015. Creating Memorable Moments, Part 2
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Creating content that breaks into our audience’s attention and sticks in their hearts and minds is an incredibly powerful way to build a connection between you and your audience. In Part 1, Jeff laid the foundation for how this process works in light of YouTube and brain science – now in Part 2, he gives more examples of how this process works and how you can use it to create that bond with your own audience.
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RESOURCES
Story Greenlight episodes to listen to first:
007. How to Tell a Story on YouTube (and Anywhere Else)
010. How to Give Your Audience What They Want, Pt 2 – The Thing Under the Thing
Featured video: Go to ICELAND for FREE!!, Peter McKinnon
https://youtu.be/W9juf04V2k0
Featured video: Bru, You See a Ladder... You Climb, Cody Wanner
https://youtu.be/o9Mi_iAu2e0
How to Edit Music, Story Greenlight playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JatFoM6HvoM&list=PLllFdKH-71MYVjsjjrOF8UjyJES6JI6FK
The Thing Under The Thing – Episode Playlist at Story Greenlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hwRBElFxXc&list=PLllFdKH-71Ma-CfomdIvh2qLeV3BYPsta
SHOW NOTES
2:29 Why emotional moments stick out to our brain
3:22 Jeff working as a production assistant for Dick Clark Communications
6:23 A very bad day when Jeff thought his car got stolen
9:36 The case for creating outrageous or unique content like Mr. Beast
10:03 Why creating emotion-based content is not an exact science
11:49 How American Ninja Warrior has become a cultural movement
14:10 ANW’s move from niche show on G4 to primetime hit on NBC
16:51 How ANW uses spectacle and human emotion
21:52 ANW and story structure
23:47 ANW and The Thing Under the Thing (TTUTT)
25:12 How American Ninja Warrior shapes the athlete story pieces
28:24 The most memorable piece Jeff has cut on ANW: Lance and Heather Pekus’ fight against multiple sclerosis
31:55 Why the Lance Pekus story works
37:31 The importance of showing what you have before you lose it
38:22 Shaping music to amplify emotion of the piece
43:01 Thinking about moments landing because of how the viewer is feeling
43:51 How Jeff started on YouTube and discovered Peter McKinnon
45:30 How Peter McKinnon creates extended moments through cinematic sequences
46:39 How Jeff connected to Peter McKinnon’s video traveling to Iceland
50:04 How Jeff found Cody Wanner’s content and NoSmallCreator
53:00 How Jeff connected with Cody Wanner’s video in Northern Ireland
58:20 Action steps to creating memorable content
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