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Finished video 1: https://youtu.be/0X7p_0dCl3Q
Unfinished No thumbnail Video 2: https://youtu.be/ABglH65u6W0
if you could dm me after it would be much appreaciated
@rapid matrix
#1 your facecam is massive, shrink that down more
bet anything else
editing is basic but catchy, audio is good so i dont really have any more complaints
what i mean by basic but catchy is the editing is entertaining and will keep people watching, your content is good
do u see any potential in the content growing to thousands of views and subs, which video did u like more
and Did u feel bored at any point
i liked the therapy video more, i could see the content growing big if your consistent and i dont really get bored in the video
others might though not sure
okay okay
ALSO if u know anyone who could also give advice
please tag them here
@uncut kernel ?
i dont have anyone else, you can maybe get ben in here to help out
idk who he is so if you tagged him it would be great!
nah he just helps in some threads and gen
ohh okay
Does this feel of decent/good quality to you, do you see growth to a full-time career gaining thousands or even millions of views/subs
Hows the editing, is it clean, is it good enough, what can be improved
Does this honestly have potential
Do you feel people are interested in the first 30 sec to a minute (hows the hook)
do you get bored, or do you feel there are sections that can be boring for the audience in my niche
How would you promote this to get more viewers in the niche
There alot of startup channels each day, does my stand out from others, yes or no, and why
How often should i upload for growth
Ronaldo or messi
Any other advice you would like to share, or I should know?
@civic axle
pls tag me or dm when done
Explanation:
I approach reviews step by step, focusing on levels. If I notice enough critical issues in your video, I’ll pause the review and provide guidance on how to address those key areas. This way, you can concentrate on improving a few things at a time rather than feeling overwhelmed with too much feedback at once. Some aspects of video creation are foundational and should be solid before moving on to more advanced improvements. These aspects are level 1, then less foundational are 2, and so forth!
Here's my grading system:
✅ : You're good here, or good for your niche's expectations! We'll keep going with the review!
🟦 : You're ok here (or it's only a small matter). I could pause the review if enough of these pop up.
❌ : You're weaker in this, but we can work on it! Get more than 2 overall and we'll stop to focus on them!
⚠️ : Critical issue here! We'll pause the review and focus here!
⚪ : This is not applicable to the video or your channel! No effect! Lets keep going!
⋆。゚☁︎。⋆。 ゚☾ ゚。⋆ LEVEL 1 ⋆。゚☁︎。⋆。 ゚☾ ゚。⋆
⋆ Video Clarity ⋆
✅ 1080 HD + (High-definition video for sharp details)
❌ Lighting (Proper lighting for clarity and consistency.)
🟦 Visual Composition (A balanced arrangement of elements within the frame.)
❌ Crisp Video (Sharp and clear video with no blurriness.)
⋆ Audio Clarity ⋆
❌ Crisp Audio (Clear and sharp sound with no distortion.)
❌ Sound Levels (Properly balanced audio, ensuring consistent volume without being too loud or too soft.)
✅ Background noise (Minimization of unwanted ambient sounds that could distract from the main audio.)
🟦 Music / SFX LevelsIs any added sounds balanced and not over taking?
⋆ Video Structure ⋆
✅ Skeleton Structure (The basic framework of a video is there.)
✅ Cohesiveness (The different parts of the video connect and flow.)
✅ Clear Narrative (The logical flow and development of the story or message from start to finish.)
✅ Pacing (The content doesn’t drag or feel rushed.)
⋆。゚☁︎。⋆。 ゚☾ ゚。⋆ LEVEL 2 ⋆。゚☁︎。⋆。 ゚☾ ゚。⋆
⋆ Editing Clarity ⋆
🟦 Consistant Edits (Smooth and seamless edits that maintain continuity throughout the video.)
🟦 Consistant Style (A cohesive visual and narrative style that is maintained consistently throughout the content.)
🟦 Transitions (A smooth movement between scenes that doesn't lose viewer engagement.)
✅ Pacing / Flow (The rhythm and timing of the video that keeps it engaging without feeling rushed or dragging.)
✅ Use of Effects / Graphics (The use of effects or graphics that enhance the video without distracting.)
🟦 Camera Work (The skillful use of camera angles, movements, and framing to enhance storytelling and clarity.)
⋆ Topic Relevence ⋆
⚠️ Topic (Interesting and aligned with the target audience’s interests.)
✅ Unique Selling Point (Reflects the channel’s niche and stands out from similar content.)
⚪ Title Value (Short, relevant, and sparks curiosity.)
⋆ Video Skeleton ⋆
✅ The Hook (Starts with an attention-grabbing moment to pull viewers in.)
✅ The Intro (Introduction that sets expectations and establishes the video’s purpose.)
🟦 The Clingy Minute (The first minute keeps viewers interested with key details or excitement.)
❌ The Substance/Body (Main content that delivers on the promise made in the title and intro.)
🟦 The Outro (Closing that wraps up the video and encourages further engagement.)
.........
I think this si a good enough place to stop to focus on some areas to work on!
For starters:
A few mor slightly minor thigns:
Bigger issues:
imm read rm
@daring cradle I reviewed the first video
okay okay
btw
@rapid matrix the title for the first video is
DRESS TO IMPRESS but the themes are INNAPRORIATE
or
Buying the MOST INNAPRORIIATE DRESS TO IMPRESS THEMES...
one of those 2
also 2nd video isnt done yet
High key, both titles sound like a red flag on youtubes detection system
And honestly "inappropriate" isnt a good vibe
Maybe "sus"
also ye my audio is so ass bro i got a fan
WAIT
THATS ACT SO MUCH BETTER
yes yes i appreciate it yeah sus is so much better
its more trendy too yk
Anytime!
Please be careful though! This is high key liekly to be on YTs radar
Im not grading both lol
so like dont like give me marks if the end is js random
ohhh okay
Ill grade it when its done, just make another post!
alrrrr
can i ask u tho
was the video entertaining at all
and do u see potential to grow a big channel
and how can i improve the clingy minute and the main content thta was supposed to be delivered
i thought i delivered it but if i didnt please let me know so i can do better
Sure
Was the video entertaining?: I could see some peole finding it entertaining
Potential for a big channel?: Oh no, not likely. You could get fans, but Yt isnt all about this sort of content, especially when you dont have a YT-advisor yet (you get one when you get bigger, one is assigned to you by YT) to make sure your videos are YT approved. Yt reallllly doesnt like racism, pdf-file, and adult jokes all mashed up in a video. Even larger channels that do this sort of stuff do it rarely or with an advisor approving everything
Youre sooooo risky here
Thats why it got a warning mark, this stuff can risk your whole channel, so Id avoid it till youre bigger and work on other video topics
Ben is amazing
Love ben, his advice is gold
wait but what about channels like
KSI or i showspeed
their whole content is like similar
yeah but thats how they got big
Similar, but they get it all approved
They know exactly which lines to toe and not toe
so like how come they got thru and i cant is kind of my question
Notice the lack of 9/11 jokes? They know what they can and can't get away with
how do i know these lines exactly
Common sense mostly to be honest with you
They got big by not surpassing YTs wants
and Ksi got an advisor, just not from YT first
He paid for one
Also KSI's main blow up was his music
do you see potential in this channel growing big
And then the reddit reactions during that trend's peak
no?😭
he grew popular thru dark humor fifa vids in 2010
Popular =/= blow up
He was ok, but his call to fame was music
ohhhhhh
Theres people here who blow up and DONT become famous, and vice bersa
Then the reddit "second channel" which surpassed the first
okay i understand u now
Theyre very different
okay okay
Yeah its ok!
You can have dark humour
is there potential of my content blowing up
or that famous line
dark humour =/= "black jokes"
im lost
Black jokes? Joke sthat are super twisted and messed up
I think that if you work hard at improving and researching what kind of content you wanna make, and how to do it, then maybe?
ohh okay
But I personally would refuse to click either of those videos
yeah i get it
like joking about how my serial killer in a game im playing must love toast or giggling during a chase scene is dark humour (taking a bad situaiton and finding the funny part to laugh at)
but theres def a massive audience/niche for my content
Black humour is more like mocking a serious situation
On the line and before it, yes
after? Not on YT (youll lose your channel)
okay so basically keep dark humor
watch out
and i can blow up my channel without facing consequences
also wait u didnt help me in one spot
The Substance/Body (Main content that delivers on the promise made in the title and intro.), how did i not deliver the promise of my video
gotchu
Too many crossing the line jokes/topics. It went from "sus" to concerning often
your substance was lacking, the body that you promised was there, and it was lacking
Too many crossing the line jokes/topics. It went from "sus" to concerning often
That really can turn away viewers
what is substance
alr alr
@rapid matrix LAST THING HOW CAN I SEE UR VIDEO ON THE REVIEW
Huh?
Think about it like a sandwich
The top bread is the intro, the meat/lettuce/whatever is the substance, the sauces are the extra bits of effort you put in, and the bottom bread is how to conclude
Your sandwich needs more meat
okay wait then also how can i add more substance
By recording more substance
I am
The most "stupid simple" version of this explanation would be for a "top 10" video that only has 7 items
If it's a top 10 then we expect 10
If your video is about "sus moments" in a game, then show more sus moments
from my video
ohhhhh
I refuse to watch it tbh
Packaging + Luna already covered a lot of things really well
okay okay
Ben does video reviews(rarely, they are insanely rare and not offered anymore), I like making these text reviews. I also am a YouTuber who likes making her own videos.
Hopefully that clears it up! I don’t make video reviews
Ben did it perfectly
You need more meat, aka, you need more value in your video
You wouldn’t want to have a sandwich full of nothing right? Just bread?
Well, shock value moments from your clips is the only substance you have
Bro these metaphors dont make sense yall 😭
There’s no personality expression or connection with the audience
what substance am i missing exactly
and how do I do that
Everything that isn't the beginning or end
A lot of shock value, which most people don’t usually come for a lone
You need to work on your personality. Give people a reason to pick you over any other video.
For me, it’s mostly my personality
For a theory channel is probably an in-depth analysis that’s new and unique
outside of just talking
See now thats the fun part
Talking =/= showing personality
You have to express and make that personality very clear
i said outside of talking
I can play games all day and go "oh look a duck" and that is nothing
Make jokes, do it with the editing too
byyyyy?
Tell us what you think how you feel your thoughts on things go in depth and explore what being in this game or doing these things means to you
Who do you watch on YT
okay so js say whts on my mind more?
Give the video a goal, work towards it
Ok tell me what their personality’s are
Tell me, why would you click on one of their videos or seek them out to watch one of their videos?
theyre entertaining
Well Niko is the fun quirky one that's super cheeky but in a quiet and sneaky way
JJ is pretty hype and loud
What Ben is saying is the personality aspect
Chunkz has that "father bear" vibe will bouncing off JJ real well
yes i get it
And for most con Creator is especially in the gaming industry. I think personality is very, very important.
Entertainment by itself can make for a great gimmick video or shorthand video and sometimes some creators can really lean into it, but they also have a personality to back it
Yesss
Now what’s your personality?
You really should know it
Ben, what’s your personality
You can be a mix, mixes work, we’re all usually very very mixed
I do believe i hve a personality
See if you don’t know who you are it’s very hard to come across as who you are and express that to someone else
i feel im very unique compared to others
yesss
But being able to describe some Keynote of your personality is really important
If you ask YouTuber, what her personality is in the sense of their content creation, they could tell you
uhhh
Pffffttt
I’m sorry, man. I know you hate this question
as in w2s
Loud, funny can be a great start
but i shoul still be unique in my own way tho right
If you're 100% like Harry, why don't I see that in your video?
im not tryna js copy people
Well yeah but if you're naturally like someone that's fine
im not sure ik
idk*
But if you say you're like Harry, and I see your video and disagree, then you're clearly not showing that side of yourself
i meannn u didnt watch the video 😡
To be honest, I never really lean into loud and funny as core personality traits (it reminds me of being a little kid being asked why you like someone “because they’re funny and nice”)
and yet my point stands
Oh bens on point hete
He’s not saying that he did see the video and disagrees
He’s saying there is a solid chance your viewer will see the video and disagree
okay
@rapid matrix when u saw that video
what did my personality come up as
or u dont know since i didnt give u enough
of my personality
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Collected? Calm? A little cheeky?
Passionate?
Def accurate
btw @rapid matrix can u link ur channel too
Why
I didn’t notice a notable or memorable personality
Oh, I don’t have a YouTube channel like that
I have a TikTok channel and a twitch and two channels that I’m working on
None of which are good for taking pointers but I appreciate your kind words!
its all goodd
okay okay but also
how can i bring out my pesronaloty to where
its enough that its not overwhelming or making the video boring
but at the same time the person watching can get an idea of who i am
Trust me, overwhelming is not your problem in the expression sense
LMAOOOO
You are a bit too much with your humor because it’s on the border, but it’s not overwhelming
People like me can be overwhelming and have to be careful that it is absolutely something you have to be careful of that sort of personality
Remember that on camera everything you do gets dulled by a large margin
Oh yeah, definitely that too
what does that mean
I could feel like I'm screaming at the camera
Then on the video it's like "oh he got a little loud there I guess"
Absolutely this
ohhh i getchu ye
Your camera and microphone don’t pick you up as much as you actually are IRL so you do have to be a little bigger to get things across
Like speaking far away from everyone else across the room
okay okay
You get bigger so they can see you and understand you
i undderstand
so ur saying for me to add substanace to make my videos more entertaining is for me to js give off personality and just by engaging myself more in the video
being more vocal or putting me doing smth more in the video
That's one thing yeah
alr basiclaly focus more on myself i get it
engaging more
i create more content rather than hving others do it for me
Well yeah
i get ittt bet bet
well okay i appreciate it
now im js waiting on mazelee to also gimme a review on this
This dialogue with @wild oasis and @rapid matrix was all very generous stuff👍
Yes they were incredibly helpful
and they helped me with like what line I should cross and what I shouldn’t
Okay, so i watched to about 2:30 before clicking off. It was rough tbh.
and more
The vibe, pacing, sound, memes, and sound bytes do seem to fit the current mainstream editing style, so i think the editing was fine
Cus that can stop me from getting monitized or getting pushed to new viewers
The topic and taboo nature of the video WILL break tos eventually, or someone will report it. Someone without thicker skin will feel some type of way. I think there were too many triggers.
I’ve seen things a lot less excessive get taken down
Okay okay
There were moments of giggles, but not really strong memorable punchlines imo. I get what you were aiming for, but i think you just need to get more screentime/practice
LICKILY for me I have a list of ideas and only a couple of them were really dark humor related so imma scrap those 🙏
Camera quality… okay. Not a biggie. You gotta get a better backdrop though. Clean up a bit. Put up a plant. A poster. Make your environment a bit more lived in.
Cleaning up for video feels a little weird at first but 100% do it
You could end up banned, including any accounts connected to the emails
I shaved in preparation of recording today lol
Okay okay bet imma avoid that
YE MY CAM IS ASS BRO
How bout the actual pace or like quality or growth
Here’s the questions I made if you didn’t see
Pace is really good. Very dynamic editing.
Does this feel of decent/good quality to you, do you see growth to a full-time career gaining thousands or even millions of views/subs
Hows the editing, is it clean, is it good enough, what can be improved
Does this honestly have potential
Do you feel people are interested in the first 30 sec to a minute (hows the hook)
do you get bored, or do you feel there are sections that can be boring for the audience in my niche
How would you promote this to get more viewers in the niche
There alot of startup channels each day, does my stand out from others, yes or no, and why
How often should i upload for growth
Ronaldo or messi
Any other advice you would like to share, or I should know?
Thank u 😎
Btw this would've been great to put at the very beginning of this post
Yeah my bad
My bad if I scarred u btw @civic axle 😭😭😭😭
Big respect points to Mazelee, I agree with his points
How bout do I have potential in a dif style of funny gsming ig
Mazelee, on point as always
I suggest you make another video before asking that again
oments
I did the therapist one which isn’t quite deep into dark humor but it still has a lot of elements
(The unfinished one)
Id like to see you make another video, start from scratch or with our comments and advice and see what you create
I honestly don’t know, but i wouldnt count you out. This just wasnt a good descriptor of what i could see a million view video to be on youtube
I think itll be much better and much easier to notice any other issues you might have
You seem to have the energy and editing style, so if you just grabbed the right topic, i think you would nail it
My next video would prob be either, going on Roblox smash to pash and using a voice changer or getting a job in Roblox
As a wise man once said:
You're not as funny as you think you are. You're not as entertaining as you think you are. If the part you're keeping isn't absolutely wildly entertaining, it's probably boring. Be absolutely ruthless. 2 minutes of great is better than 30 minutes of mostly okay.
WITH MUCH LESS TABOO
I appreciate that sir
Ion mind getting shit on as long as I can really improve SO I APPRECIATE YALL BEING HONESTTT
I will say though, your video (minus the taboo) is one of the better videos ive seen in feedback
You have a LOT of the integral pieces in terms of editing and the persona. The backend (topic research, analysis, title/thimbnail/branding) is what is very weak though.
A deep self reflective look at what your video encapsulates, means, represents, who it’s for, why you make it…beyond numbers and money
I honestly think you would be pretty great at political commentary, movie review/commentary, stuff like that as well. Maybe when you get older😆
Maybe you never know 😭
But hopefully with my newer vids I’m less taboo and they pop off and I’m act full time on this
Everything takes time
Ye I know
You seem to have more of a drive than most, so that obsessiveness give you an advantage.👍
yeah I really want it badly
I think of it everyday I JS
I gotta try yk
Ion wanna be working a normal job or stuck in college
Good for you. You have the heart of a boss. That can never be underestimated.
Hopefully I manifest this snd my hard work pays off 😭🙏
I’m tryna hit 100k by July maybe that’s too out of reach but it gives me motivation to work hard
Ambitious but not unseen, you got a lot of work to do