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Relatable "story" that matters. I believe that most people watch youtube because they want a perfect mix of entertainment and education. The audience wants to f
by mayaakim 3y ago
Relatable "story" that matters. I believe that most people watch youtube because they want a perfect mix of entertainment and education. The audience wants to feel like their life will be transformed and improved (even tiny bit) if they watch your video. And they need to feel like they can relate to you somehow, like you're showing them the "right" way.
I try to follow this pattern in order to make the viewer relate to my videos (and sometimes I fail miserable because it's not easy):
1. I have "X" problem
2. I have this desire to become/learn/do "Y"
3. But I have an obstacle "Z"
4. If I don’t overcome the obstacle, it’s going to be really bad (stakes are high)
Anyways, here's a video where you see how I tried to implement this pattern:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIFxhd-mQFo&t=86s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIFxhd-mQFo&t=86s
(also, I didn't invent this pattern, instead I was lucky enough to run into one of Leon Hendrix's videos where he talks about it)
- justinhj 3y agoI also use this pattern quite often but slightly different. Something like "you want to do X, but Y gets in the way, but there's cool thing Z that saves the day" The whole point of the video is Z. Note it's no accident that this format closely matches the ubiquitous three act structure of movies. I don't do this rigidly though, it's just a useful pattern.