Your voice and the announcer’s voice have nice tonal qualities. The www at the end would not be a problem, BUT, the guy gets tongue-tied so it sounds like he’s juggling marbles in his mouth. ‘doubleyoudoubleyoudoubleyou’ is not easy to say at any speed!

The video is excellent. The music is not distracting, but subtly holds the viewers attention. No you probably don’t need the narrator saying http://www…but it’s not a problem.

Best wishes with it.

Greg

1. I like the intro music but would keep it just at the intro and
outtro (ending of video). Throughout the video is too distracting.

2. You have a great voice and that works well for your videos. You
might consider your voice talent “interviewing” you for the video – it
gives you variety in modulation and tone. But, it is only a few
minutes so you might save doing that for a longer video.

I would definitely loose the music throughout the video – it’s distracting, doesn’t seem to be connected to your brand and sounds a bit like Flash Dance or Fame style music from the 80’s. So not on track for a 21stC career management system.

I’d also prefer to hear your voice at the end – of you are going to do all the narration for the video’s.

I agree re the intro music being fine and the exit lost the www from the narration and also slow the screen – your voice was ok but I got a bit dizzy with the amount of movement.

Great job on the video….here’s my 2 cents…

The sound was choppy at the beginning – slow to load, but what I heard was fine. For branding purposes I would pick one clip you’d use for all JJ audio so that whenever people hear that music they think JJ.

I would eliminate music throughout – distracting.

With regard to the voice over at the end – if this is an internal tutorial video, it would seem that would not be necessary.

What I would recommend – at the beginning, state that this tutorial is one in a series to help users maximze the power of Jibber Jobber. Today’s 1 minute tip is on DOS and how it will….(add benefit here – why should they listen and learn). Then at the end you can mention other tips/tutorials…something like, if you found this helpful but were not famliar with the X or X feature mentioned, I recommend watching our 1 minute tip on these topics. Our next 1minute tip will be on our most recently added feature….etc.

YOU are part of the JJ brand – your humor and personality. I think you should still with your own voice vs. having someone else provide instruction to the viewer.

First, it’s Yosemite Sam, not just Sam, OK??

Second, the music throughout was distracting… and the speed was up way too high.

When explaining DOS (or any topic), start by explaining that DOS is done based on who intro’d you – it became obvious when going to the tree view, but not before.

and yes, “jibberjobber.com” would suffice at the end. Is there some reason you don’t have the voiceover guy say that at the end?

Regards,
Mary

There was at least one part, fairly early one where I remembering you jumping immediately from one topic to another without a pause when I believe there should have been one.

Unless you’re promising a lesson in under four (4) minutes, don’t be afraid to slow down…throughout. I believe you need to give your audience some time to absorb the material.

If your only audience for this video is those
folks that are already familiar with your product, then outside of pausing between obvious sections, your speed may be OK, but I still suggest that you slow down and create a more regular tempo. Our perception is that silence is always bad in a presentation and we’re not inherently comfortable pausing for any amount of time when doing one, whether in this format, or in front of an audience. In our own heads, any pause seems to last an eternity, but with an even tempo, the pauses won’t stick-out, but rather serve to balance the sound of the whole presentation.

I believe that you fly through it very quickly
because of your familiarity with the product and possibly because
you’re afraid if you don’t go through it so fast, you will lose your
audience. If the folks viewing this level of tutorial for your product are interested in this feature, you will not lose them by adding 30 seconds to a minute to make it more smooth. If they aren’t interested, cutting out another 30 seconds by talking faster, isn’t going to make them watch.

If research on elearning tells you that folks won’t watch anything over say 2 minutes 20 seconds, then you may just have to find a way to compartmentalize your instructional videos into even smaller lessons to fit into your “ideal” time-frame. Darn that “Internet/Adult onset ADD” ;o)…

I liked the intro music. I did not find the music that played during the video distracting, but can see where some might. It probably wouldn’t hurt to drop the volume a notch.

I can take or leave the voice at the end. Unless that voice is a branding issue, I would probably do away with it and just say it yourself…without the “www” (it’s a waste of time and takes impact away from your name, which is HUGELY important).

Jason, it looks like you have a very well thought-out product. I hope this doesn’t sound too critical and helps.

In short, you don’t need the music – at least not under your commentary – because it adds nothing and only serves to distract attention from you.

Music-yes. Throughout-no. If you show www, say www. Use your own voice throughout.

Just viewed it and here are my answers:

• Is the intro music (just a few seconds) okay? I think it’s kind of cool but I wouldn’t have thought of it…

I loved the intro music!

• I’m not sure about the music throughout the entire video… is it… good? Distracting? Okay, or horrible?

I would just leave the intro music – the music during the presentation was a little distracting.

• At the end the video editor put his voice in the conclusion – thoughts? My initial thought is “don’t say www”… it is not necessary when typing it in.

I think I would have preferred for the voice not to switch to his. It would be better for you to say it if you want to leave it in the presentation.