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I watch youtube for most of my TV type entertainment: Why are the scenes so short?

Posted on 8/3/25 at 5:45 pm
Posted by weagle1999
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 5:45 pm
Many of the videos have a jump cut or a new scene about every 1 - 1.5 seconds. Sometimes the only way to see what is actually happening is to constantly pause the video or mute and slow the playback speed way down.

I assume this is some kind of trick to build excitement in the viewer?

Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Posted by MasonTiger
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Posted by bad93ex
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:24 pm to
It is rare to have a lot of wide angle shots, if that is what you are referring to with this statement.
Posted by weagle1999
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:31 pm to
I will use this as an example:

Title of video: We found a CRAZY car in a barn
Thumbnail of video: Man staring into the camera with his mouth open

‘Hey we found this car in a barn!

Cut to Scene showing the car in the barn that lasts 1 second
Then a Scene showing the front of the car that lasts 1 second
Then a Scene showing the interior of the car that lasts 1 second

And on and on like this for almost the entire video
This post was edited on 8/3/25 at 6:38 pm
Posted by Raoul Stimulato
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:32 pm to
“MTV style editing”

The wave of the future!

Lol
Posted by minimal
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:41 pm to
time to reevaluate your life
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:41 pm to
It’s because the vast majority of people have such shitty attention spans.
Posted by bad93ex
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 6:45 pm to
quote:


‘Hey we found this car in a barn!

Cut to Scene showing the car in the barn that lasts 1 second
Then a Scene showing the front of the car that lasts 1 second
Then a Scene showing the interior of the car that lasts 1 second

And on and on like this for almost the entire video


That is the Michael Bay style of directing, constant moving shots, close-ups of faces and constant change.
Posted by Kafka
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Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 7:05 pm to
quote:

That is the Michael Bay style of directing, constant moving shots, close-ups of faces and constant change
Blame video games

You must have constant movement for this generation

1m or even 10s static shot of a talking head is a no no
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 8:43 pm to
The answer is you aren’t watching tv, you’re watching “content.”

I posted about it last week on the OT actually. It’s annoying as frick and I can’t stand it.

It’s in the similar vein of when I want to watch a video clip of something happening (doesn’t matter what) and it’s difficult to find just the actual clip itself. Everything is a video of some content creator talking over the video and “guiding” you through it. It’s asinine.
This post was edited on 8/3/25 at 8:45 pm
Posted by weagle1999
Member since May 2025
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Posted on 8/3/25 at 9:26 pm to
quote:

The answer is you aren’t watching tv, you’re watching “content.”


I never thought of that. You are correct. An astute observation.
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