I Review Your Channel Trailers

Next up!: cmcollection. Video reviewed: Welcome to My Channel Trailer.

Score 6.5/10

Could stand to be a bit more polished but gets the message across clearly.

Pros -

Voice audio comes across clearly and is easy to understand,
Nice transitional cuts on editing.
Message and content of channel well described.
Some sets looked clean and very professional. example - 29 seconds in.

Cons -

(minor point) Strange inflection at some times. example - 5 seconds in you say "this is the place to be". the inflection used makes it sound like you are asking a question.
Some sets used and clips seem hemmed in and possibly rushed. examples - 16 seconds in and 20 seconds in. Those outside clips look very unnatural. More so the walking through the park scene.
Sign off at the end of the video was very sudden.
 
Mr Rider said:
Next up!: cmcollection. Video reviewed: Welcome to My Channel Trailer.

Score 6.5/10

Could stand to be a bit more polished but gets the message across clearly.

Pros -

Voice audio comes across clearly and is easy to understand,
Nice transitional cuts on editing.
Message and content of channel well described.
Some sets looked clean and very professional. example - 29 seconds in.

Cons -

(minor point) Strange inflection at some times. example - 5 seconds in you say "this is the place to be". the inflection used makes it sound like you are asking a question.
Some sets used and clips seem hemmed in and possibly rushed. examples - 16 seconds in and 20 seconds in. Those outside clips look very unnatural. More so the walking through the park scene.
Sign off at the end of the video was very sudden.
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Unnatural? I was actually outside during those scenes lol. I wanted to keep the video concise and to the point. Thanks for the review!
 
cmcollection said:
Didn't realize we were gonna get ranked out of 10 too. Now i'm nervous
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Reviews may be skewed negatively to a degree, but all in the name of constructive criticism.
On the whole I actually liked the message in your trailer. All it needs is a little polish.[DOUBLEPOST=1384653809,1384653642][/DOUBLEPOST]
cmcollection said:
Unnatural? I was actually outside during those scenes lol. I wanted to keep the video concise and to the point. Thanks for the review!
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Unnatural may not be the most precise word.
I was more referring to the way you were walking in the second clip. very "runway" which would be great were it not for the distance the camera is from you.[DOUBLEPOST=1384654636][/DOUBLEPOST]Next up: NorthernStarHub. Video reviewed: Welcome to NorthernStarHub

Score: 3/10

Very much a sensory experience.

Pros -

Good graphical style for the channel logo and post production graphical effects.

Cons -

Epilepsy Warning! The starting intro is incredibly bright, fast, and has waaaay too much going on. If you are settled on this kind of intro i would HIGHLY advise putting an Epilepsy disclaimer before the intro.

No real audio of any description other than the music.

Actual gameplay footage is very oversaturated and has a bright blue flash effect over screen. I assume what you are using to record at the moment is a mounted camera and this wasn't added in post production?
 
Next up: Josh Warren (TopTenOnEverything) Video reviewed: TopTenOnEverything Channel Trailer

8.5/10

Very clear and informative. Gets the idea of the channel across very well.
On the whole, well put together.

Pros -

Edited together very well for the most part. nice clean cuts and transitions.
Text at the bottom makes the whats presented very easy to understand.
Linking to your website is great, and from the looks of it the website is presented nicely aswell.
Outro ends the video cleanly.

Cons -

Screen capture angles at some points makes the image skew at a strange angle at one part. - 16 seconds in.
Screen capture zoom visibly lowers resolution quite a lot at a few points.[DOUBLEPOST=1384656057,1384655657][/DOUBLEPOST]
NorthernStarHub said:
I use a capture card called an Elgato Game Capture HD for Xbox gameplay, however when I made that channel trailer I used Fraps. Thanks for the criticism I'll take this on board when I make a new one because it didn't satisfy your needs. Even though I added an optical flare to give it a well-done effect, I assume the audience thinks otherwise; not to mention it took hours of rendering! :(
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Ouch, sorry. No offense intended. I would just be concerned as the intro could potentially be a health hazard.

Elgato is a great package as well, I would get rid of the blue lens flare effect for future recording as it genuinely makes it look like you've recorded your tv screen.
 
Mr Rider said:
Next up: Josh Warren (TopTenOnEverything) Video reviewed: TopTenOnEverything Channel Trailer

8.5/10

Very clear and informative. Gets the idea of the channel across very well.
On the whole, well put together.

Pros -

Edited together very well for the most part. nice clean cuts and transitions.
Text at the bottom makes the whats presented very easy to understand.
Linking to your website is great, and from the looks of it the website is presented nicely aswell.
Outro ends the video cleanly.

Cons -

Screen capture angles at some points makes the image skew at a strange angle at one part. - 16 seconds in.
Screen capture zoom visibly lowers resolution quite a lot at a few points.
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Hmm I was wondering about those two things, I zoomed up on the video in my editor, but I should have just zoomed in with the web browser to keep the text crisp. As far as the weird angle I was trying to have it angle to the other side, to give you a interesting view of what I was typing but I ran into a few problems so I just did it the way you see, probably worth fixing. I was wondering if people would criticize me for putting in the website (I guess not) but I'm trying to get a decent base of people visiting it so if Youtube ever fails or my channel gets deleted for some reason I'll still have my website to communicate with people through, plus it's away to let people request videos and bypass the horrible comments which have only gotten worse, plus extra ad revenue. Thanks for some detailed feedback.
 
Next up: Sinc (MrNotThatFamous) Video reviewed: CreditScam

Score: 6/10

Great showcase of personality.

Pros -

Very lively personality shown. Very natural and obviously quite happy in front of the camera.
Quite humorous at points, keeps audience attention.
Nice use of editing at the end showing the "Sinc - Weirdo" image. Clean, simple and looks great.

Cons -

Strange subject matter choice for a video header and a little misinformed on the subject.
(minor point) Background is very "busy" for a stationary vlog. Minor point as the vibrant personality on screen makes this matter less.
Edit cuts are all over the place with many of them actually cutting you off mid sentence and detracting from the quality significantly enough to mention it.
Very strange and unrelated clip at the very beginning.
 
Go check out mine, though it's just the intro to my show, it should get the point across that it's a gaming channel with shenanigans from the hosts.
 
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