Developing my own preference list...
I like!
+Big projects.
+Anything with ponds and
water. ~~~~
+Full
permaculture design, start to finish.
+Projects that fast forward in time to show
side by side "before and after" transformation.
+Design competitions.
+Things that are legally above board.
+Documentaries or how-to videos that acknowledge and address
local legal or governmental regulations/hurdles/constraints/procedures/code/ "doing it right". +Videos that clarify and explain exceptions to the rules (work-arounds), or which show how to effect systemic change.
+Engineering. Nerd-ing out.
+Projects which salvage natural, surplus, or commonly wasted materials.
+Skillful how-to videos that the average person could actually do with strong effort, not just a master craftsman with expensive tools or training.
+Instant follow up of long term projects --> Longevity reports. Not just "How I did this" but "How did it turn out months/years later, and would I do it the same way again?" In the same video, not a separate video.
+Comparisons & experiments. "We did method (A) on this plant/structure, and method (B) on that plant, and after one season, here are the results"
+Super quick how-to snippets and techniques.
+Short, memorable intros and outros e.g. "if you like this sort of thing, come on out..." and "May your thumbs, always be green" or "Oooi,
Geoff Lawton 'eeya"
+Uniform title screens (I like how
Living Web Farms has all their video title screens with similar font and style, making it easy to find videos from a series.)
+Home improvement how-to's with an obvious expert. Expertise in general.
+Safety conscious leaders.
+Permaculture
workshop tag alongs for unique events; (Even if they're slow, I can still watch them on 2x speed.)
+Whenever a workshop speaker repeats a question from an audience member so that it actually can be heard in the microphone.
+Previews of learning objectives and system diagrams at the beginning of a videos. Today we will learn (1)(2)(3)(4)(5), followed by expansion and detail throughout the rest of the video.
+Claims of "This is how
I did X project" vs a novice passing off their how-to video as "This is how
you do X." Seth from
Land to House is a positive example of someone who has developed expertise, but is really humble about it.
+Links and companion sheets, with equipment or material supplies used, so that viewers can repeat a
project's success.
+
David Pagan Butler's voice. Man could be saying literally anything, and it will still come across as luxurious.
If I made videos, I would probably avoid...
-Burying the lede, especially to reach a time limit to
feed algorithms. Longer is not better. e.g. "
Here are 5 ways to feed your plants without fertilizer!" and twenty minutes later, I as the viewer am like "
that could have been done in 2 minutes".
-Excess repetition of info, unless it is a really detailed step by step kind of thing, or counter-intuitive concept that needs to really sink in.
-Livestreams with people looking and talking into their camera while driving a vehicle. Focus on operating your machine!
-Embedded advertisement monologues that suddenly sneak into the middle of a video "this video was sponsored by...".
-Phony walking/driving by cameras. --> Whenever someone has a solo travel show without a camera person, and they obviously put down a camera specifically to walk past it, and will have to immediately walk right back up to pick up the camera.
-"Like, subscribe, and ring the bell!" said more than once in any video.
-Looooong, flashy, intros. Logos are cool and everything, but make the content the coolest part!
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