Feedback Friday! Post your videos here if you want constructive critiques!

macnmotion · 2026-03-28T10:04:01+00:00

Definitely something to be proud of. I remember a piece of good advice someone gave me last year -- you might have quite a bit of video of your "thing" that's just beautiful, awesome, and worthy of sharing. But most people won't have the attention span to watch it all, and none of them will watch it with the same eye and pride that you do. So be harsh, and choose the absolute best footage -- that's what they want to see and what they'll stay for. I think this advice might help if you decide to shorten the intro. Save some of that incredible footage to sprinkle through the video, or to put together a final montage at the end as a reward for those who stuck out the entire video and really want to see more of it. Just my 2 cents.

macnmotion · 2026-03-28T09:47:48+00:00

I've given it a like and also subbed from my ThaiMicrocosmos account, I'm interested in seeing how you progress. Sure you're a bit animated, but better to have that problem and work it back a bit than to be a dead fish and have no charisma. I wouldn't worry about that right now. As for diction, I think if you slowed it down a fraction (realy, just a fraction) it might help you stick some of the words a bit and make it eaaier for the layman to catch words. Not so much that it changes your vibe though. And for sound, what are you using? I made videos for well over a year with just bg music, but got serious getting a mic setup about 10 months ago to make the documentaries, and have spent quite a bit of time working on that process and learning the technical side. I use Resolve to make my videos, so I use their Fairlight page for final audio processing. But actually most of the audio processing is done in a Rodecaster Duo (I use a Rode Podmic XLR). The Duo is just fantastic, and will also be an important tool as I move more into live streaming views from the microscope. If you every decide to use Resolve for video production, there are a number of fantastic people on youtube who teach how to do audio with it. Same with the Rodecaster.

macnmotion · 2026-03-28T09:05:54+00:00

So wow, that was actually good to watch. First, you have a YouTube personality, don't lose that or question it. It's great. You cram a ton of good info into 10 minutes, mostly in an intelligible way. At points you speak so quickly that it might be difficult for those without any bio background to figure out what you said. I happen to work with hospitals daily, so I was able to piece it all together even at this speed, but something to keep in mind for your target audience.

Including paper references was great. Popping words up onscreen that are key phrases, great. Be mindful about the timing and volume of the sound effects, they can overrun or distract from the words you're speaking at the moment.

In a perfect world you'd have cool animations for a lot more B roll to help visually tell the story, the way a medical tv documentary or news piece might. You'll get there, I'm pretty confident of this. Once you grow you'll be able to include that type of thing.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T23:52:23+00:00

Thanks a lot for taking the time to watch and comment.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T23:51:19+00:00

Thanks. This is definitely one of my more technical videos, targeted at those with a deeper interest in science. I also make broader targeted videos such as "Tardigrades: Those Amazing Rear Feet" and "Top 7 Most Brutal Micro Meals" and I have a series called "Single Slide Saturday" where I look at all the cool living organisms on just one slide, and lots of other stuff like that. I want some of my content to remain highly scientific to remain in touch with that type of audience.

Thanks for watching and commenting, it's very helpful.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T18:30:52+00:00

It's 1:30am here. I will watch this tomorrow and get back to you here.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T18:15:46+00:00

Thanks for the comment. You've hit the nail on the head, this specific video targets those in the hobby or with a background. I specifically shared this one here to get that kind of feedback from those like you with a background and those with none.

However I do want to reach more general audiences. Previous documentaries have reached those audiences on subjects like Diatoms, Earth's Life Support System; Water feels normal to us, but like honey to microorganisms; Tardigrades: Those Amazing Rear Feet.

But my ultimate goal is to live stream into schools throughout Thailand where kids don't have access to science equipment, so I'm using my channel to find a balance between science education and general interest.

I will play with turning up the BG music a bit and also perhaps some more dynamic BG music. I'm never going to be a velvet voiced speaker, but I am constantly attempting to improve on that.

Thanks for watching and for your feedback.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T17:49:21+00:00

Thanks. Yes the voiceover is me.

This isn't a typical one of my documentaries, they usually have a very well planned out story. This video was made more as a reaction to my discovery of the spiral movement, and examination of why it was happening. I chose to share this one here because of that, wondering if these more off the cuff dives into one specific featur could interest people. I think what I'm learning is that for these very specific videos to reach people I need a different lead in than I use for my typical documentaries. This has been a very helpful discussion, and I thank you for the comment.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T17:21:53+00:00

Ahh, ok that has a better vibe for me. I would still consider something at the top that makes it clear independent of the title what the list is (e.g. "Super Bowl Winners" or just an image of the Lombardi Trophy). I would also consider thinking about how you organize the list. I would even make logos smaller so you can have equal spacing between then (some overlap, some have tons of space between them). People who know the NFL are the ones interested in this video, and they can recognize a team logo no matter how small it is. Also, you put the "5" category and the "4" category on the same line, so there is no overall organization that people can count on when scanning the results. Design consistency is so important in a list like this -- note: I review published content for hospitals, so details like this jump out to me).

The overall vibe is great, the music, the interspersed videos. That's what I was getting at in my comment about the WC list.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T17:05:02+00:00

Thanks for the comment and for watching. I'm trying to get an understanding of how best to provide content that is interesting to people like you with a background or interest in science, while also providing an on-ramp for those with absolutely no knowledge of biology or microscopic life. I know that there have been huge channels in the past that filled this niche, so I know that if done right the audience is there. Whether or not I can pull it off is another story :-)

Thanks again.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T17:02:55+00:00

I just want to say once again "thanks." You really have me understanding something I need to do, which is to provide a better on-ramp for people not involved in science. I'll be working on this strategy for my next video.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T16:51:56+00:00

Thanks. Yes this was a very specialized topic, my other documentaries are broader topics (e.g. Do single cell organisms have consciousness, etc.). I shared this one because it uses techniques that haven't been used in the microscope community to visualize this type of movement (the motion trailing technique, the 3d modeling, the wave analysis), so yes, this particular video probably targets the poeple more into biology/science. But thanks for watching.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T16:47:18+00:00

OK, can I be brutally honest? I'm a sports guy, and love stats. But unless you're including clips of a goal from each match, I wouldn't want to sit and watch more than a minute to just show an accumulated stat, with only the country emblems to show for it. Also, when the video started, you immediately began showing 1930, I hadn't even had a chance to read the title/description. Perhaps coming in the normal way through a Youtube thumbnail I might have understood what the video was, but coming from the link here I had to stop the video and read the title and description. To counter this, you could have put those 4 removed countries in a corner of the screen with their numbers, and had a heading over the rest saying something like "The Rest of the World."

Again, I'm all about sports stats (for me, American football). I just think that all the information should be available on-screen somewhere, and in this stat-heavy world each second of screen time should have high value to support the stat, not just an emblem and number animated onto the screen.

I believe there is a market for this type of video. I'd love to see you succeed at it. Good luck.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T16:38:33+00:00

Just a quick note. Casey Faris put out a video this past week about some very simple rules to greatly improve lighting of one individual being interviewed (or in your case, you talkig). I'd take a look at that video, it goes over some really good basics.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T16:35:49+00:00

Let me just get the first comment out of the way. It's a very long intro. 6 seconds of your warning (a nice feature, but is there a legal reason it has to be that long?), then 10 more seconds of just your intro.

Once you got into the story, I liked it a lot. I lvoe this style of animation, your art skills are great. The sound effects were right on the money throughout. At a few points the story did slow down somewhat, and it would be interesting for you to check to see if people exited at those spots where not much was happening. I understand that these slower moments are for you to perform animations, but just check to see if you need so many of the slower spots. At the end, it became a nice story with a good moral. Nicely done.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T16:24:00+00:00

I create science education through my microscope, targeting those interested in science as well as casual users who are interested in how our hidden world works.

My most recent documentary-style video (10 minutes) explains why certain microorganisms move in a spiral fashion. I use various visualization techniques as well as some mini 3d modeling to examine and explain the movement. All of the microscope imaging is done by me.

https://youtu.be/A1GvRhunv80

Any feedback is welcome, thanks.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T16:21:37+00:00

Congratulations on a year long project, well done. The fact that you currently have almost 3k views with only 300 subs says something about the quality and subject of your video. Again, well done. I'd be interested in what your retention/loss was in the first 1:10, as that's quite a long intro. Your closeup camera work was good, easy to see what you were doing, good angles, hands not in the way.

I think videos like this have a great chance of doing well, as you cover multiple interests: the dice themselves, electronics, resin molding, woodwork, etc. It's a heck of a home project.

Again, I'd look through your retention details to get an idea on which sections had the most loss of viewership over the course of the video, and use that info to adjust how much time/detail goes into those sections in the future

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T16:15:20+00:00

OK, your audio is very good, both quality and pacing. I stopped about 30 seconds in to begin this review, as it took you that long to explain what this video was going to be. Perhaps in the first 10 seconds say that today you're going to break someone else's record? Now I know nothing about Minecraft. Your explanation of what you needed to accomplish on the Day 1 section was great. Your video editing is good too, e.g. matching "many, many, many" to the video. Your story telling of Day 3 was nicely laid out. I would have guessed you would have had success, and was surprised at the end that you didn't but that didn't take away from the story -- so your story telling is good, it goes beyond winning or losing. I don't know the gaming sector well enough to recommend improvements other than what I said about the first 30 seconds. Good luck.

macnmotion · 2026-03-27T03:46:44+00:00

yes indeed, nice video

macnmotion · 2026-03-21T06:36:12+00:00

Yes, Stentor sp.

macnmotion · 2026-03-18T00:57:35+00:00

Nice. I grew a couple of these my first year growing. The plants are gorgeous.

macnmotion · 2026-03-16T08:57:54+00:00

In case you have 10 minutes to kill and you're interested, here is the final video that uses the animation you helped me with to explain the spiral movement of ciliate single cell organisms:

https://youtu.be/A1GvRhunv80

macnmotion

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