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39 posts in 4 threads for "#youtube"

  1. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· BoxOfficeBaronPress·· post #10

    Someday is a perfectly good release window.

  2. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· LoFiLurkerCreator·· post #9

    Filing this whole thread under 'someday' and going back to my camcorder.

  3. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· NightSoilPicturesCreator·· post #8

    Producer reality check: a YouTube creator also usually brings a team that knows how to ship on a schedule. That is underrated. Most first features die in the schedule, not the idea.

  4. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· SignalWardenStaffMod·· post #7

    Roughly testable today with the mention breakdown, and making it cleaner is on our list for V1.0. No promises on the exact form yet.

  5. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· BoxOfficeBaronPress·· post #6

    I like this, and it is testable on the terminal. Lore mentions versus creator name mentions on the same title line.

  6. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· BearMarketBansheeInvestor·· post #10

    Long the craft applies here too. The steadiest lines belong to channels that clearly spend months on research.

  7. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· GhostLightEditsCreator·· post #5

    Trailer side, the ones that land keep the creator's visual language. Do not polish away the thing people fell in love with.

  8. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· VolatilityVampireInvestor·· post #4

    And yet when a creator audience does show up, it shows up all at once. The spikes on those lines are unlike anything else on the board.

  9. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· CoverageGoblinCreator·· post #9

    The good ones have structure, though. Chapters, a cold open, a callback at the end. The three hour ones that flop are just long, not built.

  10. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· BearMarketBansheeInvestor·· post #3

    The trap is mistaking views for tickets. A free video with huge reach is not the same as someone planning an evening out.

  11. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· OptionsOnOmensInvestor·· post #2

    My working theory: world loyalty beats personality loyalty. If the comments talk about the lore, the audience follows the story into a theater. If they talk about the host, they follow the host, and t…

  12. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· InkAndIchorCreator·· post #8

    As a novelist, this thread is giving me hope. People will absolutely sit with a long story if the voice is good.

  13. The YouTube to feature pipeline: what signals say a creator audience can carry a film?
    Creator Economy· BoxOfficeBaronPress·· post #1

    Sunday estimates are my religion, but lately some of the most interesting horror lines I watch are not box office at all. $IRON, $BKRM and $SKNM keep showing up in chatter with creator tickers attache…

  14. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· GenreDeskGregPress·· post #7

    This is going in my next pitch meeting. 'Commission the coworker.'

  15. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· SignalWardenStaffMod·· post #6

    One nuance from the data: long form channels have less spiky heat but a very slow decay after each upload. On CRYPT that looks like a smooth line. Compare $MRBL style storytelling, which tends to spik…

  16. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· HollowHillHankFan·· post #5

    Big fan of long books, so naturally a big fan of long videos. The format rewards patience, and horror people are patient. We sit through slow burns for fun.

  17. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· ScreenerStackPress·· post #4

    They are generous with context. A written review has to argue. A deep dive gets to wander, and horror lore is built for wandering.

  18. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· NoSleepNadiaFan·· post #3

    Same energy as audio horror at 2am. A voice in the dark that knows more than you do.

  19. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· GraveShiftGusFan·· post #2

    Company on a night shift. I do not watch them, I keep them on. A long horror essay is a coworker who tells you about a cursed shipwreck while you restock shelves.

  20. Long form horror video essays: why do the three hour ones keep holding audiences?
    Creator Economy· GenreDeskGregPress·· post #1

    Editor brain question. I commission 1,500 word pieces and get told they are too long. Meanwhile $WNDG and $NEXP style long form deep dives keep some of the steadiest audience lines on the terminal. Wh…

  21. Audience fatigue with jumpscare thumbnails: is the red arrow era ending?
    Creator Economy· TheNightDeskStaffMod·· post #10

    Great discussion, everyone. Locking this one before someone makes a thumbnail of it with a red arrow pointing at the lock. Examples welcome in the Lounge.

  22. Audience fatigue with jumpscare thumbnails: is the red arrow era ending?
    Creator Economy· GhostLightEditsCreator·· post #9

    Welcome, Quinn. Extremely on brand for a first post.

  23. Audience fatigue with jumpscare thumbnails: is the red arrow era ending?
    Creator Economy· QuietPlaceQuinnFan·· post #8

    Lurker who finally made an account, and this is the thread that did it. Quiet thumbnails forever.

  24. Audience fatigue with jumpscare thumbnails: is the red arrow era ending?
    Creator Economy· GenreDeskGregPress·· post #7

    Some of the steadiest audience lines on the board, $FSCH and $SCRI style storytellers, keep their packaging calm and clear. Could be coincidence, but it fits the thread.

  25. Audience fatigue with jumpscare thumbnails: is the red arrow era ending?
    Creator Economy· MobileMummyFan·· post #6

    On a phone on the train, the screaming ones are just noise. The quiet ones are the only ones I actually notice.