This Secret "BLOWS UP" Gaming Channels
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- Making gaming videos is challenging, but making GREAT ones is even harder... Or is it?
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📑 Chapters
00:00 - What IS The Secret To Great Gaming Videos?
00:19 - Visiting An Expert
00:47 - What Makes a Good Story?
01:48 - Can This Apply To UA-cam & Gaming Videos?
02:13 - Before You Start…
02:41 - Finding The Right Ideas
03:08 - Cutting Down The Best Bits
03:59 - Turning The Highlights Into Something More…
04:50 - Breaking Down GREAT Intros
05:56 - The Real Way To End A Video
06:13 - Bringing Everything Together
06:35 - The Polishing Touches That Make The Difference
08:06 - Fix Your Mistakes Before You Make Them
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This experience has been amazing and very informative. Working with Alan and Sam has taught me so much about the industry and myself. Taking what I have learned from them, I have been able to make my work flow more streamlined and honestly, less stressful. I have a very busy schedule, so going into a video/stream having a full plan set and scripted has taken a lot of the pressure off allowing me to make better content. It has been enjoyable for my community and I have found that I am enjoying things much more as well. Streams that I have a structure, knowing I have a goal has made me feel like I don't have to be "on" all the time. Making things flow better. With this, it has also made streams that I don't have a goal for turn out being great bits of content for my short form videos. So no matter what I am doing, I am making content and feel like I am doing less work since most of it is done before I even hit the go live. Working with these two has been an experience like non-other and I am eternally grateful for the knowledge they have given me. I now feel, no matter the game I can attack it and make great content!
I have been making UA-cam videos since 2009, and this video gave light to me needing to change my formula to make more relatable content.
I feel like this video is a turning point for me. Story is going to be the driving force of my content from this moment. I kinda knew story was important already, this was the kick up the arse I needed. Thanks Sam
Hey Sam. Thanks for your help and advice today. I really appreciate it and it was great meeting you in person.
Cutting down the good bits is easily the toughest parts, far gone are the days of throwing up 4 hour let's plays with nothing happening for most of it. Great stuff as always good sir.
This trend is something I'm noticing the newer minecraft youtubers is doing exceptionally well since minecraft is very saturated and the game needs a lot of input of the player to make interesting content. Awesome Video Sam!
This is a terrific video thank you Sam for supporting us ❤
Getting into storytelling is honestly one of my favourite things to do as of lately. This video shows that off so well, a story about creating a story. Great stuff from you and Allan here!
Thank you for making this!
This video is so underrated and is the key to be successful in any video type content, hell, even writing news articles has some of this storytelling techniques.
thanks Sam and Alan, this is a masterpiece!
Hands down the most useful video I've ever come across. I've not long started on UA-cam & I can't wait to put these points into action. Thanks to both of you guys
Absolutely loved this and Irish rocks!
No, you rock!
@@IrishLaoch Are we about to have a nou battle?
@@MandyPlayerOne It feels like it 😄
I'm a filmmaker myself.. but I never really tried incorporating it to my gaming videos! Thanks Sam!
This is a great concept which has not occurred to me to even try. Look forward to trying to implement this theory in the future! Also amazing way ya'll showed off video recording and editing!
Thank You so much dude. Honestly Never Looked at it that way. I don't usually watch your content but this video Is really helpful and It opens your eyes a little for a struggling gaming channel lol. Also your videos are getting better, I started watching you a while ago. I think people appreciate all the effort you put in your videos.
I've been really good at making Apex guide videos, but I think this is what I need for my regular gameplay videos. Thanks Sam and Allan! 😁
One of the best videos I've seen on this topic. Super helpful!
Thanks for making this :D
Great video man your editing skills are so great. Thanks for bringing us another video to watch .
great video, also just a note if anyone tells you about your body type ignore them and also its all right to be how you are never feel insecure about yourself because, Sam you truly are amazing! Keep up the good work!
Great video. I’m going to try to apply this more myself with streams and videos. Thank you!
Great guide! I’m going to attempt to add this to my gaming videos soon.
Incredible content, keep it up!
got my notepad out Sam
edit: this is a great video and really informative but I wanna say that Sam your video quality and story telling and visuals yourself have improved a lot and it seems like you've really been pushing yourself lately and that is really inspiring, so keep it up your videos are great.
Does feel like we're at the dawn of a new UA-cam creator meta. Excited to see you and everyone here who's a creator pop off! 🚀
Thank you for all this knowledge! I have no idea why I never thought of this myself as it seems so obvious, but clearly I wasn't paying attention
this video has a LOT of good info i will try to implement into my own videos. thank you!
IRISH!!!! That is awesome!
Thanks! I had a blast working on this with them. I learned so much.
An interesting discussion to have regarding gaming videos and perhaps even just UA-cam videos themselves is how our attention span and need for a story/goal has changed since the dawn of UA-cam.
I remember being able to watch an hour long un-edited Minecraft video with like half of that time being dead air and fucking *loving it*.
Is this just a case of getting older and requiring more visual stimulation? Or has the increase in the video standard across multiple platforms made videos like that unwatchable? And then the follow up question is, where do we go from here? Is there a content ceiling that requires a new medium to overcome (something like live streaming did) or is our need for better content never going to end?
Super helpful video! I definitely need to incorporate more stories in my videos - something I've been struggling with
Waited for this. I was really wondering how it's done and here we go.
Great Video!
Sam, I truly believe that you are underrated. I’d love to see more of “gaming video tips”. Not just intense videos but also more light ones like “10 Tips that will make you gaming video fly” or whatever. Keep it up.. you are better than you might think!
Great video, If I werent already a lifelong subscriber I'd have subscribed after this for sure.
Loved it, and i needed this
Excellent work! I have a lot to take away for the channel I am building
these are all so true!
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Really enjoyed that, would be good to see the difference in the video performance after it had been released
The law of attraction 😂. Great video! And Allan was exceptional too!
rewatching this because I miss you, hope we get a new video soon!
very solid video
This is insane the difference between two videos on Irish's channel blew me away. I went into the Phasmo video and immediately knew what I was in for and it hooked me. Then I looked at her last video and I'm sorry Irish but it didn't hold my attention past the first running segment. I had no context of what was going on and if it was something I wanted to see. I hope you can keep up with content like the video featured here because if you can I would be talking about your videos with friends all the time.
This is the video that I've been really waiting for from someone to make. I run a very niche gaming channel based off one game in particular (old school runescape) and I've been struggling to really take my videos and content to the next level. I've been fortunate enough to get to 40k subs, but I still feel like my content is drastically missing something/multiple things to really beef up the quality of content I produce.
I'd love to have a sit down with you Sam to talk 1 on 1, but this video I think can really help me and I plan on watching this video dozens of times for weeks/months to come to be honest as I really want to succeed, and I appreciate all the time and effort you put into your content to help creators like me out. Thank you Sam! Hopefully I can do my best with my future content with the things I learn here. If by chance you read this comment, and want to collab, 100% would love to reach out and chat with you! (had to try right?) Anyways, thanks again Sam!
Very good video
Ayy now that outro was quite good! You been watching FILMBOOTH or something, Sam? The rest of the video was great as well! I had also come to the realization of this after watching a lot of Paddy Galloway's videos as well.
Ed and I are good buds!
Sam you lowkeying looking good in this video
Well Sam Woodhall, you did something right. Your in my recommendation notifications. And I clicked. And I watched.
Sam, have you ever used/heard of the Studio App plugin for Premiere Pro? It looks like a wonderful tool for editors, but there isn't a lot of information available about it on UA-cam. It seems to be kind of new.
Love the new thumbnail
This sounds great for video creation, how can this be applied to livestream gameplays? Hi Sam 😊☕️
Hi Sam, amazing video and content as always. I am just wondering if you could shed some light here (or in another video perhaps) about where new content creators can go to hire quality editors, thumbnail creators or even on a larger scale, mentors for content creation. I see you helping these people out or giving editing/content creation tips and I think to myself 'WOW, how cool would it be to be mentored by someone in the know!'
Anyways I suppose I have two questions:
1) Where to find quality editors/thumbnail-ists that understand subjective humour of the creator (besides the dreaded Fiverr..)
and
2) Where can content creators find a quality mentor (free and paid)? Thanks for your time and all the best with your content!
Absolutely adore this video. Would you be able to do something similar for Video Essays? Its a niche i would love to see you have a similar deep dive in. Things that in your opinion works or doesn't work.
I'm going to pinch a comment from another one of Allan's videos to someone else asking a similar question (ua-cam.com/video/JO5Qz0luWNY/v-deo.html )
This is the breakdown for the intro
- Set up (Character and conflict): You and your thesis or the debate of the video.
- Hook (Hint at the journey): A nod at what you've done or how you will evaluate the points.
- Tease (Promised Value): A brief exploration of what you either expect to learn or what the possible outcomes may be.
More of a breakdown
The character is either you or your audience (whoever is going on the journey, i.e. you if you're explaining YOUR experience, or breaking it down for others) within the thesis/essay, and your goal is to explain your debate and communicate it well.
The conflict would be the evaluation, it's the argument you're making in favour of or against the thing you're talking about, trying to convince others of your argument in valid points. Now you can be clever with this and approach several conflicts within your thesis that you approach as you explain your points.
The stakes wouldn't necessarily apply here, but your value (or promised value from your title and thumbnail) will be what you establish within your thesis. You can't exactly say 'If I don't convince you, I'm gonna do XYZ", it's not applicable to the content style. Tease the value you're promising, tell people WHY they should watch. Stakes does not equal value, and they are not the same.
Hope this helps!
@@SamWoodhall wow thank you! I seriously appreciate you taking the time to do all this.
This is also not only for gaming! Look at the majority of Ludwig’s videos and you’ll see the classic “premise, stakes, resolution” structure.
Yep, we used gaming as the example here, but it's applicable to every video.
Oh I almost knew it, almost because I can't 100% confirm
Hope for new videos
Good video
You give a good way to look at things, but I'll be damned if I can think up ideas for my own content (multiplayer shooters and general story driven games), especially when adding in conflict and trying to find a payoff for it. Ah, the endless struggle continues.
I'd check out this video from Allan too, it's awesome and might help you out ua-cam.com/video/Vw0-xE9GyF8/v-deo.html
@@SamWoodhall Hey thanks for the reply and a direction to look. I definitely appreciate it.
Can you do a version of this for tutorial videos
when I try to buy credits for a CTA animation on vbi design the option to purchase credits is grayed out and I can't click on it??
Does recording into multiple tracks require actually recording inside of OBS while streaming? Since it looks like downloading the VoD only gives me one track.
Yes, I use OBS for recording
@@IrishLaoch Do you record and stream at the same time? OR do you have separate recording and streaming sessions?
@@FloofysTV I do both, but I stream and record at the same time more often as it allows me to create more content with less time/work.
@@IrishLaoch do you find it has any impact on the quality of either? Like I don't know if I drop frames while streaming if I'm recording at the same time.
@@FloofysTV No I don’t have any issues with early in quality or frames. I am running a 2060super with a ryzen5. You just have to get the right settings within OBS
Second, Love u sam!
Rust UA-camrs like Booprint and especially Wylen do a great job at this as well. Not sure if you've ever heard of them. Found myself addicted to their videos for a time just for the stories they told.
I'll be honest: I wish that a horror video game wasn't being covered in this video. I absolutely *hate* jump scares and demented-looking monsters.
you know whats funny is i watched a video of yours just 2 days ago and this was the conclusion I came up with lol. I haven't watched this whole thing yet I just thought that intro was funny bc it was your own how to edit video that made me realize I dont have a story to tell when i edit i just chop the stream up and post and its usually meh at best bc... im not telling a story. i also looked into how to make meme videos bc thats a thing too lol.
Amazing video, but the thumbnail could be better though ( not trying to sound rude ) love the channel and the content
Trust me. This is working just fine.
Question : how was she able to record sound tracks seperately? wouldnt see need a sound card to cover each aspect?
She has a GoXLR to make that process easier, but you can do it through Voicemeeter.
@@SamWoodhall I have a goxlr mini. Can you do it with one? Is there a guide telling me how to do it?
I've had a ton of hardware incompatibility issues with steel series and voice meeter. So I ended up splashing out on an Elgato Wave. If you add the individual sources directly you can use it for multi track recording.
OBS supports up to 6 audio tracks. An easy example to google is using track 2 for "twitch VOD audio" to only stream DMCA stuff live and not in the vod.
@@HonestAuntyElle ah yes. I have. 2 pc setup, and the goxlr mini is on the gaming pc and I record on the other pc, so trying to work out the config to allow me to do it
wait a second, i need help
i wouldnt say this blows up gaming channel i think its just tips to making better gaming videos which i would say you gave some great tips...gaming channels are so oversaturated they come a dime a dozen so they are just hard to grow in general it seems, almost like commentary channels. unless you have a niche thats not oversaturated
No such thing as oversaturated if your content is on a platform that has an algorithm. What is saturated is the ideas and videos that no one wants to watch.
Hi dude, can you explain why content creators are using titles like:
"this game broke me" instead of saying some like "I rage in Dark Souls
3" is not naming the name the new meta or what is going on?
Im no expert but i think people do this to get a wider audience. In saying "this game" it makes people question what game they are talking about and click on it to find out where as stating that it is "dark souls 3" means that it will probably only engage people that have an interest in the game
The secret is OUT!
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this is an AMAZING video yet i caught myself clicking due to boredom and not intrigue... i feel like something like "The trick to tell stories in gaming videos" not that exactly but along those lines for me PERSONALLY would've been more interesting. now im not sure if your target audience would agree but i feel like i am apart of the target audience somewhat so who knows
keep it up sam :)
I honestly don't believe stakes are necessary and if not done well feel super amateurish and artificial.
Of course they can definitely add to something but generally when I watch a youtube video it's for the premise and because I expect them to actually complete the challenge.
Otherwise why would the video exist?
If there's a question as to whether something is achievable I would expect to see "Can I do X?" or an equivalent question in the title.
Otherwise just "I did this but that" is generally gonna convey the same idea and fear of failure works as stakes 98% of the time.
I think that's usually better than shoehorning in "If I fail I have to play another game oh no!"
It is certainly a case by case basis, in the tease section of the intro you can either state the stakes or tease the value the video will offer, the value could well be the fact that you will take on a certain challenge.
Basically you're totally correct, what's wonderful is this is such a maliable process, if the value is good enough the stakes aren't always necessary.
We did mention that stakes aren't totally necessary. At 1:39 we say that it doesn't need to be a high stake, just a high level of value.
@@SamWoodhall I think that's fair. I just think stakes are often over-valued and can cheapen a video if not used well, when it wouldn't make a difference to leave them out.
And if stakes aren't important enough to the story to make it into the Title/Thumbnail, I'm not sure they're relevant at all.
That's just where my head's at and I worry for people constantly trying to add stakes and up the stakes every video when they probably don't need to.
Totally understand that. Stakes are just one part of telling stories, and not the full picture. I'm just trying to communicate how to use these storytelling techniques with gaming videos. It's not the full toolbox, but it's something that can help gaming creators make better videos.
@@SamWoodhall Absolutely, and more better videos is something I think everyone benefits from.
Framing content as a story is always going to be an incredibly powerful way to give things a solid throughline. I work in animation and making music videos is always a hundred times more successful when there's a story because it gives people something to come back for. Some meaning that gives a reason to not just listen through Spotify but actually watch the Video.
I love trying to create that value for people.
So the secret is planning and effort it's almost like ppl can tell how much time u spent making your video
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Personal I left the video with more questions than answers, I have very typical 2015-2017 UA-cam approach. Watching this didn't change that as the video in question was made from a stream, where I feel that the "if A then B" stakes work best, I'm not much of a streamer and even if I was I don't have many watching. I have a very "complex" way of thinking and learning so I'm sure the tools are here, they were not conveyed to me personally, perhaps if this had been focused around the more standard type of gaming video (recorded by oneself or with a few friends, and not streamed with audience interaction/involvement) I personally may have been able to take something from this video, but as it stands I didn't. I don't want to come across in the worng way, I need all the tips and advice I can get, but I lean very different than most and this didn't click with me.
The exact same tools for telling stories would still apply if you weren't live. It's the same technique, just applied in a different wrapper.
@@SamWoodhall I guess where I'm having the trouble is understanding how to apply them to "normal" videos, as an example I mostly play random games, mostly indie horror as of late, but still random, I don't know what to expect. So in trying to figure out how to apply story telling while while still keeping a genuine experience of the game. Maybe is the part of UA-cam I just enjoy most, but I feel alot of gaming content looses something if it starts to feel staged. Especially when it comes to horror.