I’ve had a YouTube channel for over 13 years now, recently I’ve been trying to make a video a week and now I’ve narrowed my content to bike/truck stuff. I just released a 2 part video about whether or not you should fix up that old bike you have.
I’m looking for brutal commentary from fellow bike guys, so have at it. Make me a better YouTuber.
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Smile, and breath more, even when your face is off camera.
Visual and sound were good.
Watch the light in your backgrounds, sometimes the contrast bombs out the subject.
I think I only noticed it once, but remember you get quieter when you take a step further from the mic. If you notice this in editing you can bump it up a little for a second or so.
Editing is pretty good, couple of cuts were a little sharp.
If you're trying to trim the audio short but it's making the visual cut awkward, try switching the visual earlier or later than the audio. Same deal if you need to cut a visual but it's messing with your audio.
Or if you like your audio clip but don't like the visual at all, play it over a smooth pan of your subject (the bike, not your face).
Try it out, mess around with it, see how other people are using it.
TV News pieces can be pretty good (or terrible) at this because the audio and video they get aren't always ideal for the edit they want, and reshoots or new VO aren't possible because of deadlines. Watch what they do, steal what's good.
Record an outro, even on a 2 parter. New location(indoor?), or same spot as the intro, thanks for watching, remember to check out the great stuff in part 2, like, subscribe, etc.
I like your title graphic, but if you place it next all your other graphics, your video thumbnails, channel banners, your little verse of the day overlay, any other graphic, etc. Does it match?, do they all show visual consistency? Fonts, theme, colors.
I haven't done this for you, and don't know the answer, could be a yes, but you should do it if you haven't.
If something looks awesome but doesn't fit with the whole, change it, or change every other piece to match it.
You'll see these notes are all pretty mild, which means you did a good job. Nice work.
I don't have any specific notes on actual content. There were a couple of spots where I thought, could that be made more clear for newbies? But then decided any more explanation than what you did would be getting off topic and make it too long.
Trying to be brutal here, as instructed, but you're not giving me much to work with.
