Hey there!
I’m Daria from Movavi and today I’m going to
tell you all the latest news.
Today the 100th episode of the Movavi Vlog
was released.
Here to comment is our international correspondent.
Connor, can you hear me?
Any observations from the scene?
Hello, Daria!
So far, viewers have learned how to promote
their YouTube channel, shoot cool footage
using different life-hacks, edit videos easily,
and got some useful tips on how to enhance
photos.
Wow!
That's a lot of ground to cover in 100 episodes!
It's actually 99
In the 100th episode, aren't you supposed
to show a review of an edutainment channel.
Right Daria?
Oh my god oh my god oh my goooooood!...
We’ve crossed the line of a hundred episodes.
Can you believe it?
I don’t.
Thank you, all of you for being with us all
that time.
Even if this video is the first for you to
watch on Movavi Vlog.
Allright, let’s get to it!
How massive is the universe?
Why do we find some things cute or creepy?
Why do people wear clothes?
If you have enough knowledge to answer all
the weird questions that puzzle humans so
often, it might be time for you to run your
own edutainment channel as Vsauce does.
And as Connor said earlier *point at the part
of the frame where YouTube cards usually pop
up* before you start your own channel, it’s
always better to go through existing YouTube
content of any niche you’d like to fit in.
Today we’re gonna figure out what videomaking
and performing approaches Michael Stevens,
the Vsauce host, uses to make his videos so
engaging.
So what is edutainment?
Where does this term come from?
Educational entertainment or simply edutainment
is a special kind of media designed for educating
through entertainment.
Well-executed educational content has to turn
Boring into interesting
Difficult into simple
Special knowledge into common
And water into wine...
Michael Stevens, the host of Vsauce, has been
a YouTube creator for a loooong time.
Before running his show for YouTube Premium,
he had uploaded to the platform a great number
of different videos.
In the period from 2010 to 2012, there was
a crazy mixture of gaming content, images
reviews, and little drops of educational videos.
But the education segment had been gradually
gaining popularity until 2012 when it became
the main type of content Vsauce released.
Obviously, that wasn’t exclusively an attempt
for him to follow the trend.
Michael Stevens is truly dedicated to edutainment
content, you can tell that.
And he's damn good at it!
We’ve tried taking a close look at the methods
Michael usually follows to turn information
into video materials.
The content touches on physics, math, biology,
psychology, linguistics, and history.
That’s a pretty large field to play on.
If you don’t feel like diving into such
a wide range of different topics, it’s okay.
Do what you’re best at and your audience
will find you.
But look at a typical reference list that
Michael leaves in the description.
There are many items and all of them are separated
into categories for viewers’ convenience.
Once we start watching the video we realize
that this structure kinda reflects the actual
flow of the video, even though Michael adds
his own scenes that he acts out or will create
perfect analogies.
One subtopic is continued by another.
Analogies are the special part of Vsauce videos
‘cuz sometimes they’re crazy and can be
understood in a weird way.
But it’s Michael’s style of hosting.
Subscribers can even joke about unpredictable
endings of the videos.
To use such analogies or not is up to you.
Michael uses scientific and scholastic terminology
but he always explains them in the easiest
way possible.
If you’re running your edutainment channel,
consider that your subscribers might not know
as much as you do.
Make things simpler.
People like it.
Basically.
When you talk to them in a friendly way and
make the atmosphere comfortable for everyone,
you’re likely to gain your first fanbase
sooner than you think
The content does matter.
And it has to be involving.
But can we learn from Vsauce how to attract
a wide audience and make them want to watch
more?
Let’s give it a try.
It’s said that consistent frequency is what
you need when it comes to promoting your channel.
So is this rule true for the Vsauce channel?
I think hardly ‘cuz some episodes of Vsauce
are uploaded 7 or 10 days apart from each
other, some are more than 20 days apart.
I think the frequency had been changing because
conditions at a particular time were different.
At earlier stages of the channel’s evolution
episodes had to be frequent, but the more
popularity the channel gains, the more occasional
videos can get.
So, for a past couple of years, they have
become really rare (but longer).
What do we see running across a typical Vsauce
video?
Titles.
They are pretty simple and usually refer to
natural phenomena, people know very few things
about, or are directly connected with questions
that seem to be a bit stupid.
The titles are really intriguing but at the
same time, we hardly can call them click baits
‘cuz they’re super clear.
Thumbnails basically are as simple as the
titles.
Yes, they are bright with contrasting objects
within, they definitely can grab your attention,
but most of them don’t include additional
text or decorations.
It’s all about illustrating the main topic
of the video.
Well, a viewer has clicked on the Vsauce video...
What’s next?
Let’s be honest.
When it comes to typical Vsauce videos, the
way Michael arranges the frame and builds
the montage structure is pretty minimalistic.
There are some stand-up moments like this
and some additional footage that demonstrates
what Michael is talking about.
Don’t get me wrong.
There’s nothing bad about being minimalistic;
on the contrary, the video production process
gets much more affordable, your content, presented
without any distracting pictures, effects,
and stuff, is easier to understand.
Also, you have the opportunity to show more
of your personality.
And that’s amazing!
Besides the Mind Field series, Vsauce episodes
totally look like this…
The camera is directed right at the host’s
face, it’s a close-up shot with the frame
set shoulders up.
Usually, a painted wall or some room’s perspective
are used as the background.
The lighting seems to be different from time
to time so we can’t elicit any specific
features in case of Vsauce.
But if you’re on a budget and wanna learn
how to set decent lighting for your shooting,
follow this link to check out our tutorial
on this topic.
Can you hear the background music?
It’s really important ‘cuz an appropriate
track can help you to hold the attention of
your audience.
It can give them a feeling of exploring something
new and mysterious.
There is plenty of animated footage (seems
like Michael makes it himself) with pretty
understandable examples, sometimes the host
changes his habitual flat background for some
specific set related to the main topic.
Michael involves different props to show how
things work.
Shooting and editing videos like these won’t
take much, so you can take your time for research
and your script.
That’s all for now.
Hope this video can help you with starting
your own edutainment channel.
If you’re a true artist inside, check out
the episode on Black Gryph0n.
Maybe, it’ll inspire you.
If you have no clue on how to find your own
YouTube niche, click on this one to learn
more.
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