Okay, commenting here because it seems like the thing to do. My points in order as I listen to it.
(reminder, I agree that they should have 105)
1. I find the music at the start annoying. Probably a personal thing, so fuck my opinion.
2. Strange lighting effect. Something to do with bright light against your pale complexion. Distracting. (actually being serious here and trying not to be an ass. People that do professional videos often discuss the importance of lighting, but since I know next to nothing I am of no help with this).
3. Notes never hurt. You do not need to write everything out ahead of time, but sometimes you are struggling for words - we all do this - and having a few prepared notes/phrases helps improve the flow of your presentation. It is difficult to find your precise line between speaking to people and reading from a script, and this is something that all of us who have done a great deal of public speaking have had to take time to develop. When I was first teaching classes, my presentation was all technical and not at all engaging, the opposite of yours. Writing a script out helps cement what you are going to say, but you do not need to actually read from it. The act of writing helps cement your words via task-oriented pattern establishment. Also repeating the same phrase such as "lightning" hurts your presentation. I cannot remember why I was taught to do this, but I can look it up if you want.
4. Good job on the speed argument combining both striking and grappling as a basis for support.
5. Nice bringing women from multiple orgs up. This helps show that outside of the UFC there are a lot of 105'ers.
6. If you are going to mention statistics, show them. (I have no idea how to do this on Youtube, so there is that to consider). If you are going to quote data, people like to see it. They have been shown to trust data more when they see it in writing, people like pictures and it helps with retention.
7. Aesthetics was a good word choice for what we all know you meant. Well done. I do not know that I would have singled people out here, though. Some people may pull the "sexist" or "demeaning" bullshit.
8. Great job on showing the competitive nature of the division. This is an argument that I had not thought of.
Tanks for the Review.
1. Regarding the music, like you said, some like it, some don't. That's a bit of stock music that has sort of become the theme for my videos. I sometimes skip it on short videos, but like to keep it regular.
2. Lighting is probably the hardest thing for me. There was an overhead light right above me, that I couldn't use because it just made my head glow. Being bald is a bitch when it comes to lighting. I'm experimenting with indirect spotlighting for the next video, instead of the LED light I used for this one.
3. I've used notes in the past, and they definitely help. I had everything I wanted to say in mind, and wnet off a set list I had written (the 8 points, the example fighters, but tried to wing the fleshing out of each point.I think my goal was to not sound too scripted, as some of my vids have sounded in the past.
4. Thanks. I focused more on Penn vs Watersons scrambles more last year, but wanted to give more examples this year.
5. Again, thanks.I definitely thought it important to mention that there are fighters out there besides those in Invicta.
6. I had thought about that, and might try to do it in later videos. My editing skills are very rudimentary, and still learning how to use the software I use. adding the titles for each of the points I used was something I had forgotten I know how to do before this video.
7. Yeah, I'm fancy like that. I wanted to dive home the point without being too overt, although I was also that. I feel like the less attractive or petty fighters might not like it, but I'm not worried about being labled a sexist when I'm covering the women exclusively and almost never bring up looks otherwise. If people get offended, that's their problem as much as mine.
8. Thanks. I thought it was important to show the dnagers of Joanna, Ronda, or Mighty Mouse syndrome, and how it's not a problem in this division.
