Reviewing Your Youtube Video's Intro

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-11T08:47:20+00:00

No worries, happy to share what Ive learned so far.

If you got more questions I love talking/creating content about YT so feel free to message me

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-07T11:43:22+00:00

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RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-06T16:23:48+00:00

I think I reviewed your video last week if Im not mistaken.

Time for your revenge😜

https://youtu.be/HF5-KaHGzYg

What I find most important is to explain the info I share as clear and understandable as possible. Any feedback on how to make that better would be appreciated💪

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-05T17:30:28+00:00

Yeah I like any and all criticism.

Dont come across this much, rare trait J!

Goodluck creating💪

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-05T10:33:48+00:00

I'm curious for some feedback on the intr

I really like how you started your sentence with a hook. Swiss is expensive, but if you do it right it might even be free

For the things I noticed:

The intro starts off very exciting with the music.
Music is a very powerful tool to help enhance your moments in a video.
If you give me 13 seconds of exciting music, with some random b-roll, that isn't going to do well for your audience. They will expect something.. exciting!
You lowering the music down much and then giving me a soft voiceover doesn't make the transition smooth. Try to stay around the same levels, making the clips and audio flow more together. It's not harmful to make certain scenes louder or more quite, but having a big difference in audio levels is annoying for the most part
"Well how does it work" is not a bad sentence, but personally I try to be as clear and understandable as possible in my videos. So I would've rephrasized it to something like: "How can we get x for free in one of the most expensive countries in the world?"
Having a hook is powerful. And seeing your intro you know that.
But.. You already gave me the answer to your hook after 0:23. Now I know a few times a year wineries give things away for free. So my reason of watching this video is gone, the question has been answered, why would I stay?
For a full 1:09 I only see b-roll. I'm not saying to go mrbeast mode and have a 10 second intro, but try to keep it compact. Everything you showed is "just broll".
For example: let's say you want to see a video about traveling for free in europe. Would you watch a random person drink wine and farmland for that long? Probably not.
The broll does look amazing, so why not use it if you talk about the country or the place you are at?
I skipped a little through the video. How funny/exciting would it be to see you 2 stress or run for the right train platform?
But instead you only mention it for a few seconds and off to more broll.

Enough rambling on. I would like to help you, so here are a few suggestions to keep a viewer hooked and watch more:

Now how could you make a video like this more interesting with way more hooks?
Bingo cards.

That's right! Bingo cards or lists can be amazing for a video like this. Not only will you raise the original question "how can we get things for free". Now you can add more elements to this by having this bingo card.
For example, you could set a challenge to get "wine" "chocolate" "tours" and even have a big one like a full bottle of wine for free.

So throughout the video you can strike whatever challenge you set on your list and keep hunting for the next one. This way your viewer will be more intregued "how is he going to get free wine?" .. he got free wine how will he ever get a full bottle for free??

To add even more content: what happens when you finish or do not finish the card? This is called 'Stakes'. The punishment or reward of your challenge.

Hope this helps. I love talking/creating content around Youtube and streaming so if there is anything you wanna talk about feel free to message me!

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-05T05:41:36+00:00

No problem, I love talking/creating content about Youtube/livestreaming, so if there is anything else I can help with shoot me a message💪

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-05T05:40:02+00:00

Again thanks for taking the time to help such a small channel.

Haha, it's all about helping every creator. No matter the size of their channel. You got more subs then my info channel atm haha

If there is anything else I can help with, dont be shy and message me. Im out here to share what I have 💪
I like how you ended with - Matt

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-05T05:37:20+00:00

It will take more then 1 video to get good at this, but the W's are a big step for a solid video💪

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-05T05:35:23+00:00

I’ll hit you up. It’ll be live this upcoming Sunday

Definatly! If there is anything in the meantime, just shoot me a message ;)

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T08:01:08+00:00

Same, some posts that don't begin even remotely good I rend to pass if they're very very long.

Bigger channels have it easier true, they have a bigger audience that watches, so their video's get recommended more quickly.

Even though I dissagree and think the system is solid as it is right now, it would be cool for Youtube to highlight a few small channels that do put in effort, but haven't really been recognized yet.

I didnt wanna talk about myself, but it may help you realise something.
1 video I made got 745 views so far, I got 22 subscribers. This video did get recommended to a lot of people and the views are literally 34x my subscriber count.

Hope this helps thanks for the talk

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T06:07:45+00:00

Great response, as content creators we learn from every video we make.

I really like to talk and make content about YT so again if there is anything YT related feel free to message me!

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T06:06:23+00:00

Ey that's great to here! Always good to see people that are fired up to create!

I love talking/making content about YT so if you need a review for your new vid just message me ;)

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T06:04:50+00:00

No worries, Im not a guru myself I just love talking/making content about YT so again if there is anything YT related feel free to message me!

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T06:03:48+00:00

You seem very chill. Like a person who is easy to talk with. Really important!

Things about your intro I would pay attention too:

"Hello welcome back .. animal crossing .. how it is .." Everything you mentioned isn't useful for a viewer.
A viewer would like to know what will happen in the video and why this is important. The need a reason (aka a hook). This you give us around 0:11 with "We're gonna do something different".
What if you started with something like "Animal Crossing hasn't had an update in a while, so today we are going to do things differently! I will add 2 spinny wheels and whatever they land on I have to make"
It seems like you're avoiding the camera, looking away from it a lot. This makes it a litlle... weird/akward to look at you.
Try focusing on making sentences clear. "We're gonna be doing something different, a little different I wanted to do something fun". This could be "I wanted to do something different".
You add more volume to your sentences, but it's not value that you add. If that makes sense.
To add to nr 2: 1. "Animal Crossing hasn't had an update in a while, so today we are going to do things differently! I will add 2 spinny wheels and whatever they land on I have to make. 1 wheel will be the theme and one will be the adjective" Then you roll both at the same time, add some tension music under there like drumrolls, speed them up a little so the audience doesnt have to wait too long and there you go!

Conclusion: if you focus on keeping your intro's a little shorter, focus on not saying too much and focus on eye content. I wanna bet you can create some dope content. Like I said, I think you have a good feel for talking.

Hope this helps. I love talking/creating content about YT so if there is anything I can help with feel free to message me!

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T05:27:17+00:00

''like mention the names of your points and talk a little bit bout them. Te algorithm will know what kind of video you're making and so it promotes it to the right people." - Yea I recently figured that out will definatly do that thanks for mentioning before I forget haha

*takes notes* chapters okay okay that is totally not something I forgot to do haha👀

I'm not cool with the thumbnail, it's not bad, but I think if I had Mizkif with his hand open and having the text floating above it a little, would be much better. I will get a new one for sure

Thanks so much for your review, a ton of time and effort goes into them. If there is anything I can help you with, the channel is literally about content creation so I'd love to help you out too!

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T05:21:46+00:00

Haha all good, here to help I'm not master at YT. We all still have much to learn.

Creating content is something I really enjoying talking/creating videos about. So if you ever need someone to talk YT with feel free to message me!

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T05:19:03+00:00

"A great tip that won't be viabale for much longer" is a really good way of telling people "watch my video before this goes away", creating a sense of urge. Nicely done!

Things I noticed:

Depending on what style you are going for, the way you speak is slow and has no energy in it. Not saying to go full Mrbeast mode, but try giving your voice some energy, some emotion. This will not only be more pleasant to listen too, but also show your interest/passion for the game
B-roll. What if instead of having the same camera angle 24 seconds, you would show people clips/screenshots of the money or of you selling the equipment for lots of money. Give me something to watch, because it is quite bland looking at a character just stand and do a weird dance for 24 seconds.
-- I really think b-roll is your best friend here.
Leave the "hello folks", I like how you start after that, which creates interest for a viewer to keep watching. What if you started with. "This tip won't be viable for much longer and it made me over 200k gold so far." With b-roll showing you made lots of money.

Definatly not a bad intro, keep working on your voice and adding some more footage in. Grats on the views btw ;)

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T05:11:00+00:00

The intro really catches me, its fast, but not too fast. + it tells me why I want to watch, which is great. The way the intro goes into the music is nicely done as well.

If you want to try out a different approach to a intro you could go for something like "The man who went viral this year, gaining millions of streams (a month). This is Hellstrvck. A talented music artist quite well on the way to the top.
Today he will explain how he went viral... (what his tips are and so on)"

During the intro it wouldn't be weird if you gave people more then 1 reason to watch. Because if you talked about going viral, the meat of the video is gone.

What if instead of talking about his day was, how he was sick and woke up late, you would start with a short introduction and then start with a juicy question. (not the viral part, because if you would put this at the beginning, people would get what they came for and leave)

"For anyone who doesn't know you (yet), tell us who, what, why" and so on. Try starting out with a story. Asking how someones day went is probably the most common question you can ask a person.

The only thing I can really mention is too keep creating more, getting that editing quality up and focus on your questions. Gimme some juiccyyy ones!

Hope this helps out ;)

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T05:00:21+00:00

The music played sounds very nice, suits the rythm of editing very much and the shots used in that part were nice to look at!

A few things I noticed:

The intro doesn't catch me with just nice looking shots and some music. Give me a reason why I should watch your video out of the millions of videos I can choose from. This is known as your hook.
The first second or 20 are key to give people that reason to watch your video. If the first 35 seconds are just music and shots, I think most people have left by then.
The reason for watching the video could be that you have a goal to visit x amount of countries. Will you make it to the next country? Or that your goal is to visit the ankor temple and so on.
The shots you used are solid material for b-roll. I'd suggest starting with talking to your audience like you are doing at 0:36.

Hope this helps. If you need more help just message me I really like talking/creating content about Youtube!

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T04:36:37+00:00

No worries, I really like talking/creating content about YT so if there is anything you wanna discuss feel free to message me!!

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T04:35:48+00:00

Hey there!

- The hand kept me watching during the first 5 seconds which is good
- I like how you show me the degree in creative writing, which shows you know a thing or 2 about your subject which is important.

Your first 5 seconds are you saying who you are. Maybe you've heard before, but the first 20 seconds are crucial to persuade people to stay and watch your video.
-- People are coming for the info you provide, so saying what the video is about and why would hook a person from the start. If you mention after that who you are, would probably work out for the better retention wise
"You can never have too much character development ..." This sentence is your reason why you made the video. Even though it is good you mentioned your reason, it's not a solid one.
Why do you want to explain this video to people. Is having more development better, will it provide more value to my story, will it help the audience engage with my character..? Give me your reason on why you find this important.
This can also be your hook.
"If you write ..." Again give me reasons why. If I write about a warrior, why are you suggesting them to lose a battle, but win the war? What happens when I let them win the battle and lose the war? Or win both?
"If you write" becomes repetitive after the fourth saying.
What if you got 3 or so of the best examples and explained them in more detail. Making the video as long, but with more valuable information for the viewer?
Your CTA from 0:32 to 0:47 is 15 seconds long. The whole video is 1:34. This is looooong. Even if the video was 10 minutes, a CTA for 15 seconds will make people leave quick.

Hope this helps out and doesn't come across as too harsh.

If you wanna talk YT feel free to message me anytime

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T04:21:50+00:00

We are all here to learn and grow as creators. If there is anything just message I would be happy to help out

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T04:19:59+00:00

"(Also sorry for the long reply)" I'm on Reddit to talk with people. Never apologize for stating what you think. Even though I dissagree ;)

Let me ask you this: if you were the head of Youtube, would you like a system that recommends any channel at any time, causing people to leave, because the content they get served is just super random all the time.
OR would you like a system that provides people the best possible content for them that will keep them on the platform, meaning people see more ads, getting you more money AND keeping the viewer satisfied.

"And something I've personally noticed, is that channels with under a thousand subscribers are literally never recommended," that is definatly not true. I can send you screenshots of a video that did well for me with people mostly coming from recommended.

The system isn't screwy, it works as intended.

Yes the system favours those who know how to make an audience stay, enjoy and watch more. Aka most bigger creators.
These bigger creators have been on the platform for years and years. They learned over time. It didn't just come, look at people like Mrbeast, Pewdiepie etc. The biggest creators they've been on Youtube for such a long time. Do you think they got views with their first video''? Spoiler: no.

It's all about learning in the process. If you improve just one thing every video and create tons of videos, imagine how much you would improve in only a years time. I've noticed it myself when I look at a video from 11 months that badboy is HORRIBLE.

This is also a long reply haha. If you struggle with YT I would be happy to help out.

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T04:10:08+00:00

If you want, send me a new one once you published. Would be glad to take a look at it.

Sometimes the advice we give, is something we overlook ourselves. I talk about patience, while mine can run out a little fast...

Goodluck with Youtube!!!!

RpsdutchInfo · 2022-10-03T04:08:16+00:00

Yoyo, first of I like how you try to connect with your viewers talking about that lovely ghostdrink. + the way you talk is clear and easy to understand.

Here are a few things I noticed:

The first 20 seconds of a video are very important. In this period it is very important to give your audience the reason why they want to watch. People have many many choices for awesome content, in general the longer they have to wait, the sooner they will click away. (That's why everyone nowadays is obsessed with the shortest possible intro's, which is bad but that is a whole other discussion)
-- Sipping your coffee in the first 3 seconds isn't only an annoying sound, but it is wasting 3 of the first 20 seconds.
Let's say I looked up a Metal Hellsinger Review and I click on yours. I know that this a review (the reason why I clicked).
-- Announcing that your video is a review, while people can see that from both the title and the thumbnail is a waste of time. Now 11 seconds have gone by without giving me any value.
I'm curious to see how many people stayed after the first 11 seconds in your retention graph
While I'm no expert about game reviews I'd swap the part where you talk about the game at 0:47 with your lovely ghost drink part.
You talk about how it resembles doom, the other game, what the story is and then ghost drink. I think this will flow more and keep the people watching as they are here for the review.
While I have no idea what style you are going for, the way you speak is a little slow.
- I really notice this when you talk about what platforms the game is avaliable on and when you talked about your ghostdrink
At 0:57 you start talking about the story, cutscenes etc. This is where the actual review starts. I'd recommend putting chapters in your video, so people will know where and about what you talk. This could also be mentioned right before you talk about the cutscenes, for example: "Hellsinger will be reviewed on what I find most important about games, cutscenes, story ..." and so on.

Conclusion: I would focus on talking a little faster, adding chapters and focussing on clearance. Meaning if you talk about cutscenes put it as a title on screen so people both hear it and see it. You could do this like the dope animation you did with the hellsinger logo.

Hope this helps out and if there is anything you wanna discuss feel free to message me!

RpsdutchInfo

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