The anatomy of a great YouTube video | Alan Melikdjanian | TEDxRiga
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2020
- Audiovisual production tools and a potential global audience are available to anyone with a web-connected device. But many creators still struggle with presenting their content effectively, especially on CZcams. Alan Melikdjanian proposes a way of thinking about video projects that consistently leads to great videos with high levels of audience engagement, regardless of topic, genre or level of technical skill. With the dual blades of visual creativity and offbeat humor, Alan Melikdjanian has been successfully defending his place on the pedestal of web video relevance for over a decade.
As a filmmaker, visual effects artist, writer and performer, Alan Melikdjanian has produced many videos explaining hoaxes and illusions on CZcams. Through his online persona of a ragtag, sarcastic superhero Captain Disillusion, he focuses on illustrating abstract technical concepts in an entertaining way, while also satirizing pop culture and social media.
His methodical approach to creating polished work in a medium not usually associated with finely crafted content has proven effective over over a decade, as his CZcams channel continues to grow. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Very brave of Alan to go onstage and talk about his boss for 20 minutes
Most of his jokes really seemed to be missed by the audience. Great visuals, great humor, great speech.
It's the way the talks are recorded, not the audience. They don't have a mic pointed at the audience so it sounds like they're not making any noise.
SuperWild1 I mean you can clearly hear them laugh at some points in the video so I think it was just a tough crowd
Yeah it hurts to see his jokes just get a small laugh idk.
Angry Ancestor [KbanjoK] I have a feeling the audience is a recording that was added in because I dont think they would gather hundreds of people together during these times
@@Sp3cialXotic You can literally see the crowd. In fact they point the camera at the crowd
He put beige body paint all over himself to look presentable for TEDx. That's dedicated.
I’m pretty sure that’s his intern, Alan
@@kempt_ congratulations you missed the joke entirely
In the “Lore” of his video universe, it sometimes is beige paint, and is sometimes a mask.
@@kempt_ r/woosh
@@Booksds wow really they sound almost exactly the same
“They’re talented. They’re better than us.”
Audience: **claps**
Yeah, I don't get why everyone laughed/clapped. It feels wrong 😔
Ming Ling This is Latvia lol. They’re not exactly... into humour. Really attractive girls though.
Honestly - I hate this audience. Thank you intern Alan. That was extremely amazing.
From what I understand, the audience's reactions arent recorded for tedx talks, so they are reacting and laughing at his jokes, hence why he's pausing for them, but we're only hearing what his mic picks up.
@@septiquaddoubleyou4019 11:34
His Intern seemed really prepared & confident for this one!
"You can trick them into watching an hours long video"
>me on a cd binge
"Hmmm, yes."
Hmmmm, yes, yes, the floor here is made out of floor.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
“The lense flairs are... anamorphic” Never change, Captain D
Captain Disillusion/Alan Melikdjanian, no matter how many subscribers he has, will always be underrated. We don't deserve him!
Is he Armenian?
@@kuldimanas Latvian, actually!
Alan is of partially Armenian descent IIRC, though he was born in Riga.
Captain Disillusion is an alien android obviously. Dunno how you can confuse the two.
@@Andvare partially?
@@Daye04 I'm not sure both his parents were Armenian
there are two types of people: on one end, "It was so nice of Captain D to paint his face beige as not to scare them.", on the other end "So brave of Intern Alan to go on stage and talk about his boss"
what a lord
Duuude didn't expect you here.
Hope you and your babushka are doing great 😀
Whoaa, sosig
RADAL on a non-GTA or Sosig video?
Watdefok
Sosig
Capt. D is too smart for this audience.
I've watched several talks for CD and honestly he has some extraordinary presentation skills!
Actually, you can tell this presentation went...
It's a really common thing for many performances of various nature and has a certain feel to it, I'll try to describe it.
"Nothing went wrong". As in, every single aspect that depends on your effort goes as planned, but no wow-effect is achieved, the performance was solid and somewhat impressive in that regard, but fell short of what it could've been.
I think things like these can be attributed to overscripting, when the script also doesn't target the audience too well.
@@mkontent do you know his other talks he has on CZcams? Do you feel like they are better or do you just don't like his Style?
@@_ee75 Yes, I think some of them went better than this. Not like overall better, I am not trying to grade them or anything, but in regards to this specific aspect, some went better.
I was half expecting him to say "love with your heart and use your head for everything else" at the end.
The audience wouldn't have got it
@@mqbaka it wouldn't have mattered
@@_ee75 yep since none from the audience would have reacted to it
but that's the Captains catchphrase, not his
Cleary this whole video is a CGI. Captain disillusion is pretending to be a human in this one.
that's his assistant
No thats him. He just put too much effort to make his skin looks normal.
Are you serious? This is not CGI!
It's a full body mask in human colors (If that's how you call it)
But don't tell anyone
It's his intern Alan
Nah mate, that's Alan
Kinda tough crowd, no one really laughed at the hugh hefner tweet :(
Its likely because these are recorded in a way so that there's no mics pointed at the audience so you can't hear their reactions (don't know why, but whatever)
Cold Baltic people. We do not have emotions.
@@deisiilves6770 yup as a Latvian probably it.
There might be less people due to the pandemic too
@@zyansheep It was filmed in November. So, not that.
We finally know why CD is the most perfect youtuber.
Also, I hate that audience.
HI CHECKMAAARRKKKKKKK
The audience at these TEDx talks sometimes is horrible. Great talk - really like it and great advice.
Who is this guy and why does he look like Captain D wearing a CGI flesh thing
Edit: oh it's Alan the assistant
And he's addicted to CoolMath Ganes as a 39 year old guy
*Alan the (unpaid) intern
Alan is truly brilliant and his presentation skills are spectacular. Even the audience underrated him. True genius is seldom realized in its time... Love you Captain!
I'm genuinely so happy he got a TED talk!!
I believe this is his second or third one
its only TEDx so we did not get the 3d version :(
Sameeeee!
That crowd doesn't deserve Captain Disillusion smh
The audience doesn't have a microphone. You can see they're laughing, because the presenter doesn't get more nervous, and that he pauses to the laugh, and how he speaks louder. You're not watching a comedy show. If you're here to listen to laugh, you're missing the point.
Bro his disguise is flawless! Can hardly see the chrome underneath
This guy is smart, he should start a youtube channel
*BuT he dOeS hAvE ONe!*
Man stop this lame old joke.
i think he'll be famous at debunking videos too, ya know?
@Bill Blass OH NO
We saw this joke like a million times.
He is an innovative filmmaker, he writes, acts and directs so well. Humor and visual trickery is his ground.
Captain Disillusion has inspired me to even make videos myself. I'm very thankful for this guy.
Too bad the content isn't good
This is such a great presentation by Captain D!! How can all of those brilliant jokes went over the audience's heads?!
Oh, Alan, i wish i would have known about this event as i would have been there in a heartbeat. I have been a fan of yours for some time now and i am glad you visited us here in Latvia. That "Paldies" at the end was great, thank you for the talk!
I felt the same when I found out he'd been in Australia after the fact.
I also wish i would have known about this - am Finnish living in Rīga and hardcore CD admirer for life 💛
CAPTAIN D FOR CZcams REWIND 2020
GIVE HIM 100% CREATIVE CONTROL!!!!!!!
+ if this ever worked, he'd kill us
@@katz86
I don't know how to start a movement for this but someone needs to because after last year's rewind!!!!????
@@thecloneguyz make one of those online petitions i keep seeing everywhere? Make a Facebook page dedicated to the cause? Spam youtube with snail mail proposing the idea? Create your own youtube rewind featuring CD by painstakingly editing together bits from existing CD videos?
@@katz86
Im cpu ILLITERATE
I just learned how to copy and paste recently!!!!
@@thecloneguyz i know the feeling! I suppose we could just ask CD if he would make one? And who cares what "CZcams" does officially.
Alan Melikdjanian always put his best in animating his presentation.
Greatest appreciation for your great job and dedication Alan!
love with your heart and use your brain for everything else
I think this is your best presentation, Captain!.
Ps. Rip ears with the intro and outro
Why is this only in my recommended now. This is absolute gold.
Wow, he actually painted his whole face with skintone on this one
Actually his face is normally skin color, he puts silver paint on his face. For some reason people don't know that.
Jeremy Staples You don't say
@@mk_rexx yeah it's pretty obvious when you think about it, I mean how many people have silver skin?
Jeremy Staples Dang I guess you make a pretty convincing point. 🤔 never thought of it that way!
@@WeirdSmellyMan You might be on to something here.
Finally this guy is getting some recognition!
Capt D: I love the choreography in your live talks. I imagine it requires a lot of planning and practice to get your live movements so in sync with a pre-recorded video. Just a hint of that in this talk but I enjoyed it. Thanks!
Man, alan really is a stickler for tiny details. The way his intro is timed out with the prerecorded video on screen made my day
HOW DID I MISS THIS!?
Paldies!
Must've taken forever to edit this.. so realistic
Melikdjanian is top notch. Always enlightening to see his stuff.
Wow, this was actually in his home country of Latvia, cool.
I thought he was Armenian??
He is from Latvia. See the h3h3 podcast
Thanks Captain D! Some of us got it.
I have become obsessed with his channel. He's amazing.
This is probably the most qualified person on YT do such a TedTalk.
how on earth does this only have 700 views????
I agree
Yeah it baffles me
Ikr
Because it's new? Most TED(x) videos only have millions of views because of the algorithm. It takes a bit for it to gain views, it's gained some because he mentioned it on his channel.
@@Moire9 it usually doesn't take 5 days
His epic humor minus them laughing made it more funny for me 😂
the admiration i have for this man only grows with each piece of media he makes that i watch
the crowds probably old business people that don’t understand his humor or speech
The audience doesn't have a microphone. You can see they're laughing, because the presenter doesn't get more nervous, and that he pauses to the laugh, and how he speaks louder. You're not watching a comedy show. If you're here to listen to laugh, you're missing the point.
matt it’s captain disillusion homie, I was definitely here to laugh
@@motolus1677 "If you're here to *listen* to laugh."
I'm not gonna watch a video of people laughing.
@Bill Blass When the guys at the front laugh loud enough you do hear them. Anyway, this is a common complaint on 'funny' TEDx talks.
Regardless, you hear the audience laugh a few times, he obviously didn’t want to have a boring speech so he had to throw in some humor and it does seem missed by the audience who are most likely old successful business people. Also I’d like to point out I enjoyed captain d’s speech and didn’t only focus on the audience
Captain is so based. The most consistent content creator on CZcams.
Tough crowd. Good talk.
I dunno who this guy is, but he sure loves talking about Captain Disillusion. Must be a really big fan or something
Everything Alan does is exceptional
we just witnessed a magnificent celebration of teamwork, that was good! Thank ya Captain D!
All the jokes were missed by the audience omg ya all dont deserve him
Lmao I love how Alan managed to bring it all back around to the Captain being the best 🤣
I admire the way how this man makes presentations. I hope that one day I'll be as good as him!
i really like his presentations. i'd watch even if they are too long by normal standards.
I would love for him to make a feature film
That crowd doesn't deserve Captain Disillusion period.
Perfect presentation! Captain is always S tier
This is the way! CD you rock! (as always)
You can watch ANY of his videos and notice NEW THINGS EVERY TIME
CD is the best content creator. The quality of the videos he is producing is just so good.
Great work Capt!
I think this one of the best Public talk that Captain D everdone
This CGI actually looks real.
Watches him say "look to see if someone already said it"
Reads a hundred comments that all make the same joke.
He is so amazing at speaking!
This guy can take over his creative editing and comedy skills and defeat professional ted team in their own video.
His videos are epic. Alan Melikdjanian.....it never even occurred to me before, that I didin't know his name. He will always be Captain D in my mind.
I can barely remember a time when I was so young. But I do remember the beginning of CZcams when there was nothing on it but CD.
Lately I see a lot of videos on Facebook where they put up a situation/trap/a cool recipe but take ten minutes to show every detail and delay the conclusion as long as possible which I find very annoying. Usually one person says what he/she is doing next and the camera person asks ten times back if that REALLY is what the first person is going to do. And at some point they start to tell each other how "awesome" this will be...
I also don't like unscripted videos where the maker thinks he will explain things right out of his head but gets into "uhms" all the time because he lost the thread.
Timing and quality are just as important as the content, otherwise you will get a boring "lesson" of otherwise interesting stuff.
I really like how Captain Disillusion makes his videos and I do think he is the right person for this talk.
Thanks Captain!
This needs more views!!!!!!!
Brilliant!!!
Exceptional content. Love me some CD
This speech is really underrated!
with his final point that works as long as you're able to have a team that will stay together like a brick house instead of a house of cards
there are examples of CZcams channels that built themselves on the fact that each person worked on it together or each person attracted certain fans who favored one of the entertainers over the others and kept coming back for them so if one member leaves there's now several (imma mention two) paths the rest of the group can take
say its been a good run and announce the channels end or find a replacement
the latter brings the problem of if they were one of the entertainers than those who enjoyed the one who left will either leave or hate on the replacement or depending on the situation surrounding the members departure it'll cause back lash at the rest of the group causing it to be nearly impossible to continue the channels videos
How cool that Alan, just an intern is getting his own talks
Captain disillusion needs to debunk this this fake human model of captain disillusion
Alan the assistant putting in work.
Nice to see Alen outside his isolation chamber.
the most underrated ted ex'er!
Great ted talk!
i love this guy
Captain disillusion🤗❤️
Well, that was a nice talk. It's somewhat informative too, in my case.
Two words: Thank you.
This ted talk is so underrated
It is now 2021 and I can say that this guy is still extremely underrated. Just keep going, bro! 🤘👍
I am just now discovering Alan did a Ted Talk-this is amazing!!
I am just now discovering Alan is Latvian -- this is amazing!!
Now THIS is a TED talk
as a latvian i can admit that it's quite a shame that it is this way, but a large part of latvians don't have a good understanding of English, most aged 30+ don't, and the overwhelming majority aged 50+ don't. that's because only a few years after the 80s began, latvia became once again fully independent for the first time in over 40 years and, being under the USSR prior, English was nowhere near a well known/spoken/used language. only in the past 10 to 15 years, with the boom of the internet, has English become something that's focused more on, and so, only the newer generations understand it to the degree of being able to properly communicate through English like they would in Latvian.
what i'm trying to say is, most people in the audience probably couldn't quite understand English that well and therefore missed a lot of the jokes/the punchline wasn't as effective on them. CD, i know this is an old video and therefore this comment is more than just likely not going to be seen by you, but i hope you know that the latvians, that know of you and your nationality, think you're an icon and are very proud of what you've achieved. you've truly done a lot and have even more goals to achieve.
this was a great presentation and i wish the best for your future work, i have been watching for 3+ years now and you've taught me a lot, even about the things that i thought i already knew. you're amazing. best of luck to all.
Hope I could like the video more than once ❤
Great disguise captain!!!!
the most underrated youtuber.
also, terrible audiences. It's supposed to be a fun presentation just like other Alan's presentations
Talk about a dead crowd.
It’s not a dead crowd, it’s a crowd with no microphone to record their laughter. Even in the shots where it shows lots of people are laughing you can barely hear anything
I miss Hello Internet. Best podcast ever.
Loved that jab at ijustine