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8/8/2023 11:55:46 AM
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When you're watching a video essay...
Do you enjoy the addition of the Narrators avatar in the video, or do you prefer it when only the Narrators voice and the subject or visuals relating to it are present?
You see, there are many channels on youtube that use animated Avatars to represent the Narrator and include themself as a character in the video. Sometimes its clever, sometimes its weird and other times its just bland. I personally enjoy the addition of a character representative, sort of like an entertaining sock puppet of sorts; its charming, but i also think that some people generally prefer relatability, intellectual or at least thought-provoking content, and a sense of genuine authenticity.
Bonus question: Do you prefer reading essays over watching video essays?
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1 commentaireVideo essays I enjoy way more. All the essays I read nowadays are on Google Scholar or Gale… god I never want to read another article about mold growth in produce.
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I usually put them on in the background of RTS games, Minecraft, and whatnot, so I tend to not care. But for those that hold my attention very well, I tend to prefer the actual human being present more often than an avatar, though I've known quite a few that can pull them off.
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2 commentairesEither. I like TRO and Pyrocynical.
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1 commentaireModifié par CAMMCAM : 8/9/2023 4:34:14 AMI’ve only ever read essays. Never never watched one. Would never watch one. #gagme
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3 commentairesModifié par The First Aifos : 8/8/2023 7:21:42 PMI like it when the speaker has some sort of presence, whether that be an avatar or actually just them. That being said, it’s best when it’s intersparsed with relevant content. I’m not picky either way, though. I prefer watching essays, ‘cause then I can just watch ‘em before bed, while laying down.
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Generally I prefer no avatar, they remind of the old YouTube when commentary channels would talk about stupid drama while a png fursona would just be in the middle of the screen
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An animated narrator really only works if the the majority of the video is animated, like a Casually Explained video. When it isn’t, it feels like they ran out of actual stuff to show and decided to stick some shitty cartoon guy in for padding.
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Modifié par RADneck : 8/8/2023 4:53:52 PMAnimated narrators work on occasion for more tonally soft video essays, but the long form ones I tend to enjoy (Wendigoon for example), use a face cam or nothing. Bonus answer: Reading
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2 commentairesReading
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Modifié par Cultmeister : 8/8/2023 1:36:53 PMIt depends entirely on how they’re used. Flandrew does it well, using it as if it were just a normal shot of himself saying or reacting to things. He doesn’t show his face so it becomes his actual presence in the videos and his wider channel. Techmoan uses it to add comments or correct himself when he picks up a mistake in the editing process and can’t be bothered to reshoot something. There’ll be a little cartoon avatar of himself in the corner of the screen with a speech bubble with whatever the info is inside it. I find that a little bit irritating tbh, and would much rather he paused the video for a second to show the correction properly. Although tbh most of the time they’re pretty minor semantic corrections that I would rather were left out completely tbh, they’re mostly not important and most reasonable people wouldn’t get bogged down by it. Generally speaking I prefer a video essay to have actual video of the person, with avatars used sparingly (for example to point at things on an on-screen diagram, chart etc). Just a voiceover can make something seem like a high school IT project.
