Right, so I apologize for how long it’s taken to get my latest video review out. I’ve been having some issues with trying to get the audio set right. Mainly, I’ve been experimenting. But these experiments are making me really lose interest in doing these videos.
My main issue (and complaint) I’ve been getting from my videos, is the fact I studder.. a lot. Unfortunately, studdering isn’t something I can just edit away. Well…. actually I could, but, my editing tools are very limited. With SHAREfactory, there’s no way I can edit the audio and the video together, to ensure that both are perfectly sync’d. Plus, I hate cutting the video. I feel like I’ll leave out parts I actually like (and then be pissed I was forced to cut them due to my damn studdering).
And the reason I studder, is because I don’t use a script when I explain about the game. As I said before, reading off of a script doesn’t feel natural to me. But there’s more of a personal issue. With the way my eyes are, they have trouble trying to find the exact line I need to read in a split second while also playing the game. I suck at multitasking. I can only do one task at a time.
In doing videos, I cannot read a script and play a game at the exact same time(and expect not to studder while doing so). Even when both monitors are at eyesight. Plus, my brain preforms slower than most people. It takes time for it to produce words.. even ones on a script. I often have to ‘wing it’, especially when I’m about to run out of time of the 15 minute PS4 recording limit.
All of this is making me … just not want to do these videos anymore. As much as I love doing them, it’s just too stressful for me. I’m trying to make them into ‘oh so serious’ reviews, and I end up ruining it.
Thankfully, there is help out there for people like me. Such as a website called ‘YTtalk.com’. It’s a forum with a really nice community of Youtubers. Though most of them are small channels, or don’t do any of the content that I do.
The reason why they’re so nice, is because of auto-moderation of new posts and responses. It’s a bit of annoyance, not going to lie. Especially when I need to make a fast reply to someone that responded to my post, and the response won’t show up publicly for 10+ minutes due to auto-moderation. But it does keep the toxicity in check.
Anyway, I’ve asked them if it was worth doing these videos. I told them all the hell I went through when recording — how I could never get the volume level the way I want (but that’s been fixed by not using the cheap ass mic that the PS4 comes with).
I even showed them some of my unlisted videos, and that’s pretty brave of me.
And then the responses came in. There were plenty. A few suggested that to just drop doing the videos, as I don’t need two sources of reviews. Others suggested to find a friend that could help me manage this. Meh…
However, a good majority liked one particular post who suggested I take this in a different approach. He suggested to leave my ‘oh so serious’ reviews on my blog, because he sees I’m better typing it out than I am explaining it in a video, and this is very true. With a blog, my brain (and myself) have all the time in the world to think of what to say. Also, he didn’t understand why I’m doing my review in two formats; blog and video. I responded saying that the video was a way to explain what I mean in my written review.
So his main suggestion, is to do the video first, then the review. What he means, is the video will be my ‘first glimpse’ of the game; to base my review off of this.
I asked him how should I go about doing this. He suggested I call the videos “PS4 Mini-Playthoughs”(as they pretty much are).
He also suggested for my actual review, to make a list of all the things I saw (a ‘report card’ of the game) by doing the following;
Info of game (he said to keep this).
Features. (A brief description of the game)
Story (explain the plot).
Main Character (explain abilities).
Side Characters (any other known characters the game is trying to show me).
Enemies.
Levels.
Final Review (he said to keep this).
With this, I feel making videos will be less stressful. I’ll actually have fun doing it, as I’m supposed to. He also suggested not to be ashamed of my studdering. I can’t thank him enough for this suggestion.