Welcome back! 🙂
In today’s episode, we talk about the long-overdue update to the YouTube thumbnail size, the ever-present underestimation of production efforts, and finally our main topic: pacing in videos. Are faster cuts better? Is there really a shortage of attention span, and how should you tackle this in general?
WOW WOW WOW!
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3D Printer in our office: https://bambulab.com/
Infuse Media Player: https://firecore.com/infuse
Episode Chapters
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0:00 The Japanese Toilets Store Next Door
1:17 Todays Topics!
1:42 YouTube News: Thumbnails Now up to 50MB (4K Thumbnails)
2:23 YouTube TV Redesign
3:58 YouTube AI Upscaling for Older Videos (Creator Control)
4:53 Annoying Subtitle Settings in the YouTube Player
7:24 Underestimating Video Production Work (The 80/20 Rule)
10:51 Dive of the Week: What is Pacing in Videos?
11:05 Fast Cuts vs. Long Shots in Content
16:53 The FOMO Aspect: Overwhelming Viewers with Information
20:15 The Myth of Short Attention Spans (Why People Binge-Watch)
25:35 WOW of the Week: The Utility of 3D Printers
27:27 WOW of the Week: The Infuse App
29:18 Wrap-up and Farewell
About WOW Happens
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This is WOW Happens! A weekly podcast by Steffi and Victor, 2 friends who love to discuss video productions, the marketing behind them, and how technology changes it daily.
Tune in to get a peek behind the curtains, but stay for the fun! (Legally speaking, we can’t promise fun, but we’ll try 🤞).
Find out all there is right here: https://www.wowhappens.fm
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