I just wanted to get your guy's opinion about short (maybe 2min max) sketches/skits on a video.
Let's say I'm doing a 1 video series, should the skit go before, or after the actual Let'sPlay portion of the video? Or should it be its own separate video? Or does it really not matter at all?
The skits itself would just be literally me and my friends doing stupid shit in relation the the game we play.
Posted Feb 9, 2016, 6:01 PM UTC
I insert sketches all the time in my Let's Plays, both new ones we shoot specific for the video and older ones from our solo sketch videos.
Our Super Smash Bros video has some examples of how we integrate them in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmVKUK66t-o
Usually I insert them relating to jokes we say during the Let's Play.
To me it seems like it would be a really cool idea to introduce an upcoming Let's Play.
If it would be happening while you're already in the Let's Play doing it at the beginning is alright as long as you quickly let everyone know that there is gameplay just after it and maybe even give them an annotation to skip past it. At the end it could be ignored because if people are like me they typically just click off when the video fades unless they remember to check how much longer the video actually is.
It's definitely something unique in its own right and as such you should definitely do it, just make sure you figure out where you want it.
I would say that your skits should come before the ''Let's play'' portion.
If you are going to put a skit in your video, it's going to be the 'original' part of your video. You want to catch people's attention, so the skit should come first.
This is my humble viewer opinion and I hope it helped.
I did a sort of skit for my last vlog that I did. I felt better putting it at the front because it gave context for what was coming after (the vlog/discussion). Also, putting it in the same video as your main content will prevent anyone from watching it out of order on your channel.
As someone who skips skits, I like them at the end. That way I can just watch and then click to the next video without having to try to figure out where the skit ends and the LP or review thing starts with every video.
skits are annoying just like the ones in mst3k and avgn
AngryJoe does skits often, might look up the angry joe show and see someone who works with them often.
What do you think you should do? I know this isn't helpful by itself, but you should probably just do what you want to do. There is no right answer and opinions will be mixed, so you won't get a definite answer.
On one hand, the skit being the intro of the episode could be an interesting enough opening to convince people to stick around. Alternatively, if someone clicks the Let's Play and it opens with non-game footage, that could be an instant turn-off.
On the other hand, a short and (hopefully) funny/entertaining skit could be a good gateway video by itself. But alternatively, it could go nowhere if all of your other videos are just Let's Plays.
Ultimately, I feel you should go with whatever you would like to see when you watch a video. Generally when it comes to making things, you should always make things you would enjoy if someone else made them.
Pretty much the kinda answer I was looking for. Thanks for the advice!