Should I have Bothered to Upload This?

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SteviesLilWorld

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So after working awhile (honestly the actual work that went into it was only a couple of weeks worth) on my video it seemed really low quality and I was disappointed with it. But I didn't want the work to go to waste and I uploaded the video anyway. Should I have just trashed it and started over? Or am I just being overly critical of myself?youtube.com/watch?v=gwkC-l6f-4I
 
Hi!

First I'll be honest and say that I didn't watch the whole thing.

It's good to be self critical and realize that you have room for improvement.

But you can also be overly critical and spend way too long on one project when you could have moved onto new ones & kept improving more that way.

So I think you made the right call publishing it, now move on & make the next one better than the last.

As for the video itself, the biggest issue for me was length. More specifically, I think it was far too long for a video explaining where a saying comes from.

Hope this helps & good luck!
 
I agree with QTN, good points there. If you have lots of projects on your mind but cant get to them because each one takes a ton of time, try to simplify, there are many things that can be done to make things faster & easier. For example not going overboard with graphics, quality etc...also during video editing, having many shortcut buttons on keyboard allocated to things you use most helps selecting various tools quickly thus speeding up editing process. I recently started experimenting by breaking up usual lens review video into 3 parts instead of cramming all in 1, video samples/photo samples/review itself, so it's 3 shorter videos where I focus on 1 thing at a time.
 
QTN said:
Hi!

First I'll be honest and say that I didn't watch the whole thing.

It's good to be self critical and realize that you have room for improvement.

But you can also be overly critical and spend way too long on one project when you could have moved onto new ones & kept improving more that way.

So I think you made the right call publishing it, now move on & make the next one better than the last.

As for the video itself, the biggest issue for me was length. More specifically, I think it was far too long for a video explaining where a saying comes from.

Hope this helps & good luck!
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Thanks for the feedback. You gave me some good advice and I appreciate it.
 
mirrorlessNY(youtuber) said:
I agree with QTN, good points there. If you have lots of projects on your mind but cant get to them because each one takes a ton of time, try to simplify, there are many things that can be done to make things faster & easier. For example not going overboard with graphics, quality etc...also during video editing, having many shortcut buttons on keyboard allocated to things you use most helps selecting various tools quickly thus speeding up editing process. I recently started experimenting by breaking up usual lens review video into 3 parts instead of cramming all in 1, video samples/photo samples/review itself, so it's 3 shorter videos where I focus on 1 thing at a time.
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I do have a lot of projects on my mind. Enough to keep me busy for some time, but it also makes me feel rushed like I have to finish them all, get them out there and get people interested in my channel so they'll subscribe.

But thanks for the advice and thanks for taking the time.
 
All part of the learning process mate. I did a video that in hindsight was too long for the subject. I just focus my effort in making videos better / tighter in future. :)
 
Pick out one or two things you can improve on, and apply those in the next video. No more, no less. Anyone can be overly critical of their work, but it takes courage to keep creating and learn each time.

Even when I make a video I like, a few months later I'll look back an think it was horrible. So don't get too attached to it whether good or bad, just keep creating and learning!
 
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