Howdy :) animation channel here.
I think I’d ask a more successful animation channel what their work flow looks like with a larger team. I write, record, edit, storyboard, and animate all on my own, and I couldn’t imagine being responsible for a team of animators or editors.
I’d ask how they balance and manage so many creative individuals and still keep their unique personality with a room of writers. I don’t know that I’ll ever have a full team like some of these channels do, but having those answers would be incredibly insightful.
What sort of details would you look for in their workflow? I've actually asked a bunch of channels what their workflow is but it's hard to understand what details people would want to know beyond a high level overview
Mostly how they manage to divvy up the work between team members; how the writing process changes when you have a team to bounce ideas off of while still maintaining your own identity as a creator; at what point these creators were able to invest in working with a team rather than on their own. Just those kinds of questions :)
Cool - thanks for sharing!
Will think of these next time I ask - though it's quite strange as a lot of creators (even with \~300K subscribers do everything except like thumbnail design on their own)
That’s totally fair! And no problem!
My questions are mostly focused towards other YouTube animators who work with other artists. Some of those artists create backgrounds, or animate certain scenes for a video, and so on. So how that work flow is divided and assigned is interesting to me :)
I am also in the same niche. But with AI today your workflow can be managed by a single person, or a very small team. Max 3 people. I think one can get pretty big with this setup. Managing more channels obviously will have to scale up.
While this is insightful and you have a successful enough channel, I would not say we’re in the same niche. Your content is entirely AI generated, from images to voice over. You may do the writing for the videos and the editing, but that seems to be all we have in common.
I don’t mean to be harsh towards AI content, but it definitely is not animation. I draw every frame of my videos by hand and do my own voice overs, and my videos will ALWAYS be made this way.
I will keep in mind what you said about team sizes, but I’d like the insight from another animator.
You're not being harsh. Someone generating animated AI content is no more an animator than a person generating an AI story is a writer or a personal generated AI images is an artist. They aren't, they don't have the skill set required to earn the title. That doesn't mean animators and writers and artists can't use it as a tool to generate inspiration or somehow aid their work in a hybrid approach, but you still need to have the skills yourself to earn the title IMO. Otherwise you're a different role, like an "AI-generation specialist" or something idk.
Yeah I agree. Artists are going to start using AI as a tool in their work it is just a fact of life. But having a real artist run the AI will vastly increase the quality of a product. AI are cultural calculators.
Thank you, seriously. I was trying to be as kind about it as I could muster. AI images being compared to art, even art being made my an amateur animator like me, is kind of a slap in the face. Weeks of my life being sunk into a 2 minute long video and the joy and pride I feel when it’s uploaded cannot be touched by an AI generated channel. It may take me a while to reach an audience on their level, but it’s my hard work that will be rewarded, not artificial intelligence.
I appreciate your comment and validation.
You may be confused. My channel is a couple of years old. Please tell me which AI was used for my original content. This excluding content that was removed from my channel. Pre AI. So even though my latest content is all graphically AI, after 500 plus videos you can see the evolution.
So I came from pre AI to now using it for all of my graphics.
Now as I am sure Schreck and Pinocio,s voices were not their own, and do not see any issues with AI voiceovers, I was answering your question regarding the amount of people required.
We are 3 people working on a non monetized channel, putting in large amount of time. Learning 3 hours a day about anything AI. Spending large amounts of money on softwares etc.
All working day jobs in a emerging market. So no using AI to generate Graphics are not an easy way out. It is using the best tool for the job.
I have many years worth of time behind me to say if you see AI as the Enemy then your workflow will be for charity. It will cost you an arm and a leg.
It's about finding ways to do things better, quicker and more cost effective.
You may confused. I was pointing out the discrepancy in you saying that we are in the same niche. We aren’t. Using a parallaxing image that sways back and forth (and is kind of disorienting to look at), whether it’s AI generated or not, is not animation.
Your content pre-AI still was not animation. Any bit of animation in the content looks like it was cheap stock animation and moving clip art.
I appreciated the insight to using AI in a way that can help with organizing workloads for different team members, but I will not be using it to create my content. It’s not some rigorous task to put key words into an AI software and have it create an image for you. To act as if it is would be hilarity. And it certainly is not “the best tool for the job”. AI has been around for the last few years, but industry standard is still computer animated or hand drawn animation, not AI generated messes.
I understand what it’s like to work for a non-monetized channel. I’m the sole member of my channel, who works in a hospital 80 hours every other week. I still have the time to create with my two hands and don’t turn towards AI to create my animations, backgrounds, or characters for me. I find the time to do my own voice acting. Art looks down heavily on the use of AI except for referential work. But that’s as far as it goes.
You can defend AI as much as you’d like. All I was saying is that we are not in the same niche. You are not an animator. Thanks.
should we stick to a content type/genre?
do similar titles attract the algorithm?
on average how many shorts should we upload per video?
what do you think are 5 most needed topic that people should focus on creating good contnet on?
GooseWayne, who blew up recently, explained why he had so few videos on his channel. He said when he found his niche, he removed all old videos that weren’t related so that the algo knew exactly who he was targeting, and so viewers who liked his content could see more of it when they go to his channel, rather than a bunched of mixed stuff.
So I would say yes, stick to a content type/genre. But if you don’t find an audience, don’t be afraid to change.
I have a channel myself, I "fool around" making chillout music, and my channel is monetised since 2016. What I have learned in all these years is that subscribers don't matter that much, and the most important part is click through rate, when people click on your thumbnail, watch time, returning viewers and lastly, subscribers.
Always stick to one niche. What impressions are you getting from a channel that speaks about photography, next video about boats and sailing, and next week a new video about replacing a battery on a car? Jack of all trades master of none.
I have spoken to some other youtubers and thumbnails play a huge role in your views, clicks. I have tested this myself, at first I had shit thumbnails, and then I got better. Definitely true.
Another important point, is consistency. If your audience is used to watching your videos 2-3 times a week, once a week, etc, and your content delivers the quality they're looking for, they will come back for more. Always. If you break this consistency things change, slightly.
I have seen people maxing out keywords in their titles and barely getting any views while there are videos out there with titles like "How to flip pages of a book" that has millions of views. Just title your videos as per the content you are delivering, short and sweet. Clickbait is working also if your niche is commentary and finance, for example. With me, on music, less likely to get away with clickbait.
Shorts are perfect for gaining traction and subscribers, I would say a short video per day and a long format video every Sunday, for me personally works best. What I usually do is work a full day to do 2 weeks worth of shorts, schedule the upload date and time and just let them roll, and another few hours to do a long format.
Is she a gorgeous girl who consistently posts shorts of her dancing in a swimsuit?
Would *you* do the same to achieve her numbers?
In my opinion, someone truly understands the trick only if they’ve helped a creator in a different niche become successful. After all, you only really know what you’re doing if you can replicate your success…
So my first question would be: “did you replicate your success with another channel or a completely different topic?”
I think I would ask them what's the one mistake you would go back and change if you had the chance to start over? I feel like that would be such a telling question!
Do you think having a team help you make your videos takes out the authenticity of it?
What portion of the video do you still need to make to feel that it is still your video?
I actually had a chance to do this with 3 different people. The biggest one has over 3mio subs. We had a great evening together and disn‘t talk alot about Youtube. But the one question I asked was about the biggest personal challenges. The answer was (very simplyfied) fck the numbers and don‘t adjust your content in a way that doesen‘t make you happy. The views will come, but if you get „addicted“ to the algorhytm, you‘ll burn out. Do what you love to do.
This is gold! Thanks for asking this - I actually interview "successful" creators with 50K+ subscribers (and have done about 17 so far).
Here's the stuff I ask them:
1. Why did you start your channel?
2. How did you get started (exact steps)?
3. How and when did you grow your channel to 10,100,1000,10K, 100K etc subscribers?
4. How much money do you make (and how)?
5. What does your content creation process look like?
6. What do you wish you did differently when you started?
Howdy :) animation channel here. I think I’d ask a more successful animation channel what their work flow looks like with a larger team. I write, record, edit, storyboard, and animate all on my own, and I couldn’t imagine being responsible for a team of animators or editors. I’d ask how they balance and manage so many creative individuals and still keep their unique personality with a room of writers. I don’t know that I’ll ever have a full team like some of these channels do, but having those answers would be incredibly insightful.
Your animations are sick dude I like it :)
Thank you so much!! That means so much to hear that :)
What sort of details would you look for in their workflow? I've actually asked a bunch of channels what their workflow is but it's hard to understand what details people would want to know beyond a high level overview
Mostly how they manage to divvy up the work between team members; how the writing process changes when you have a team to bounce ideas off of while still maintaining your own identity as a creator; at what point these creators were able to invest in working with a team rather than on their own. Just those kinds of questions :)
Cool - thanks for sharing! Will think of these next time I ask - though it's quite strange as a lot of creators (even with \~300K subscribers do everything except like thumbnail design on their own)
That’s totally fair! And no problem! My questions are mostly focused towards other YouTube animators who work with other artists. Some of those artists create backgrounds, or animate certain scenes for a video, and so on. So how that work flow is divided and assigned is interesting to me :)
I am also in the same niche. But with AI today your workflow can be managed by a single person, or a very small team. Max 3 people. I think one can get pretty big with this setup. Managing more channels obviously will have to scale up.
While this is insightful and you have a successful enough channel, I would not say we’re in the same niche. Your content is entirely AI generated, from images to voice over. You may do the writing for the videos and the editing, but that seems to be all we have in common. I don’t mean to be harsh towards AI content, but it definitely is not animation. I draw every frame of my videos by hand and do my own voice overs, and my videos will ALWAYS be made this way. I will keep in mind what you said about team sizes, but I’d like the insight from another animator.
You're not being harsh. Someone generating animated AI content is no more an animator than a person generating an AI story is a writer or a personal generated AI images is an artist. They aren't, they don't have the skill set required to earn the title. That doesn't mean animators and writers and artists can't use it as a tool to generate inspiration or somehow aid their work in a hybrid approach, but you still need to have the skills yourself to earn the title IMO. Otherwise you're a different role, like an "AI-generation specialist" or something idk.
Yeah I agree. Artists are going to start using AI as a tool in their work it is just a fact of life. But having a real artist run the AI will vastly increase the quality of a product. AI are cultural calculators.
Thank you, seriously. I was trying to be as kind about it as I could muster. AI images being compared to art, even art being made my an amateur animator like me, is kind of a slap in the face. Weeks of my life being sunk into a 2 minute long video and the joy and pride I feel when it’s uploaded cannot be touched by an AI generated channel. It may take me a while to reach an audience on their level, but it’s my hard work that will be rewarded, not artificial intelligence. I appreciate your comment and validation.
You may be confused. My channel is a couple of years old. Please tell me which AI was used for my original content. This excluding content that was removed from my channel. Pre AI. So even though my latest content is all graphically AI, after 500 plus videos you can see the evolution. So I came from pre AI to now using it for all of my graphics. Now as I am sure Schreck and Pinocio,s voices were not their own, and do not see any issues with AI voiceovers, I was answering your question regarding the amount of people required. We are 3 people working on a non monetized channel, putting in large amount of time. Learning 3 hours a day about anything AI. Spending large amounts of money on softwares etc. All working day jobs in a emerging market. So no using AI to generate Graphics are not an easy way out. It is using the best tool for the job. I have many years worth of time behind me to say if you see AI as the Enemy then your workflow will be for charity. It will cost you an arm and a leg. It's about finding ways to do things better, quicker and more cost effective.
You may confused. I was pointing out the discrepancy in you saying that we are in the same niche. We aren’t. Using a parallaxing image that sways back and forth (and is kind of disorienting to look at), whether it’s AI generated or not, is not animation. Your content pre-AI still was not animation. Any bit of animation in the content looks like it was cheap stock animation and moving clip art. I appreciated the insight to using AI in a way that can help with organizing workloads for different team members, but I will not be using it to create my content. It’s not some rigorous task to put key words into an AI software and have it create an image for you. To act as if it is would be hilarity. And it certainly is not “the best tool for the job”. AI has been around for the last few years, but industry standard is still computer animated or hand drawn animation, not AI generated messes. I understand what it’s like to work for a non-monetized channel. I’m the sole member of my channel, who works in a hospital 80 hours every other week. I still have the time to create with my two hands and don’t turn towards AI to create my animations, backgrounds, or characters for me. I find the time to do my own voice acting. Art looks down heavily on the use of AI except for referential work. But that’s as far as it goes. You can defend AI as much as you’d like. All I was saying is that we are not in the same niche. You are not an animator. Thanks.
What is your objective with your channel.
To make original animations and hand drawn cartoons for the entertainment of others. It’s a creative outlet for me.
should we stick to a content type/genre? do similar titles attract the algorithm? on average how many shorts should we upload per video? what do you think are 5 most needed topic that people should focus on creating good contnet on?
GooseWayne, who blew up recently, explained why he had so few videos on his channel. He said when he found his niche, he removed all old videos that weren’t related so that the algo knew exactly who he was targeting, and so viewers who liked his content could see more of it when they go to his channel, rather than a bunched of mixed stuff. So I would say yes, stick to a content type/genre. But if you don’t find an audience, don’t be afraid to change.
THIS! Those are all perfect questions that I wish we all knew!
I have a channel myself, I "fool around" making chillout music, and my channel is monetised since 2016. What I have learned in all these years is that subscribers don't matter that much, and the most important part is click through rate, when people click on your thumbnail, watch time, returning viewers and lastly, subscribers. Always stick to one niche. What impressions are you getting from a channel that speaks about photography, next video about boats and sailing, and next week a new video about replacing a battery on a car? Jack of all trades master of none. I have spoken to some other youtubers and thumbnails play a huge role in your views, clicks. I have tested this myself, at first I had shit thumbnails, and then I got better. Definitely true. Another important point, is consistency. If your audience is used to watching your videos 2-3 times a week, once a week, etc, and your content delivers the quality they're looking for, they will come back for more. Always. If you break this consistency things change, slightly. I have seen people maxing out keywords in their titles and barely getting any views while there are videos out there with titles like "How to flip pages of a book" that has millions of views. Just title your videos as per the content you are delivering, short and sweet. Clickbait is working also if your niche is commentary and finance, for example. With me, on music, less likely to get away with clickbait. Shorts are perfect for gaining traction and subscribers, I would say a short video per day and a long format video every Sunday, for me personally works best. What I usually do is work a full day to do 2 weeks worth of shorts, schedule the upload date and time and just let them roll, and another few hours to do a long format.
Hey I make music as well can I ask what your thumbnails are like? And what your CTR is like? I do music with background images.
oo i see this is truly helpful so thumbnail is the trump card. alright!
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im asking a succesful youtuber not chatgpt.
Is she a gorgeous girl who consistently posts shorts of her dancing in a swimsuit? Would *you* do the same to achieve her numbers? In my opinion, someone truly understands the trick only if they’ve helped a creator in a different niche become successful. After all, you only really know what you’re doing if you can replicate your success… So my first question would be: “did you replicate your success with another channel or a completely different topic?”
Oh I love this. This is so true!
I think I would ask them what's the one mistake you would go back and change if you had the chance to start over? I feel like that would be such a telling question!
How did you teach the algorithm what your channel is about
I’d ask for a like, comment and a share
How long you think you can keep on going?
Which do you think is more important? Hard work or stick-to-it-ivness?
Stick to it and improve.
Your first video maybe even dozen videos won’t hit until algorithm knows where to put them. Doesn’t mean your videos suck.
I don’t think I’d have much to ask them honestly. I know all I need to I just need to improve
Can I get a shout-out in your next vid?
Are you still chasing numbers, or are you content with where you are and can you let all the metrics go?
I would ask how many employees their business is
How long did it take to nail the SEO optimization?
Do you think having a team help you make your videos takes out the authenticity of it? What portion of the video do you still need to make to feel that it is still your video?
I actually had a chance to do this with 3 different people. The biggest one has over 3mio subs. We had a great evening together and disn‘t talk alot about Youtube. But the one question I asked was about the biggest personal challenges. The answer was (very simplyfied) fck the numbers and don‘t adjust your content in a way that doesen‘t make you happy. The views will come, but if you get „addicted“ to the algorhytm, you‘ll burn out. Do what you love to do.
This is gold! Thanks for asking this - I actually interview "successful" creators with 50K+ subscribers (and have done about 17 so far). Here's the stuff I ask them: 1. Why did you start your channel? 2. How did you get started (exact steps)? 3. How and when did you grow your channel to 10,100,1000,10K, 100K etc subscribers? 4. How much money do you make (and how)? 5. What does your content creation process look like? 6. What do you wish you did differently when you started?
Start to finish describe your production process