Veritasium is a great channel for such content. He has a degree in online pedagogy, IIRC. So he's particularly good at teaching complex concepts through such a medium. Having a degree in physics helps him too.
I just watched a bunch of his videos -- how interesting! Thanks for the recommendation.
I wonder what his special techniques are to keep viewer engagement and help explanation, and whether he's consciously choosing to do them.
For example, I notice that unlike most Youtubers who'll record the narrated portion purely from their desk (showing their face) perfectly still and nicely lit, he will even handhold his camera and move around a room. Or when interviewing someone, hold a camera himself showing the interviewed person, and yet have another still camera filming him and his other camera and the interviewee. Or standing in front of a wall projector screen video and talking (despite the projected image being mediocre quality) when most people would insert that as a original video source clip and narrate over it.
And yet while this might usually be distracting, for some reason with the quality of the narration, this makes for a nice break from usual. Or makes it seem more "authentic" and engaging.
I wonder what his special techniques are to keep viewer engagement and help explanation, and whether he's consciously choosing to do them.
For example, I notice that unlike most Youtubers who'll record the narrated portion purely from their desk (showing their face) perfectly still and nicely lit, he will even handhold his camera and move around a room. Or when interviewing someone, hold a camera himself showing the interviewed person, and yet have another still camera filming him and his other camera and the interviewee. Or standing in front of a wall projector screen video and talking (despite the projected image being mediocre quality) when most people would insert that as a original video source clip and narrate over it.
And yet while this might usually be distracting, for some reason with the quality of the narration, this makes for a nice break from usual. Or makes it seem more "authentic" and engaging.
Interesting!