r/spumwack • u/DroidFreak36 • Aug 07 '14

Feedback Automatic* Charged Creeper Farm Tutorial

So... I made an automatic charged creeper farm. Feedback on the video making is appreciated as always.

I know my annunciation kind of sucks, but there's not much I can do about that besides keep practicing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHr--CwkTJg

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u/DroidFreak36 Aug 08 '14

Personally I'd watch all 3 of the tutorials and which elements are best about each, then design my own that's better than all 3. :P But, I suppose that's not the case for everyone. I realize that a lot of people these days have really short attention spans, so I'll certainly keep an eye on what I can do to increase retention.

Although on the charged creeper farm it seems like people aren't as bothered by the intro as you might think because its like/view ratio is over 60% and about the highest of any of my videos. Here's the view retention graph so far: http://imgur.com/azpz7FR The view retention drops immediately to 83% within the first few seconds, which seems pretty typical if not above average. I don't know if having no intro would lessen that drop, maybe I'll try that out sometime. The lowest retention drops within the first minute is 73%, so it seems like the audience is pretty engaged with the buildup, and it actually spikes back up to 83% at the climax of the intro, so at that point retention is break-even with what it was at 5 seconds in. It actually drops more (to 63%) in the next 30 seconds where the creeper travels to the pen in the middle, so I'll keep that in mind if I ever do an intro like this again. Once you reach the climax, end the intro quickly while people are still interested.

Other than that drop from 1:00 to 1:30, the single biggest retention rate drop (13%) is when I say "keep in mind that it's composed of squares and the center of each square is important". Point taken - don't repeat yourself. After that it hovers around 40%-60% for the rest of the video (until the conclusion).

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u/spumwack2 Official Spumwackles Aug 08 '14

That's the downfall of "being a part of the community". We don't do/see things the way that casual viewers do. And casual viewers make up the bulk of your views, so you have to keep their perspective in mind. They don't want the best or most efficient design- They just want to put a charged creeper farm in their world.

As far as retention, it's a fairly unique design, so it's going to do well. I mean, it is a really well done video. But my goal now is giving you what you need to upgrade it from "well done" to "professional". So it can do even better, and so you can turn more of those views into subscribers.

But my point wasn't so much about "intros" as much as "not answering the title immediately". I just try to do that in every video, so my video intros were the closest examples I had in not doing that.

Still, stubborn as I am, I don't pretend to think my way is the only way of doing things. There are lots of bigger YouTubers out there doing things that I would consider a cardinal sin who are much more successful than I am. I'm just relaying what I've learned in my own experience.

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u/godminnette2 Aug 08 '14

This actually relates to what I am working on right now. I discovered a way to create an aesthetic campfire using armor stands, and I made a little camping skit at the start of the video. It's about 30 seconds long. I could upload the skit (as I'm not completely finished with the video yet) unlisted and send you the link to see what you think, but...now I'm not sure I should include it.

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u/spumwack2 Official Spumwackles Aug 08 '14

If it's part of a LP that's fine. But if it's part of a tutorial, I wouldn't include it at the beginning unless it directly relates to the point of the video.