based on initial impressions--is the audio bad, is the volume too loud or too quiet, does the speaker's voice annoy you, do you hate their face, does the first sentence match the thumbnail and title, am I being clickbaited or not, does this look boring, did I make a mistake clicking this because it's still not too late to go back and choose that other video instead, etc etc etc. Don't waste those first 5 seconds putting up stuff that doesn't matter and isn't interesting.
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After 5 seconds, focus on the first 15 seconds, and then the first 30, and then the first 60. 30-50% of your editing time (depending on length of video primarily) should be in these buckets.

  • Second 6: Still boring snake.
  • Second 7: Cat paws! Montage!
  • Second 8: Asteroids and koalas! Montage!
  • Second 9: Koala. Long koala, but it's fine.
  • Second 10: Oh, still koala.
  • Second 11: Oh still koala. A search box typing google snake.
  • Second 12: A search box typing google snake. Now the snake box.
  • Second 13: The boring snake is back again. At least it's moving fast.
  • Second 14: The boring snake is still here.
  • Second 15: The boring snake is still here.
    You dig? Second 15-22 is super high energy and super interesting, and it's going to be missed because you've put more effort into that then the first 2 primary buckets of potential viewer disinterest.

The specific visuals are sort of irrelevant, it's mostly about just jingling keys at people and putting in the time to grab their tiktok addled brains and then slow it down to your natural pace. You need to earn their attention and that means hitting them with a strong hook and a powerful framing device that elicits wonder, revelation, imagination, curiosity, or surprise. Don't show them the monster (snake) unless you have to, don't waste their time with boring visuals (you can do that later), get them to commit to watching the video first.

You asked about subtitles and they can be very powerful--even just doing your first sentence can help grab people's mind, because now they are reading words and if they've already invested all that effort they might as well stay and watch the rest (yes this is really how brains work). It's not always appropriate for every video, but you can certainly leverage it to help pull people into your hook.

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"what are some ways I can more easily guarantee a steady income without having to rely soley on adsense? What are some ways I can diversify my income in ways that will set me up for my future?"

You have 3 ways to create revenue.

  • You can sell to your audience.
  • You can sell access to your audience.
  • You can sell yourself.

Selling to your audience is selling merch, e/books, afflinks, whatever. Hey guys, buy this and I get some percentage of your sale as profit or revenue. This is generally the highest profit for many people, it's the standard way businesses have operated, it created Amazon and Walmart. Afflinks are popular but they are the single worst use of your influence because you spend it all convincing someone to check out a brand without earning any money from spending that influence unless the brand itself is able to convert the sale. Their inability to sell their product is not your bag, or shouldn't be, but this is very commonly the way deals you'll be offered until you are larger. You can even take a couple as long as they are willing to share clickthrough and conversion rates with you so that you can use that to sell to sponsors later. You can sell premium content, exclusive courses, a mobile app or software tool, coaching or consulting services, a subscription box with curated products, etc.

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Selling access to your audience is what you're already doing with AdSense, but you can supplement that with sponsorships. This video brought to you BetterVPNSpace et al. You will need to see 50k+ views per video on average over 10 videos or 90 days to even start having the discussion with any real brands. Really they want 100k+ views. They do not want millions of views, generally. They want a "good deal" and major creators regularly know their value, so you can find a lot of sponsors once you hit 100k+ views per video, but they're also going to try to lowball you every time and you're going to do a lot of negotiating where they end up ghosting you. You can partner with sponsors for long term deals, doing 5 or 10 videos instead of just one off deals. You can offer brands the opportunity to sponsor entire segments or series, or create sponsored content that more integrated.

Selling yourself is usually the most common way people operate on Youtube, but it's rarely a majority of the money you'll make. This is Patreon, Kofi, Youtube Membership, Twitch Subs, etc etc etc. Anything where people give their money directly to you. It might be 25%, it might be 10%. If it's 50%+ you're probably selling nudes or otherwise highly controversial and not getting ads/sponsors. Typically this has tiered membership with escalating perks. You might offer bhind the scenes content or early access. You can do personalized shoutouts or personalized content for top supporters.

Usually it's a hybrid blend of these. You do patreon and sponsors, adsense and afflinks, and then a merch shoutout now and then when you don't have a sponsor. You might put products on your patreon, like access to your course about how to google snakes at a higher tier than your normal support, and then update it monthly to encourage people to keep subscribed and move up tiers. Perhaps you upload a sponsor-free version of the video to patreon because they pay for that. etc.

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Wow this was super helpful I really want to thank you for taking your time to write all this for me. To me, let me know if you agree, the intro is the weakest part. I feel like you do based on the feedback but I think the content itself is better than the intro.

Thank you for writing different intros for me to confider. I like a lot of them but I’m having a hard time deciding which one woudl work better for this video. If it was up to you which intro do you think woudl work best in this scenario?

The audio I’ve always had trouble with . So it’s an actual mic but it might be considered a crap usb mic? I’m not entirely sure it’s a Blue yeti X or soemthing like that and it was abou 100 dollars which I know can be considered cheap compared to some mics. Do you think considering that’s my mic do you think I can improve my audio quality? I’ve done a lot with resolve to make the audio “better” so I can tone down some of the effects to try and make it better.

Now I have some more broader questions. Do you think this video is worth continuing? And do you think I have potential overall? Is there any advice you think woudl help me?

Again thanks so much for this feedback I’ve read this whole message 3 times just to make sure I understand everything fully it’s been immensely helpful!

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Upload a clip of your audio unprocessed, just 60 seconds or so. completely unedited

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I can't tell you which intro to use. They're just examples anyways, you need to put your own style and voice on it. This is the "job" part of content creation, so it's really up to you to do.

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I think any topic can be interesting. I don't know why you would stop making the video unless you don't have anything to say.

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I hope this is fine. It's an unused intro that I made. I have the Logitect G Hub program with a filter over my mic and if you want I can aslo turn that off but this is what it sounds like going into my editing software

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Yeah, okay, so you're overprocessing it in some way

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This sounds a lot better just raw than the audio in the video

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I suspect your G Hub filter is compressing too much, you should try turning that off too. It's always better to have more control over your end product than to kneecap it before you can even start

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Ok that’s a relief I was hoping I didn’t need to buy a different mic

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Do you have any software recommendations or do you just do it all in editing?

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I use audition and audacity depending on my specific needs, but I do minimal editing to my voice,

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You should try re-recording this with your logitech filters turned off

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I find it sounds a bit bad without anything at all but I can give it a try

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Yes but it might be a better starting point to process, instead of letting Logitech do it automatically

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So you recommend recording the audio raw and then looking up audition and audacity tutorials to find a way to make it sound better?

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Possibly, I can tell you better after you record something without the Logitech postprocessing

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Ok here is the completely raw audio from my mic (i hope).

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Sorry it took so long to get this I've been moving and getting adjusted to college life but i found some time to throw this together

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sorry its not longer hopefully you can let me know what you think

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  1. This is completely unedited?
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  1. I think it's quite obvious that the un-logitech'd audio sounds better
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Yeah I didn't do anything in the editing software to the audio. Unless there is some random program still affecting my audio this is raw.

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Do you think I should just use the audio as is from my mic or do you think i should take the audio and edit it

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I'm asking if you did any editing, did you cut it, did you do any noise cancellation, etc

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Because I don't hear any background noise, any breaths, etc.

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I'm looking for you to record audio and not edit it at all

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oh yeah I cut out the bad takes and the breathing and such

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I can undo that and send it no cuts i just didnt realize you were looking for no cuts

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Yes, I am looking for a completely raw audio

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Ok here is the full clip

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Well, you tell me which one you think actually sounds better.

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you also should try not to over cut your breaths out, it ends up sounding aggressive and robotic

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take a breath after every sentence if you have to so you don't breath in the middle of a sentence, and don't try to be a machine gun

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I think the first sounds better it just sounds a bit flat idk. So you think I should talk slower? And do you think the raw audio needs any editing to the sound?

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Normalization and compression (in that order) is all you need.

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I don't think you should talk slower, just take a breath after sentences so you're not cutting out breaths in the middle of a sentence which ends up sounding weird

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That's probably all I can do for you at this point, the rest is on you 🙂