Why Casey Neistat’s Story Formula is So Dangerous
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2024
- Life is complex. It can feel aimless or overwhelming. ... ENTER STORIES: clarity & purpose that fits the shape of our impulses. (Casey Neistat's videos are a textbook example of story's power).
But stories can cage us too. There's a way out: to turn our life into stories of which we are both the character & the director.
Big shoutout to Michelle Jia for key edits!
00:00 the mission: find direction in life
1:00 story: the secret structure
2:15 why story structures your life so well
3:37 the dark side of story
5:17 Casey Neistat to the rescue - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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First watched your Johnny Harris videos and since then, I’ve been hooked! Keep up the good work!
Same.
Great Story Telling.. Great Edit... Great Info.. Just watched this after your Johnny Harris video.. You have a new Sub. Keep up your great work
This channel is going to make it BIG.
Saadi, that affirmation means a lot! Really looking forward to sharing more with you!
So good!! 🌟🌟🌟
you NEED more subs but i know im only getting here at the beginning, excited for your growth bro 😎
Your affirmation means a lot! Thanks for being part of the community!
Keep them coming! Great job on these videos
This was insanely good! Loved the nuanced introspection
Loved the setup, especially the pace and editing, really felt like a Casey Nesitat video! Really like the ideas as well. Stories are powerful in organizing, directing the thoughts, actions in our lives and that of humanity as a whole. They focus our energies, simplify things, and bring structure / purpose in our lives. At the same time, using them without being careful can lead to dangerous oversimplifications.
But felt the rest of the video got a bit flat! Think it was that the next few parts were more telling than showing, were bit wordier, and the energy / pace both between scenes (editing) and in the scene (action) was very different from the setup.
Perhaps it's about finding the right style in narration that fits with overall vibe of the video.
anyways great vid!
Thanks so much for these reflections & feedback, Lance! I think you're right: the video did devolve into talking about an idea, rather than showing it in a visual way. I needed your advice back then!
Looks like you're on your own storytelling and vlogging adventure yourself! Looking forward to the stories you'll tell :D
Great video, I am always stuck when It comes to make videos. This video gives me hopes!
That makes my day! Keep creating, you got this!
Great channel, I can see this channel growing quickly. Just work on your setup and focus
I'm a fan of your content keep rocoking! very useful.
This is beautiful
All the very best bro 🔥
Most Casey style video outside his channel, so many casey angles, cuts, tropes. He's definitely got the runs on the board though, somehow even though this was a casey length, it felt longer. Maybe it's just that it became too meta? Still, in awe of the research, effort and creativity.
Thanks! Yeah, looking back on this with more videos under my belt, I agree it does feel like it drags a bit. I think part of that is because I wrote the script on my own & shot it on impulse, and then my creative director Michelle Jia had to come in after and try to help me tighten it up. Since then, I've worked on really workshoping the script till its tight *before* I shoot. I worked really closely with Michelle on my last video, on MrBeats. Curious if it feels better paced to you!
Whoever is trying to learn story structures, I'd also recommend kurt vonneguts shape of stories, it's absolutely brilliant and drove all his books.
And also have a look at the creators of south park. They gave a tiny lecture about how they write their episodes. And it's also absolutely brilliant.
They're both on youtube
Appreciate it! You read my mind: I actually have both of those queued up for a future video all about story :D
What's fascinating is that (perhaps you've read it but) there's a research paper that analyzed a corpus of famous novels, and actually validated many of Vonnegut's shapes!
What I like about the South Park structure is that Nicky Case pointed out that it also applies to learning:
th-cam.com/video/b-M2U3Jl1Cg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lHFyoJyNxUZIaQKa&t=488
@@itsdavidmora oops sorry to have spoiled those videos. Keenly waiting for them now since you’ll probably break it down better.
I haven’t read that paper but I’m really curious now. Vonnegut is so good, they made a really cool documentary on him as well which is very very very good. Highly recommended.
But and therefore is just so versatile a technique man. Love it. Thanks for sharing that video.
@@hiiimaaaawow, I'd love to watch the doc, what's it called? Thanks!
@@itsdavidmora Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in time
You make it to the point and the outline is something you will see and a lot in copywriting and branding industry:"MAKE IT ALL ABOUT 'YOUR AUDIENCE' NOT ABOUT HOW WE ARE GREET OR DIFFERENT"👍👏👏
It's the "YOU CENTRED" approach.
You are an advanced user of this approach, and this is why I like and comment on all your videos to make youtube algorithms recommend me to more folks like you.❤
TH-cam ALGORITHMS RECOMMEND ME more videos like this on how to structure and build a story that capture the attention and also make an emotional connection with my audience and then engaged while I'm telling the story.
💢💢I want to ask you a question: Why did you make yourself to the exteme left i feel like you're making my eye only track your face not any thing else ?
Is your question how I blurred the background? Or is it why I chose that framing of my face? ie did you not like it as much? :D
Never ever stop
Aww, thanks!
great video, some visuals are to quick for my taste. i liked them but it was sometimes hard to keep up with them while understanding te context
Thank you for this helpful feedback! I'm very much still trying to learn to balance "quickness" with "clarity", and your critique is encouraging me to look for opportunities to really slow down a bit & make things clearer! Was there a particular visual or moment you felt was way too fast? Just really want to learn from it!
@@itsdavidmora Maybe I'm the issue. I sometimes watch YT vids without paying my full attention. Your edits are great and youre really good at telling a story in a interesting way. Maybe this wasn't perfectly fitted video for me to watch while doing other stuff.
@@yogiew7 that's very humble, but I still have a long way to go, so I'm definitely growing in hitting that perfect pacing! Thank you for watching & giving feedback!
Story!
also watched after watching your johnny harris video. the focus pulling here is really bad. if you are sitting down set your lens to manual focus
Thanks, FloydTaylor, will do!
1:59 is that cotopaxi volcano?
Great catch, it is! My dad grew up in Ecuador and he took a us back to climb :)
Job well done. Only "5092" views. How have people/TH-cam overlooked you. MYGA = Make TH-cam Great Again.
Thanks for the encouragement, Russell!
The music in the dark side of story was a little to dramatic. i would use something more chilly and mysterious than rock
Noted! Thanks for the helpful feedback!
Wait wait wait
So you not only explained how to make a great story but you also implemented in THIS SAME VIDEO!!!🤯🤯
haha, yeah, you noticed! as I kept studying Casey & rewriting the script, they sort of merged :)
Great! but your auto-focus on your lens gave me myopia
Thanks, soklamon! Yeah, so sorry about that, I'll be sure to get that focus locked in going forward :)