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yoons' youtube rules

if you’re going to make videos, you need to think about 2 things:

for me, the “what” was easy, i got passionnate about a thing (datastar) and wanted to talk about it.

but the how? how do you make a good video?

french youtuber “yoons” made a video describing six golden rules.

they’re really good and i can still remember them by heart.

here they are:

1. no intro

people already clicked your video, chop chop let’s go!

straight to the point.

don’t say “this video is gonna be about…”, “in this video i am going to…”, showcase something upfront.

the web is becoming hellish to navigate, trust me, your viewers pondered that click.

people can forgive bad video.

people never forgive bad audio. instant leave.

i film myself on the shitty laptop webcam, but i bought a mic (amazon basics first price).

and you better not do mumble rap. speak loud and slow.

this is hard to do, so practice it (noise-cancelling headphones can help).

do videos that you yourself would like to watch.

this means: put at least a tiny amount of work into it.

please, just a little bit of work.

don’t just record your game or your screen uninterrupted like your channel is a cctv footage dump.

do something you give a fuck about.

music is a cheat code.

always. add. music.

for real! 0 downsides, always better.

just add music.

behave normally.

speak like you would speak to your friends.

(but still loud and slow, remember?)

don’t say stuff you wouldn’t say in real life.

don’t try to have a quirky internet persona.

you already are interesting enough. like all human beings. don’t act it.

just be yourself.

try to do some of it.

it shows you put work, as a sign of good faith.

moreover, any “hack” you would try to avoid editing (like switching between tabs or windows) will only be worse.

some cuts, some zooms, some text, some sound effects…

you know the drill.

(alright, so this where i might be lacking. i need a better software, i use clipchamp lol)

no outro.