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A nice side effect of it being so commonplace now is that most youtubers are doing their own editing, meaning the jokes and queues are very authentic to their p
by mikepurvis 8y ago
A nice side effect of it being so commonplace now is that most youtubers are doing their own editing, meaning the jokes and queues are very authentic to their personality and intent, vs having to be inserted after the fact by a separate professional who just wants to get the job done. See for example shows like Laymen Gaming or Girlfriend Reviews, both of which are full of Arrested Development style cutaway gags.
- duxup 8y ago> meaning the jokes and queues are very authentic to their personality and intent I think that's less a thing than we maybe think. I think the medium crafts the message and even the messenger. There are certainly YouTube like "patterns" and I see a lot of channels eventually devolve into them. Time and again over time I see something I like and then they ever so slightly creep towards the YouTube drama stuff, and before you know it they're doing "reaction videos" and even if their other content is still active it just doesn't feel as authentic anymore. Not to say I entirely disagree, but I do think the medium has a great deal of influence and IMO that impacts "authenticity" and etc.
- ljm 8y agoThis makes me think of that editing 'style' where Youtubers will edit out every single pause for breath, so not only do you see their head snapping about every 2 or 3 seconds, you're practically listening to one massive sentence. To me it feels awful and it ends up making me feel tense. Like anything though, it only takes one or two people to do it before it catches on and everyone starts emulating it.