TundraZer0
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I've been wanting to say something about this for far too long, so here we go...
Intros can be a blessing that can be something that the viewer love, viewer skips past, or makes the viewer click the hell away.
First bit'o advice on the matter is TO KEEP INTROS SHORT. Seriously. No one in their right mind wants to watch a 30 second or longer intro. At least when we have the convenience of skipping the intros or clicking onto a different video.
Second thing: TIMING. I'm a strong believer that an intro isn't the absolute first thing a viewer should see in a video. Sound weird? Not really. Think about most cartoons/animes that have an opening theme/montage thing. In most cases, they play the show for a few minutes THEN they play the intro. They reel you in with the show itself, then throw in into that catchy tune. Not to mention chances is that your intro probably isn't the most interesting part of your video (if it is, you're doing it wrong), and generally, isn't the best thing to give a good first impression. Which brings me to my next point...
HAVE THE BEST FIRST. It's almost like an elevator pitch. Before the intro, have some of the best bits of the video right there. If it's a gameplay video, have a funny death or something. If it's a comedy video, have a funny/quick skit. If it's a makeup tutorial, show the end product. An example of this is my friend who's a YouTube Pooper spent an insanely long time editing the beginning of his King of the Hill YTP (Dragonball: Hank Hill was Goku and Peggy was Piccolo and Hank was beating the living hell outta her), after he did that, that's what most people remembered. Not to mention his subscriber count and viewer retention went up exponentially. Not to say the rest of the video wasn't good, but he had an excellent pitch to kept people interested.
This was probably organized horribly, but I just wanted to say what I wanted to say. Hope it helps. If it doesn't *Shrug* sorry.
Intros can be a blessing that can be something that the viewer love, viewer skips past, or makes the viewer click the hell away.
First bit'o advice on the matter is TO KEEP INTROS SHORT. Seriously. No one in their right mind wants to watch a 30 second or longer intro. At least when we have the convenience of skipping the intros or clicking onto a different video.
Second thing: TIMING. I'm a strong believer that an intro isn't the absolute first thing a viewer should see in a video. Sound weird? Not really. Think about most cartoons/animes that have an opening theme/montage thing. In most cases, they play the show for a few minutes THEN they play the intro. They reel you in with the show itself, then throw in into that catchy tune. Not to mention chances is that your intro probably isn't the most interesting part of your video (if it is, you're doing it wrong), and generally, isn't the best thing to give a good first impression. Which brings me to my next point...
HAVE THE BEST FIRST. It's almost like an elevator pitch. Before the intro, have some of the best bits of the video right there. If it's a gameplay video, have a funny death or something. If it's a comedy video, have a funny/quick skit. If it's a makeup tutorial, show the end product. An example of this is my friend who's a YouTube Pooper spent an insanely long time editing the beginning of his King of the Hill YTP (Dragonball: Hank Hill was Goku and Peggy was Piccolo and Hank was beating the living hell outta her), after he did that, that's what most people remembered. Not to mention his subscriber count and viewer retention went up exponentially. Not to say the rest of the video wasn't good, but he had an excellent pitch to kept people interested.
This was probably organized horribly, but I just wanted to say what I wanted to say. Hope it helps. If it doesn't *Shrug* sorry.
