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Does anyone on Lemmy make videos? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by passwordforgetter@lemmy.nz to c/offtopic@lemmy.nz

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Are there any users, big or small who make videos on any platform? I'd like to get into video creation in the future, currently I only make half-assed videos. I'd do more if others were making videos. In 2006 I recall YouTube had a feature called video reply, and people would reply with their real face and voice. But I was only 15 and didn't have broadband so I barely knew of YouTube when it was actually good.

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[–] phonics@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do. Ive done it for my own channel (yt 30,000+ channel size) and i produce for companies too.

While im not the biggest creator by far. I have learned a lot about video creation and people pay me very well to create for them. This is the secret sauce:

Thumbnail and title are everything (unless your doing shortform). You want a max of 3 elements on a thumbnail. 2 objects and text for example. The goal is raise a question in the viewers mind then pull them in further with the title.
Video should start answering the question immediately but ask an even more interesting question before you answer it fully.

And 3. ALWAYS tell a story (in your own way) basic idea is

I want (something)

But (obstacle)

So ( im gonna try this)

If you follow those steps you are miles ahead of most creators.

Ive personally been working on this movie ive cut into bitesize chunks(1-2mins) that will be released daily. I spend a lot of my time on lemmy. But havent really seen a video creator shine here. Seems more comics based. Im wondering if video content 'fits' here. When ive finished shooting it i may try posting here just to see how it feels. But it will at most be an experiment. Also where would i post it? A brand new sublemmy? Its an interesting little idea ive had in my head for a while. I think its a question the community needs to answer.

We'll see if it comes to fruition. In the end, whats the harm? If no one sees it, its not embarrasing...because no one saw it.

[–] passwordforgetter@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's good to have specifics to work towards but sometimes I feel like everyone is trying to create the same kind of video with the exact same intonation.

On YouTube a person can get 300,000 views on a video but then nobody subscribes - subsequent videos only get a few thousand views. That's why I believe it's important to have a community surrounding a channel, maybe if it's political activism it can be promoted with flyers. That's how I imagine doing this, I'd need to reach new people face-to-face and actually be a person who talks about interesting stuff. Not just someone who's online who develops a random audience of people from various countries - that's what I want to avoid. There should be a core audience, ideally a local audience since I live on a tiny island.

Nothing wrong with marketing 101 of course - I tend to ramble! So obviously having a script and editing a video is something I need to work on.

I really admire the long interviews on Rumble by people like Glenn Greenwald. I really don't know his reputation but some of his talks are just fascinating to me. It's a totally different experience to the cheesy-smiley youtubers! Perhaps there's some good stuff on BitChute and Odysee too and I just haven't looked at it for ages. The creativity is better outside of YouTube.

[–] phonics@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Dont worry about people making the same stuff. All musicians write about love too. But your personal angle is what makes it unique. Be you, instead of trying to emulate someone elses flavor. A lot of twitch for instance is high energy, but i like watching a low energy guy play the game im interested in.

Subs dont really matter as much as they used to because majority is using homepage to recommend them content. Also just because subs are high doesnt give your next video the right to have high views. You still must create content they want.

If you wanna make political activism, make that your only topic and focus. If you are talking about important topics in a tone of voice and angle people are interested in your audience will find you. Have a look at garrys economics for an interesting take on political videos.

Flyers are fine, but if your target audience is using youtube, the home page will be all the flyer you need. If you are making good content that is relevant, you will get traction. But making good content is the hard part. "Yeah but xyz creator is making shit and getting millions of views" sure. The world is not fair, get over it. Make your stuff better.

If you live on a tiny island and the politics are local, your maximum audience may only be 6k people. But your impact can still be massive.

Rambling is fine if you wanna spend hours editing. But if you can craft a story the way i laid out in my previous comment, the video will nearly edit itself.

Stay tight to topic, be vulnerable and your audience will connect.

Long interviews are more podcast format. They can also be engaging, but its hard for them to be shared. They do however make for great short content if you take bites out.

I dont think creativity is better outside youtube. Sure maybe in cinema. But if someone is poppin off on bitchute and not also posting to youtube, they are wasting their potential. Unless their content is purely anti youtube.

Anyway good luck. Feel free to shoot me a dm or continie the thread if you have questions. Always happy to talk video :)

[–] passwordforgetter@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

Damnit I just recorded a video but the audio didn't capture because I think I only plugged in my mic AFTER I opened OBS. Oh well mistake learned!

[–] passwordforgetter@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 month ago

15 votes but no comments?

bruh.

🙃

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago