Your Opinion Wanted About Video Tutorials

[Scarlett Pistol]

I am recording total disassembly, upgrades, polishing, and reassembly. Wanted to get opinions. Do you all think it is more helpful to have 1 long video covering all disassembly or have it broken into short segments that go into a playlist? The short clips would be specific to each part so people could reference just what they need. What do you all think/want?

[copemech]

Playlist works for me.

[nonamehavei]

Playlist with individual sections would be ideal.


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[SlvrDragon50]

The alternative is just timestamp your long video so people can click the timestamps to skip to the parts.

[Scarlett Pistol]

The alternative is just timestamp your long video so people can click the timestamps to skip to the parts.

Not being into YouTube too much I didn't think about time stamping like that. Have you found those as easy to use?

[ttrashman1]

Breakdown, Polishing, Upgrades&Reassembly

[DOC 1500]

+1 on the broken down into individual videos.

[PPS1980]

Post it both ways with links between the videos. Best of both worlds.

[frgood]

This is my biggest issue with gunsmith videos, particularly YT.  Editing. Let me explain. Typically the activity is a single camera shot which is fine. I don't really need to see your face just the work and hands in action. Also, commentary to the camera (focusing, etc) issues is unnecessary. Edit in a close-up shot later. If a part gets awkward, then edit in the same activity shot better. the audio can overlap and there is no requirement to talk constantly. if a spring is not going quite right, we see that and it is important to know it is 'tricky'. we are watching and learning.

I realize what I am asking is a lot. Even the 'professional' gunsmith videos fall short. But in the end I consider the effort to be a big payoff in quality, information, and usability.

[bluedev84]

Segments.....100%

[cntrydawwwg]

Segments sound the best. Especially for the technology challenged like me.

[Grendel]

Broken down into specific activities.

Detail strip

Disassembly of components

Polishing/replacement

Re-assembly

Additionally:

Removal/replacement of common items such as sear cages, hammers, hammer springs, mag brakes, trigger bars, disconnectors, sights, bushings.

[cntrydawwwg]

Grendel detailed it best. ^^^

[Scarlett Pistol]

This is my biggest issue with gunsmith videos, particularly YT.  Editing. Let me explain. Typically the activity is a single camera shot which is fine. I don't really need to see your face just the work and hands in action. Also, commentary to the camera (focusing, etc) issues is unnecessary. Edit in a close-up shot later. If a part gets awkward, then edit in the same activity shot better. the audio can overlap and there is no requirement to talk constantly. if a spring is not going quite right, we see that and it is important to know it is 'tricky'. we are watching and learning.

I realize what I am asking is a lot. Even the 'professional' gunsmith videos fall short. But in the end I consider the effort to be a big payoff in quality, information, and usability.

That makes sense. All I have is a Gopro and their editing software, but I think it will get the job done. In editing I'll try to pay attention to those things and clean up as best I can.

Broken down into specific activities.

Detail strip

Disassembly of components

Polishing/replacement

Re-assembly

Additionally:

Removal/replacement of common items such as sear cages, hammers, hammer springs, mag brakes, trigger bars, disconnectors, sights, bushings.

I tried not to record really long clips. I had the initial idea that it would be easier for review and editing if I segmented at each step in recording. This is just about perfectly inline with Grendel's idea right now and I just have to do editing and clean up. (at least for disassembly, as that's what I finished yesterday).

Thanks everyone for the feedback. Keep ideas and recommendations coming and I'll do my best to integrate them.

[DOC 1500]

Maybe do a video on the specific parts and what their actual function is and why ,and how certain modifications are done a certain way,  have an effect on the function of the gun.
IE ,, ( why polishing "too much" can have a negative effect on the function and timing  of the pistol .)
Don't ask me how I know that :-) .
Are you going to coordinate with schmecky ?