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Ninja

Professional Funny Guy
I'm always looking to improve my content, if you guys (and girls) could let me know what you think I could do better, or what is good on my channel, it would be greatly appreciated! Please don't sugar coat anything for me, I can take criticism.

If you could critique these things, it would be even better:
-Channel Banner & Icon
-Channel Layout
-Audio & Video Quality
-Commentary Quality
-My newest video (OCTOVAN | GTA V Funny Moments | w/ Friends)

Thank you! Let me know if you would like me to give you a review on the same things posted above!
 
I'm always looking to improve my content, if you guys (and girls) could let me know what you think I could do better, or what is good on my channel, it would be greatly appreciated! Please don't sugar coat anything for me, I can take criticism.

If you could critique these things, it would be even better:

-Channel Banner & Icon
They are okay. They are both drawn well and they work well together, but the banner does seem a little bland. I'm not saying go crazy adding stuff, but a little bit more polish to your banner's background would really bring it that next level.

-Channel Layout
Seems fine. I'm not really sure how people could mess up a layout.

-Audio & Video Quality
The audio quality seems to be your weakest point. I watched your Channel Trailer and the OCTOVAN | GTA V video. Both had rough audio for different reasons. The Trailer had heavy room sound and the GTA V video had alot of audio clicking as you guys were conversing. The video quality is okay, but there is ghosting caused because you either capture or format to a 30 fps standard. Video games generally run at a much higher frame rate so that is why there is that issue.

-Commentary Quality
Your commentary is pretty good. Your GTA V video was a little too commentary heavy for my taste, but it wasn't bad. You guys played off of each-other well and it lead to me smirking a few times.

-My newest video (OCTOVAN | GTA V Funny Moments | w/ Friends)
Reviewed throughout.

I don't have much of a channel for you to review yet. I only have two short films, some trailers and some behind the scenes videos, but you're welcome to let me know what you think of my WiP. If you have some suggestions you can either post here or PM me. Whatever you are comfortable with.
 
First glance at your channel, Banner and avatar are nice and simple.
The Channel intro is original and great :D

-Audio & Video Quality
Your videos seem good, I mean you edit 'em not that much so you still got a raw feeling.
Also you're using good music, incompetech for the win :)
If you ask me the audio quality is alright, but not great. I mean I could listen to such a video without annoying myself to the audio.

-Commentary Quality
The commentary is fine too, you're talking enough, though your DarkRP videos seem kinda boring to me, your last video with GTA 5 was amusing, I liked it :)
Overall I'd say, the channel is good, might look into improving audio, nothing else :D

If you feel like it, you could review my channel, not alot of vids yet though.
 
I did notice the ticking in the GTA video while editing, myself and one other friend got the noise, while the other did not; we think it was coming from his skype. But I did try fixing it a bit, cutting out the click when there was no dialogue. Thanks for feedback regardless, it really helps!

-Channel Banner & Icon
They are okay. They are both drawn well and they work well together, but the banner does seem a little bland. I'm not saying go crazy adding stuff, but a little bit more polish to your banner's background would really bring it that next level.

-Channel Layout
Seems fine. I'm not really sure how people could mess up a layout.

-Audio & Video Quality
The audio quality seems to be your weakest point. I watched your Channel Trailer and the OCTOVAN | GTA V video. Both had rough audio for different reasons. The Trailer had heavy room sound and the GTA V video had alot of audio clicking as you guys were conversing. The video quality is okay, but there is ghosting caused because you either capture or format to a 30 fps standard. Video games generally run at a much higher frame rate so that is why there is that issue.

-Commentary Quality
Your commentary is pretty good. Your GTA V video was a little too commentary heavy for my taste, but it wasn't bad. You guys played off of each-other well and it lead to me smirking a few times.

-My newest video (OCTOVAN | GTA V Funny Moments | w/ Friends)
Reviewed throughout.

I don't have much of a channel for you to review yet. I only have two short films, some trailers and some behind the scenes videos, but you're welcome to let me know what you think of my WiP. If you have some suggestions you can either post here or PM me. Whatever you are comfortable with.

After watching all the Mr Empty videos, I found a few positives and a few negatives.

Positives:

-Good story telling.
-Good visual effects.
-Interesting concepts (something original).
-Good acting (for the most part, there were a few stutters and bland lines).
-Profile icon is good.

Negatives:
-The video and audio quality are lacking a bit, which does't really affect the overall impact of the film, but is always good to improve if your budget can handle it.
-The intro and ending titles were a bit lackluster, basic font animation on a picture or a black screen. Try messing around in other programs or with different fonts and animations.
-Same can be said about the banner, the font brings down the quality of the banner, and maybe applying filters to the photos on the banner so that they match (a bit more), it would look a lot more appealing.
-A layout could be added, maybe sort all your trailers, films and BTS videos into separate playlists and include an intro video to reel people in when they see your channel page.

Overall your channel is really good for its size, keep working at it and I'm sure it'll grow quickly![DOUBLEPOST=1431306612,1431306555][/DOUBLEPOST]
First glance at your channel, Banner and avatar are nice and simple.
The Channel intro is original and great :D

-Audio & Video Quality
Your videos seem good, I mean you edit 'em not that much so you still got a raw feeling.
Also you're using good music, incompetech for the win :)
If you ask me the audio quality is alright, but not great. I mean I could listen to such a video without annoying myself to the audio.

-Commentary Quality
The commentary is fine too, you're talking enough, though your DarkRP videos seem kinda boring to me, your last video with GTA 5 was amusing, I liked it :)
Overall I'd say, the channel is good, might look into improving audio, nothing else :D

If you feel like it, you could review my channel, not alot of vids yet though.

Like the channel before it, I'm going to list off the positives and negatives from your Just Cause 2 video, I felt that if I watched your War Thunder videos; I would be a bit biased since I don't enjoy the game as much.

Positives:
- Video and audio quality are good.
- Icon, banner and watermarks are good.
- Good lighthearted humor.

Negatives:
- The split personality/contrasting characters seemed a bit forced at times, maybe try having other videos without the concept to bring in a more broad audience.
- Adding an intro or outro cards to your videos can make them look more professional and can remind people to subscribe.
- Try editing out some more bland parts of the gameplay to keep everything a bit more fast paced and keep the viewer interested.
- A layout could be added, maybe sort all your videos into separate playlists by games and include an intro video to get people to subscribe when they arrive on your channel page.

Overall, you're off to a great start! Everyone has some problems when they first start making their videos, but I'm sure you'll be able to improve everything and start growing faster!
 
After watching all the Mr Empty videos, I found a few positives and a few negatives.

Negatives:

-The video and audio quality are lacking a bit, which does't really affect the overall impact of the film, but is always good to improve if your budget can handle it.
-The intro and ending titles were a bit lackluster, basic font animation on a picture or a black screen. Try messing around in other programs or with different fonts and animations.
-Same can be said about the banner, the font brings down the quality of the banner, and maybe applying filters to the photos on the banner so that they match (a bit more), it would look a lot more appealing.
-A layout could be added, maybe sort all your trailers, films and BTS videos into separate playlists and include an intro video to reel people in when they see your channel page.

Overall your channel is really good for its size, keep working at it and I'm sure it'll grow quickly!

I appreciate the review. I'll be putting up a new banner and making a Channel Trailer video after we shoot our next short film so I have more material to work with. When I made "Mr. Empty" I didn't know how to use my DSLR Camera properly, I didn't know how to do audio noise reduction, and I hadn't learned After Effects yet. So the problems you've stated are known to me. If you had watched GeoSlashing, my latest film, first then most of the technical aspects wouldn't have applied. Since I learned alot I'm planning on doing a re-edit of "Mr. Empty" called "Mr. Empty: Revisited" after our next film "Pythia". This time we finally have audio equipment and my new Cinematographer is using a Black Magic (film grade) camera.
 
Channel Banner & Icon:
I'm personally a big fan of simplicity in graphics, so your banner is right up my alley. It's simple, and clean. It's also well put together, I like the color contrast, and the overall image composition is balanced. No single element of the banner draws attention away from the others. The only part that seems off to me is the second ninja head, by the bloody mallet. It seems out of place, I am not sure if the hammer is supposed to be slamming that disembodied head.

Channel Layout:
Uh...... Don't exactly know what this entails. So, success!!!?

Audio & Video Quality:
The quality of the video, in terms of the game-play itself, is fine. The editing seems a bit jumpy and hyperactive. I believe that the editing of a video should drive the narrative, or create a narrative if there isn't one there to begin with. Jumping around different camera angles and points of view don't mean much unless there is a reason for it. And you can slow the tempo down a bit. It seems like your just showing the highlights and stunts of a particular mission, without going into depth of the mission itself. As for the audio, there are definitely clicks present throughout.

Commentary Quality:
It's clear that you are having fun, which is probably the most important aspect. And you have good chemistry with your friends, you do a good job riffing off of each other. As for the commentary, you do a good job talking about what's immediately happening on screen, but spend too much time laughing about it. Commentary is best when given context. Discuss how your mission could have gone better, worse, transpired differently, Immerse your commentary into the world of the game you are playing. Or compare the experience to other game's you have played.

My newest video (OCTOVAN | GTA V Funny Moments | w/ Friends):
It feels like there is simply too much happening throughout the video for me to enjoy smaller moments. One second your running over people, literally 5 seconds later your vehicle is flipping off a cliff. Slow things down a bit.

Your Channel Overall:
I just watched your channel trailer, and while it's fine, it has the opposite problem of your GTA V video; the tempo is slow, up until the actual gameplay part. There's just the tiniest amount of dead air between each of your lines. You can cut the dead space out and have fun with the camera ratios in editing, if you do more live videos.
Watched your voice reel, it's decent, but what I'm guessing is your Heath Ledger impression ("something in-between") was pretty good.
I like your animated "Rocket Ninja" intro.
Your CS:GO video has a lot of fluff. That could have been half as long.

My advice: While your talking to your friends in gameplay, like during your GTA V video, imagine your audience (watching the videos) as a silent participant in the experience, and talk directly to that invisible team member, acknowledging them. Sort of narrate the events going on, as if you were an observer talking to a viewer, rather than just talking about whatever just happened on screen. Give everything context for your audience.
 
Like the channel before it, I'm going to list off the positives and negatives from your Just Cause 2 video, I felt that if I watched your War Thunder videos; I would be a bit biased since I don't enjoy the game as much.

Positives:
- Video and audio quality are good.
- Icon, banner and watermarks are good.
- Good lighthearted humor.

Negatives:
- The split personality/contrasting characters seemed a bit forced at times, maybe try having other videos without the concept to bring in a more broad audience.
- Adding an intro or outro cards to your videos can make them look more professional and can remind people to subscribe.
- Try editing out some more bland parts of the gameplay to keep everything a bit more fast paced and keep the viewer interested.
- A layout could be added, maybe sort all your videos into separate playlists by games and include an intro video to get people to subscribe when they arrive on your channel page.

Overall, you're off to a great start! Everyone has some problems when they first start making their videos, but I'm sure you'll be able to improve everything and start growing faster!
Thanks for the feedback, I am still thinking of an original channel trailer and will be making one soon.
I'll also be separating the games into playlists, just gotta give my channel some form :)
And yeah about the videos without the characters might be a good idea just to give some variety.
 
[FOR EVERYONE WITH A CHANNEL]
go into channel settings
change the view mode from 'grid' or 'list' mode
to 'browse mode'
and add a channel trailer!
I'm always looking to improve my content, if you guys (and girls) could let me know what you think I could do better, or what is good on my channel, it would be greatly appreciated! Please don't sugar coat anything for me, I can take criticism.

If you could critique these things, it would be even better:
-Channel Banner & Icon
-Channel Layout
-Audio & Video Quality
-Commentary Quality
-My newest video (OCTOVAN | GTA V Funny Moments | w/ Friends)

Thank you! Let me know if you would like me to give you a review on the same things posted above!
I like your stuff man, you definitely are a gamer I could watch (I don't watch gamers)
Banner and icon are solid in my opinion, I was going to say maybe just a little extra texture on the banner background. Nothing major just something to zest it up.
My next thing which is not a simple fix would be to say that I personally love when people play games and have themselves recorded at the same time and play the video 'Picture-in-Picture' style over the game play footage. But obviously I do understand that it doesn't always apply to every single game out there. Otherwise, you are cool. Keep making videos.
 
[FOR EVERYONE WITH A CHANNEL]
go into channel settings
change the view mode from 'grid' or 'list' mode
to 'browse mode'
and add a channel trailer!

I like your stuff man, you definitely are a gamer I could watch (I don't watch gamers)
Banner and icon are solid in my opinion, I was going to say maybe just a little extra texture on the banner background. Nothing major just something to zest it up.
My next thing which is not a simple fix would be to say that I personally love when people play games and have themselves recorded at the same time and play the video 'Picture-in-Picture' style over the game play footage. But obviously I do understand that it doesn't always apply to every single game out there. Otherwise, you are cool. Keep making videos.

Thanks for the kind words man! I'll take your texture idea into mind when I start working on an updated banner. I have been thinking about adding in a facecam in some more of my videos, but it really depends on the time of day if I can do it (the sun back-lights me too much), but it definitely makes everything more interesting.

As for you channel, there's a loot of good stuff going for it! The pilot episode actually made me laugh at times, you guys have great humor, really good audio and video, plus pretty good camera work. Just keep making funny stuff man!
 
Thanks for the kind words man! I'll take your texture idea into mind when I start working on an updated banner. I have been thinking about adding in a facecam in some more of my videos, but it really depends on the time of day if I can do it (the sun back-lights me too much), but it definitely makes everything more interesting.

As for you channel, there's a loot of good stuff going for it! The pilot episode actually made me laugh at times, you guys have great humor, really good audio and video, plus pretty good camera work. Just keep making funny stuff man!

Thank you! Trying to keep up with the weekly consistency haha. and the humor obviously :P
 
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