Symph's Private Reviews

Great review and a lot of help, if you wanna learn something and better yourself send this guy an e-mail.
I hope it's okay that I reply to Symph's review.
Just for the record, I'm also American and know what a Hoover and a cold caller is.
I don't think cultural homogenization should be encouraged. Many people find the minor differences interesting.
 
Hey, I'd like people to tell me what they think of my latest video, which is featured on my channel :) Also, if they could subscribe/comment/rate then that would be more helpful :)
 
Fantastic Review, this sort of feedback is exceptionally valuable, Cheers

The way this made me feel is hard to explain. I cannot deny how amazing your talent for editing and special effects is. You also have a talent for.. I would call it "nerd humor" nerd humor is the kind of humor that like.. it's hard to explain.. only nerds get it, and to everyone else it is... it's not bad or negative, we just recognize it as having that "nerd humor vibe" and you had that going on with alot of the more comical aspects going on. it doesn't make me laugh out loud but it makes me like you more, I might crack a smile and go "hehe.. nerd humor, I like that" if you feel me.

But here's the problem. What I did NOT sense, was that I was watching something "unfold". You know how with a really entertaining action vlog, a premise is set up in your mind in the beginning, and then you watch it unfold, the action sequences impact you because of the premise that was established, you "know what's going on", you're "in on the story"

Now this, while I had no trouble understanding you, felt more like a random flashing of cool scenes. Cool scene after cool scene, but what is going on? It left me with a sensation like you feel when you see parlor tricks, I'd feel like "ok one more, clap clap haha good one, oh alright let's watch one more hehe, nice!" kinda like that, but it was like "ok that's a neat trick, now I'd like to see something with substance"

Now here's where this gets REEEALLY tricky for me. Sometimes, actually quite often, my friends can follow stories I can't. This may indeed have given clues as to what was really going on more than I knew, or there was a joke I wasn't getting, or something, it's quite possible. So I'm left unsure what to suggest.

I think for me, I would have rather this vlog kind of... if it had evolved into something. If at the end every character had a huge blow out round or if there was even a shred of story that I was waiting to see the outcome of. I didn't feel that so the "I must keep watching" feeling wasn't there.

And lastly (my reviews are NEVER this long btw) I think it is ALWAYS a bad idea to flash text so fast people can't read it. What happens is the persons eyes start to read the text but don't get it's message, this creates a sensation of being distracted by something that tells you nothing. It's.. look I'll be frank it's annoying. So when you put text on the screen, read it in your head at a normal speed and leave it as long as it takes you to. Comfortably, not speed reading.

That is about all I have for you at this time.
 
This is the video that symph reviewed for me:


And here is his review:

seriously, you're just awesome lol. Your personality is charming to the max, your sense of timing and transition is perfect, at first I was a LITTLE bored, but the vlog got better and better to the point that I was laughing out loud half way through. The way you asked people to share your video was really cute, your use of text on the screen was great, the length of the video was great, just... man... everyone's videos have been so good lately I haven't had many criticisms lol. Do me a favor and find someone who really sucks who wants a review will ya? I wanna rip apart some egos dang it.

Yeah your video was just what it should be, you have a wonderful personality on yt and I will definitely be subbing you :)

And then he sent me this awesome advice:

I thought of some advice for you. It's hard to think of advice for truly real and honest vloggers with charisma and personality, you like them so much you just want to praise them. But there is advice to give for people like you. But it's fun advice, it's the same advice that I need people to give me. The advice goes something like this.

You're right, you are a little bit more clever than the average vlogger, accept it. No, it is not so much clever that you can afford to get cocky, remember that. Never let yourself question what you are doing in the moment, if you are thinking about what you just did, or are anticipating what you are about to do while the camera is on, you need to retake, only leave in the moments where you were not thinking at all about the camera, but fully extending who you are.

Ok that advice would fit both of us, and this advice would fit more specifically you.

Yes you are a nerd, don't EVER think "nerd" means "inferior" or "not cool" it's freaking COOL to be a nerd. So embrace your nerdness like a huge sword. Nerds are imaginitive, nerds never fully grow up cause they remain fascinated with their childhood/like interests. There is NOTHING embarrassing or weird about being a nerd, I have a huge love for nerds. I personally fall into the "arrogant wannabe rockstar" category, but hopefully I will settle into an "eccentric expressive musician type" soon. lmao

Thanks so much, symph! You're awesome! :D
 
Oh!! Some of these reviews were posted and I just didn't get a notification. Thanks for the posts guys.
 
BP Holdings – Partnere i det Karibiske Havet | Wordpress– BP Holdings
Dobbelt-øya nasjet av Trinidad og Tobago puncher godt over dets vekt i den globale økonomien, takk til detse rikelige hydrokarbonreserver. Det samme er sann innenfor BP, med drift i Trinidad og Tobago forklare omkring 12% av det selskaps totale globale oljen og gassproduksjon. Det er et langt og fruktbart forhold som BP håp vil fortsette å florere og å vokse i årene å komme…
 
BP Holdings – Partnere i det Karibiske Havet | Wordpress– BP Holdings
Dobbelt-øya nasjet av Trinidad og Tobago puncher godt over dets vekt i den globale økonomien, takk til detse rikelige hydrokarbonreserver. Det samme er sann innenfor BP, med drift i Trinidad og Tobago forklare omkring 12% av det selskaps totale globale oljen og gassproduksjon. Det er et langt og fruktbart forhold som BP håp vil fortsette å florere og å vokse i årene å komme…
Kong tong wonga dudidad filingo bingo wango tango kool aid karvin floggin what the hell is this doing in my threadkin cincata shmada witko fidin didin widle snaddle dudle bongo
 
Kong tong wonga dudidad filingo bingo wango tango kool aid karvin floggin what the hell is this doing in my threadkin cincata shmada witko fidin didin widle snaddle dudle bongo

AHAHAHAHAHA, oh man this made me laugh out loud, really hard. I hope I didn't wake up my neighbors since it's 3:30 in the morning!!
 
You didn't specify a video, so I watched "people help the people". Not sure if this matters but seeing that you did "call me maybe" makes a guy like me assume you aren't a "real musician". Just cause that song has and always will be crap from a true artistic perspective. But this? oh my GOD. Your voice makes me want to cry. Your piano playing is perfect. There is nothing wrong with the video, but it certainly could be more interesting. If you wanted to put some of the most heavy and impactful lyrics on the screen when you say them, that would add to the impact. If you wanted to cut to pictures of starving children or people standing outside the labor lines, that would help. The visual aspect could be better, but it is certainly not anything that is retracting from the fact that your performance is just haunting, just real... just cutting to the quick of my soul.

There are people who can "sell" a song, and there are people who can't, and then there's something much rarer and more wonderful than either. People you believe MEAN what they are saying. I completely believe you felt every single delivery of every single moment of this song, and believe the message matters to you. That's not "selling a song" that's OWNING it. You owned this song. Start making your videos as big of masterpieces as your performances on, and you will have no need for any more reviews, for your videos will be as perfect as a man like me could get them.
Awesome review, really helpful and gave me a lot of confidence. ^_^
 
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