What constructive feedback can we give to car "youtubers"
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We have come a long way since my childhood (90's, early 00's) when we had to watch car reviews on TV... often waiting for weekly topgear and 5th Gear episodes, or buying car mags.
I therefore cannot complain about car "YouTubers" - if anything, I've gained a lot of my car knowledge from them.
However, lets discuss constructive feedback. What are the things that are beginning to irritate with car YouTubers, and what can they do to improve? I can think of a few:
- Stop trying to sound like an old-fashioned TV car reviewer from the 90's. (E.g. "This... is... a...great...car")
- Advertising car history check services... need I say more!
- Having "exhaust clips", which consist of a microphone and camera attached to the car back bumper. The driver then accelerates, and all I can hear is wind and noise (probably sounds nothing like the car if you heard it day-to-day).
- Cliche titles/thumbmails - E.g. "10 things I hate/like about".
Can you think of anything else?
I therefore cannot complain about car "YouTubers" - if anything, I've gained a lot of my car knowledge from them.
However, lets discuss constructive feedback. What are the things that are beginning to irritate with car YouTubers, and what can they do to improve? I can think of a few:
- Stop trying to sound like an old-fashioned TV car reviewer from the 90's. (E.g. "This... is... a...great...car")
- Advertising car history check services... need I say more!
- Having "exhaust clips", which consist of a microphone and camera attached to the car back bumper. The driver then accelerates, and all I can hear is wind and noise (probably sounds nothing like the car if you heard it day-to-day).
- Cliche titles/thumbmails - E.g. "10 things I hate/like about".
Can you think of anything else?
LT1987 said:
- Having "exhaust clips", which consist of a microphone and camera attached to the car back bumper. The driver then accelerates, and all I can hear is wind and noise (probably sounds nothing like the car if you heard it day-to-day).
This is one of my pet hates in car videos. Staring at a close up shot of an exhaust pipe is not interesting in any way, and listening to the sound from a microphone that is right next to an exhaust pipe never fails to sound terrible, usually just exhaust tromboning without any of the accompanying mechanical engine noises, especially with the low grade microphones that most vloggers seem to use. You'd never stick your head that close to a revving exhaust, so why do they think we want to experience it in video form?SeekerOfTruthAndPies said:
Low set camera, with the presenter leaning forwards and over the camera whilst gesticulating with both hands like they're in a music video.
I think a lot of people who make car videos , should look how Harry Metcalf sets up his vehicle with cameras and uses a third person ( His Wife) to film segments outside the car etc. Always looks professional Purosangue said:
SeekerOfTruthAndPies said:
Low set camera, with the presenter leaning forwards and over the camera whilst gesticulating with both hands like they're in a music video.
I think a lot of people who make car videos , should look how Harry Metcalf He sets the benchmark for me and in comparison, many channels are unwatchable.
t scared of saying anything bad about the cars incase they are ostracised by that particular manufacturer. I stopped watching Car Throttle because I felt they got childish and silly. I also stopped watching Mighty Car Mods because it seemed to loose it's 'two everyday blokes in their garage' feel with the new bigger workshop.
But there's still tons of choice, and the views on those two alone has continued to go up - so the problem is clearly me, and my taste in viewing.
The semi-pro YB'ers know what they're doing, get instant feedback and will change accordingly. They know what the audience wants.
But there's still tons of choice, and the views on those two alone has continued to go up - so the problem is clearly me, and my taste in viewing.
The semi-pro YB'ers know what they're doing, get instant feedback and will change accordingly. They know what the audience wants.
Seeing the same sponsorships all the time (car history checks, VPNs, whatever) does get boring, but I don't begrudge them because I don't expect the content to be produced for free.
Similarly, the cliché titles and thumbnails seem to be a necessary evil for search engine optimisation and traffic generation. Just got to put up with those things, I guess.
My constructive feedback for car YouTubers is be yourself, find your own style and / or niche, and try to produce original videos. Admittedly the last of those is hard to achieve in what is a very crowded space.
Similarly, the cliché titles and thumbnails seem to be a necessary evil for search engine optimisation and traffic generation. Just got to put up with those things, I guess.
My constructive feedback for car YouTubers is be yourself, find your own style and / or niche, and try to produce original videos. Admittedly the last of those is hard to achieve in what is a very crowded space.
> I'm not sure of the phrasing to describe it, but I hate it when Harry names a car without using 'the' before the name.
i.e
"When F12 came out 3 years ago"
"It has much bigger wheels than Landcruiser"
It's the F12 and the Landcruiser.
(can't fault the rest of Harry's Garage)
> Overly long in-car segments. They're all guilty of this, to an extent. 30 mins of someone's face from an in-car camera gets wearing, no matter the content. I want to see the car, not the person driving it.
> Hyped up thumbnails. I know, I know - there's an algorithm that everyone's trying to crack. It's cheesy though.
> Shorts. A 30 second or one minute video has no interest to me unless it's on TikTok, it just clogs up my video feed.
> Finally, most irritatingly.............adverts. I get that they are a necessary sin and it's not the inclusion of them that bothers me. It's the way they are inserted in the middle of someone speaking or doing something, meaning that you miss sometimes quite crucial seconds of dialogue or action from the video itself.
I watch a golf channel and the times they come in right as someone is swinging the club beggars belief.
Surely there must be a way to neatly cut to adverts, then cut back? I'm not paying for YT premium - I subscribe to enough online content as it is......
i.e
"When F12 came out 3 years ago"
"It has much bigger wheels than Landcruiser"
It's the F12 and the Landcruiser.
(can't fault the rest of Harry's Garage)
> Overly long in-car segments. They're all guilty of this, to an extent. 30 mins of someone's face from an in-car camera gets wearing, no matter the content. I want to see the car, not the person driving it.
> Hyped up thumbnails. I know, I know - there's an algorithm that everyone's trying to crack. It's cheesy though.
> Shorts. A 30 second or one minute video has no interest to me unless it's on TikTok, it just clogs up my video feed.
> Finally, most irritatingly.............adverts. I get that they are a necessary sin and it's not the inclusion of them that bothers me. It's the way they are inserted in the middle of someone speaking or doing something, meaning that you miss sometimes quite crucial seconds of dialogue or action from the video itself.
I watch a golf channel and the times they come in right as someone is swinging the club beggars belief.
Surely there must be a way to neatly cut to adverts, then cut back? I'm not paying for YT premium - I subscribe to enough online content as it is......
Muzzer79 said:
> I'm not sure of the phrasing to describe it, but I hate it when Harry names a car without using 'the' before the name.
i.e
"When F12 came out 3 years ago"
"It has much bigger wheels than Landcruiser"
It's the F12 and the Landcruiser.
(can't fault the rest of Harry's Garage)
> Overly long in-car segments. They're all guilty of this, to an extent. 30 mins of someone's face from an in-car camera gets wearing, no matter the content. I want to see the car, not the person driving it.
> Hyped up thumbnails. I know, I know - there's an algorithm that everyone's trying to crack. It's cheesy though.
> Shorts. A 30 second or one minute video has no interest to me unless it's on TikTok, it just clogs up my video feed.
> Finally, most irritatingly.............adverts. I get that they are a necessary sin and it's not the inclusion of them that bothers me. It's the way they are inserted in the middle of someone speaking or doing something, meaning that you miss sometimes quite crucial seconds of dialogue or action from the video itself.
I watch a golf channel and the times they come in right as someone is swinging the club beggars belief.
Surely there must be a way to neatly cut to adverts, then cut back? I'm not paying for YT premium - I subscribe to enough online content as it is......
I don't think you'd last 5 seconds watching any videos with Gordon Murray talking about his new cars on youtube!i.e
"When F12 came out 3 years ago"
"It has much bigger wheels than Landcruiser"
It's the F12 and the Landcruiser.
(can't fault the rest of Harry's Garage)
> Overly long in-car segments. They're all guilty of this, to an extent. 30 mins of someone's face from an in-car camera gets wearing, no matter the content. I want to see the car, not the person driving it.
> Hyped up thumbnails. I know, I know - there's an algorithm that everyone's trying to crack. It's cheesy though.
> Shorts. A 30 second or one minute video has no interest to me unless it's on TikTok, it just clogs up my video feed.
> Finally, most irritatingly.............adverts. I get that they are a necessary sin and it's not the inclusion of them that bothers me. It's the way they are inserted in the middle of someone speaking or doing something, meaning that you miss sometimes quite crucial seconds of dialogue or action from the video itself.
I watch a golf channel and the times they come in right as someone is swinging the club beggars belief.
Surely there must be a way to neatly cut to adverts, then cut back? I'm not paying for YT premium - I subscribe to enough online content as it is......
Muzzer79 said:
> Finally, most irritatingly.............adverts. I get that they are a necessary sin and it's not the inclusion of them that bothers me. It's the way they are inserted in the middle of someone speaking or doing something, meaning that you miss sometimes quite crucial seconds of dialogue or action from the video itself.
I watch a golf channel and the times they come in right as someone is swinging the club beggars belief.
Surely there must be a way to neatly cut to adverts, then cut back? I'm not paying for YT premium - I subscribe to enough online content as it is......
There was until YouTube took away the control from the creators. They used to be able to choose the number of adverts and where they appeared, slot them in at a natural gap etc but YouTube now dictate how many ads each video gets and if you don't agree with that they just insert them anyway in seemingly random places. It's why lots of videos have far too many adverts and part of their drive with AdBlockers, it's not the creator's fault.I watch a golf channel and the times they come in right as someone is swinging the club beggars belief.
Surely there must be a way to neatly cut to adverts, then cut back? I'm not paying for YT premium - I subscribe to enough online content as it is......
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