Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/J4031DKJaII Edited video: https://youtube.com/shorts/e7SbvX4Oiuk Uploading both videos to see which one performs better. One is more optimized for the short while the other is raw footage and got 1.6k views. I'm testing if there's a view jail like there is for long form videos where they can be capped at 200 views. Edit: It does go to view jail
I think this is something I'm proud to say I started on. It can definitely be better but I just uploaded and got 200 views and 12 likes but took it down and reuploaded because retention wasn't very high. Most people would only watch the first 30 seconds. So hopefully this version does better. Let me know what you think!
With over 30 million views on a single YouTube short, Andy Jiang has mastered the art of short story telling. Let's dive in and see how we can replicate his videos.
I don't mean to diss on anyone but there's definitely a lot of components not ideal for this video to get views. That being said, how do you make this video better? Let me know by posting a comment below!
I really think there isn't a hook for this video. The title is shown immediately and ruins the surprise effect for the hook. I also don't like the discord sound effect that audience would mistake for their own discord. There's also the "Monkey Spinning Monkeys" song overused back in 2014. I really feel like hitting the biker naturally would be a hook. If it was just that, then skip to the next clip of the guy yelling, that would probably be really funny on its own. There's two scenes here but it's shown as one long continuous clip which could also bore the audience and make them skip.
https://screencraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/David-Mamet-Memo.pdf This is the Mr. Beast handbook he gives to his employees. Regardless of how you feel about him, he still gets more views than you and you can always learn from someone ahead of you.