Two, one, boop! All right. All right, so we should be live and we will just hang out here briefly while we wait for this to boot up By briefly, I mean like 15 minutes All right, I'm refreshing There we go. Yay It's live What's up everyone and welcome to our monday video critiques. We have jordan with us as always Hello everyone. Hi You can see him in the cards as well in the description below if you want to find more jordan And if you are new here Basically, the idea is you submit your videos for us to critique We watch them live and we let you know we think of them and let you know what we feel you can improve upon Or if you can't approve upon anything we'll be shooting you an email and asking you for tips later. So Let's go ahead and get things started If you guys be sure to leave the title to your video not just the link because the links are banned in chat So, uh, yeah, make sure that you do that so we can check that out Yes I am looking through all of your channels as we speak All right, so I see one Currently I will send you the link Mad snowboarding review. Oh, I was just about to send you that link too. Okay. Well, you could click it on your own Already there. Cool. That's the only one I've seen with the title to a video to watch. So Yep This is by maverick or maverick green Nope What was the video title mad snowboarder? Mad snowboarding review best snowboarding game. Is that right? Oh, okay, I found it. It didn't come up in search for whatever reason interesting All right So first and foremost that intro Name that pokemon That looks like something you would do in paint No, that's awesome.  Oh, oh my goodness. Okay So first of all, it's got an awesome intro um But as soon as we get out of the intro and into the actual gameplay, I noticed how your voice is very Hi, how are you? Yes? I have a good new game for you. Um I feel you should have a bit more emphasis in your voice so So it sounds like you're excited to do the video maybe Or you know, just have a bit of fun with it and tell a few jokes Or if you're not comfortable talking on the cap on on the microphone Just have the gameplay and just like have texts saying up or just like do some jokes with your videos Or just experiment with your video editing or something like that Yeah, uh, I'm gonna go check out your channel. You can't see what I am actually You cannot see what I am streaming here, but on a maverick greens channel He has an interesting, uh No cat. No, not now pussy cat. Uh, we have um Your channel art is pretty good. I mean, it's very simple to the point um, I think one of the things I'd probably update you on is your, uh avatar mg It doesn't really fit with your channel art anymore I'm supposing that's because you did that first of all then you've moved on But Yes, so apart from that that's all it sounds good Excellent, right Let's find somebody else who would like to have their channel reviewed Or their video If anybody can hear my cat in the background, that is called he is called ham poo. Ham poo the cat Sorry guys, she knew I was live streaming so it had to have been something important Yeah, there was a five car pile-up Wreck that she witnessed and she was almost a part of it. So she called me to tell me about that Oh Okay, so Not too sure what you not too sure what you talked about but uh Uh, I reviewed the video I reviewed about his channel and his channel art and um, yeah Yeah, I will say that this game looks really really really interesting Which is cool because like I've never seen this before I've never seen this type of game So like if that's what your channel is about to Showcase, you know different types of games like this then that's awesome Because I mean this is the type of channel I'd like to subscribe to so I could find out these new games. I've never seen before Hmm, I mean I've done my review of the channel Um Yeah, I think the intro is cool It's really not bad. I think Or this game You already commented on the audio correct That has a lot of different yes, I have yeah, okay Saying how he needs to sound like he's more in like enthusiastic with his videos and yeah Like there's different types of commentary. There's the commentary. That's just you know straightforward Just talking like we're doing right now and then there's the like, you know gameplay commentary where your whole goal is to Excite the viewer and if that's what you're going for you need to put a little bit more umph and enthusiasm into it But if you're just trying to do like a review then you don't need to be so like up be and just drink an energy drink before you record Uh, you could be more down to earth than yourself for that type of video. So Uh, I guess it is a review. So I think it's somewhat acceptable But at the same time if you are excited about the game and enjoy you need to make your viewers excited by Upping your enthusiasm a little bit I also mentioned his um his avatar and his channel if you go into his channel His channel art looks pretty good but um the avatar I feel doesn't fit with his Um channel art anymore like it doesn't it doesn't blend if that makes sense So I was just thinking maybe of updating that possibly so if you just made it the same font Yeah, as what your banner is it would fit a lot better Yeah, yeah So even the greens are a little bit discolored as far as the green on this and the green on the background of that Just to kind of make it more cross-platform consistent I'm curious to see what other games he's spotlighted on here Unfair Mario I've heard of that Cool Yeah, I think you have an interesting channel here because you're definitely showcasing different type of Games that no one else would have seen otherwise There's some bigger titles in here, but a lot of them are unique and fun to check out So props to you on that for checking out games that aren't necessarily the uh top name games because that's a cool little niche to hop into It's a very it's a good thing that big youtube's are doing at the moment. They're not just playing massive games They're playing independent games and which is Thanks to youtube really has gotten them a bigger audience. So yeah Yeah Cool. Well, uh, let's go ahead and pick another person. I have sent you a link to the next person. Okay This is it's busy And how to be a better youtube commentator That intro yeah, that is exactly why I stick I stick it to that earlier went Oh boy, and then guys i'm going to try something this time around Um, I'm going to put the links to the videos that we've reviewed in the description We've tried it in the past doing it in the cards and that just got really really cluttered and bad So, uh, we'll do it in the description. So that way after it publishes You guys can check it out if anyone decides to rewatch it for whatever reason so So that was a very funny intro and I think it's in fair use is that right because It's referent. Yeah, I don't know But either way it's pretty funny I love it. Okay. I'm gonna do featured videos and then Just link them one at a time in order Sorry, that's gonna take a little bit more time Maverick green, okay I like how you're talking about sense and um pronunciation on youtube something that i'm not very good at uh He got good not that microphone fell dead But um, you have a very well it sounds like you have a very good microphone Now that audio though with your intro it does I don't know if that's royalty free or not Gotta be careful with that. Oh, yeah So your video goes up to 720 which is pretty standard for game capturing. Um, you can get 1080 but That costs more money but 720 that's not bad. I do like oh god Surprise Someone's angry. Yeah, it's good quality and uh I do like the quality of your voice on there. I'm gonna check out your channel See how you've got it. Yeah Overall, I mean it is really good quality. Oh wait, what's this bycraft? They got that Oh, it didn't get that far. How much money do smooth youtubers make? So I like how you have your popular uploads at the top you have your upload stream second That can be good because it give your popular uploads more views. I guess. Um If you are doing gaming and if you do play games in Certain places or if you even if you're doing um advice videos It would probably be a good idea to have them in a Review section. Yeah, you can organize your videos via playlists. Yeah. Yeah, but um back to the the video itself like It's it's good. I think it's a good quality overall like jordan said your audio is good Um, I would not recommend this dubstep intro No, you know the little glitch intro thingy the template that everyone uses that's available for everyone You know if you're wanting to be a better youtube commentator, and this is you You know promoting how to be the best and then you use a template on your intro That kind of is off-putting in my opinion and not only that but there's Some type of music in there. I don't know if it's copyright or not, but it's not listed. I don't think You have you have music listed in there, but I don't know if that's your intro music I don't know It might be is there background music in the video around the community No So maybe that is I don't know but regardless Um, the the template is an issue if you're trying to like showcase the full quality of your video And then also at the end of course outro slates that way you can redirect people to your playlist that are similar Because if you know you you have a whole series here on different tips and advice and stuff So if you have a playlist there, you can have that say okay guys Here's to see all my different advice tips or you know my tip videos and different things like that You can have that so they can just click it and it'll redirect to it So it's like right now if I let it play it's going to redirect to eurovision fan Which isn't your video So if we have a button there where you can click and actually go to your own video and that's extra promotion for yourself Yeah, awesome. Yeah, it's just about being original with the intro. I mean because Everyone does it And it's always the same like And it's like way and then you get into the game and then most times It's just be original like If you have friends who are musicians or If you have some way of just getting music that has you know is not used on youtube very often like Please stay away from dubstep every gamer ever should just stay away from dust Yeah, to be fair that one's not dubstep, but it's still the same like Intro that people always use dubstep on Yeah, so it's that same type genre of intro But uh Yeah, like jordan said there's plenty of people that would do it for free Even just to put their name in the sub box or in the description You know, it doesn't matter if you have zero subscribers People are still going to want to do that because there's people that want to build their portfolio There's people that want to be you know have some practice under their belt There's some people that say, you know, I just want to be able to say that I've done youtube outro I want to practice with it, you know, so there's definitely ways to find free music that isn't copyright and that isn't questionable copyright And And then as far as the actual graphic part as well It doesn't have to be anything super extravagant and fancy because I know when I first got after effects I downloaded templates because I didn't know how to make anything at it. And I I did that I used templates for a while I was like, look I could do really cool stuff and I don't know how to do it And I showed it off and made it seem like I was super professional Because it did look super professional, but then I realized that everyone their brother already has it I'm like, oh, that's not professional at all So So, I mean collaboration is Collaboration is a great way for people to get their stuff through you I mean my channel art, for example, Mike made my channel art Back in her day I don't need an updated channel art, Mike will talk about this now But um, yeah, we uh Yeah, Mike made me some channel art and he's done plenty of stuff for me and I've done plenty of stuff for him Like music wise and kind of a give and take relationship. Yeah, because he's good at music. I'm good at not music. So But yeah Um, other than that, I think you have a really solid channel like the quality is all there I just I'm gonna pick apart your your intro because everything else is top notch. So I have to get you where I can Yeah Cool, well, that's so thank you for that. Yeah Have you found somebody I am just now looking at the comments. So give me one second I can give you a link if you want Sure Yeah, someone's that's in a before D that is a great Software to do intros. However, I don't know how to actually make any in it I know how to make them with templates, but as we mentioned before that's not what we want to do. So So this is mooch gaming hd or muj gaming hd and this is minecraft deathbun with muj So are you calling yourself that? Sorry, what was that? So I just got confused. Muj gaming hd and minecraft deathbun with muj. So i'm not sure if he was Yeah, saying like it's this is me playing it. It's a me Yeah, um, a lot of people do that to uh, You know promote their names that way when you start searching their name you can find it. Yeah It's gonna but yeah, um, it's a nice little search tactics that way you can start promoting your name. However, um A lot of times in the early stages it isn't As ideal to use your name as a search result You want to do stuff more targeted Like minecraft deathrun you've already done that here But maybe be a little bit more elaborate with your searches because minecraft is something that everyone is searching So maybe narrow it down to like the server it's on or Other stuff that you know might not have as much competition, but we'll be able to be seen because right now There's some people searching muj obviously because you do have some subscribers there, but you want to target your audience towards stuff that you know will be able to be seen so It's kind of a a win lose win situation As far as targeting yourself in the title and everything so Now what do you think of the quality of the video quality of the video Um, he goes up to 720. Uh, it's pretty good as far as audio I'm just gonna say that I'm assuming you're a you're a young person So you probably haven't got the money to be going out and purchasing nice microphones, but to be honest Some webcams have a better microphone than others um Especially the 1080 ones But to be honest for what you're using it for at the moment, you're not you're not over It's not clipping or anything. You're not over using the microphone. So it's not exactly like the way through So it's not too bad but That's all I can really suggest on that is uh, if you if you ever do get the money just maybe a better microphone and also, um It appears you have I don't know if it's just me on my You have the muj logo On the screen like oh, yeah, just like slapped at the yeah very dominantly there. That is I'm not sure if that's meant to be there or if that was just A mistake when editing. Yeah, that is That is not watermarks are encouraged, but I'd say like put it down in the corner and then change the transparency. So it's not just Like covering up something I'm not sure if it's a watermark It looks like it might have supposed to fit one, but I I don't know But yeah, just It's just double checking your editing like I go through my videos at least three times before I even think Exporting my videos or anything like that Um, yeah, just because I in the past I've uploaded the video and there's been this is a classic There's always been 10 minutes of blackness at the end Which is always oh, yeah, that's always fun Yeah, and then you or you'll get sometimes the audio is out of sync in some shots Because some depending on the software you use it happens sometimes And it's just like no, so yeah, just double check or triple check your editing before you finish And yeah, yeah So I am noticing some Some blur Some motion blur So like see if I pause it right here. It's blurred and we can't read his name Um, I don't know if that's just something wrong with your settings or something, but like when they stop it's crystal clear But interesting when it's moving it's kind of blurred together so You might want to look out for that and try and like play with your settings to get the most crisp Image because that is something that will throw your viewers off Definitely Yeah, wow. Yeah at like four minutes in There's a spot where four minutes and ten seconds. He takes off running and it is just crazy blur Oh, is that when everything becomes warped? Yeah Yeah, but I I thought that was just part of the game Uh, shouldn't be blurred though Oh god, I don't know minecraft like it could be warped without being blurred Yeah, I don't see minecraft like that. Well, it's a field of view change that it looks like Oh god, it's weird. Yeah So That might be something to consider Oh, wow. Yeah, he changed his field of view all the way out to like quick four option or whatever it is But yeah, um Definitely take a look at that and play around with your settings to try and get that crystal clear Image there and also as we mentioned before outro slates. Those are very important because you can use those to redirect your viewers I'm not going to go over that again again again, but uh That's something your videos are lacking that I think would help Yeah, I mean we do try to pick up on something new every episode every week because otherwise we'd be doing the same thing Yep But yeah, it looks like you're doing well though because you do have a decent following Oh 2000 I didn't see that 2000 subs. Good Lord That's good And then I just added him to the description there cool Very nice Now one thing though, your subscriber to view ratio doesn't seem That Accurate, so I'm wondering if maybe you had a successful video that Brought in a lot of those No, well, yeah, we're doing shout outs. That's possible So what I'd recommend That video just come out Which video the one we just reviewed Did the one just come out? Oh, that was a week ago So yeah, take a look at your videos and see what type of videos are most successful on your channel And that way you can start tailoring it towards your subscribers because when you have a bulk of subscribers not watching your videos You need to find out what that bulk wants to see And that way you can actually find out what videos they're wanting to see and then get the most bang for your buck You can organize your analytics by groups and that way you can see How like the watch time on each video what like what series of videos are doing the best And all the different info on that So I'd recommend that and check that out and that way you can get like a really nice targeted channel going Yes cool cool It's your turn to pick a channel. All right Also, can we try and see if we can have some videos or channels that aren't all gaming gotcha. I'd love to see I was I was talking to everybody. No, I got one Oh, you got one. Yes. Yes So This one is the linking And we'll check out the featured video there my top three favorites tag Because that isn't my top three favorites tag. Yeah, because that isn't a uh, what should we call it? There you go And now he is in the description. So if you refresh the page you can see that and watch the video with us. Yay Yay I'll look at that setup Okay, straight away. This is a real pet peeve of mine when you are talking into the camera look into the lens Not the um monitor screen or yeah the screen because or your favorite poster on the wall Yeah, it's very it's very it's so easy to um Yeah, get into that horrible habit of just like you're trying to get yourself in the frame Yeah, like imagine I was trying to get myself in the frame right now and I'm I'm talking like this to you guys. Hi guys. How's it's going? I'm trying to make sure I'm in frame right now and this looks really weird because I'm not paying attention to you at all But if I'm looking like this, then I'm making eye contact with the viewer. This lens right here is the viewer's eye And when you're talking to someone in public, you don't look away from when you're talking unless you're really uncomfortable You normally make eye contact and make them feel like you care so That's something I need to work with with the vlogs because I I find myself looking away from the lens a lot and they Can tell it's something that separates me from a bigger vlogger Treat the camera like a person so like if you're talking to a person you would talk to the camera not oh, yeah like a person Camera Sorry, it's looked over and doors passed out on her back Um, I think microphone would not be another thing It sounds like he's not using one. It's just the on camera mic. Yeah, which sometimes can be good Other times it could be really bad It all depends on where the cameras position like when I'm vlogging.  Actually now that I said that I see a shotgun A windscreen on your desk So I don't see the microphone. I see right under the monitor. You could see the windscreen Oh, yeah, so there's a microphone somewhere. Yes, you use it You're teasing us lovely audio quality So shotguns should sound like a lot more direct And for shotguns you could bring them in real close like sneak it in right on top of the frame and aim it down at your mouth So if that is what you're using right now, the shotgun Try to bring it in closer and angle it right at your mouth So without being in frame so that way you're talking directly into it It's going to sound a lot more crisp and a lot more clear and have more ump to your voice so Okay, if that's the case, I'm just assuming by checking your surroundings by being a creep I'm loving how you have depth of field as well. Oh, you know that is he said he field is uh, he said he left it at his dad's No We're gonna watch another video and it's gonna be the best thing we've ever heard Hi guys today. We're gonna be checking out my favorites tag I'm so sorry But yeah, I like how you're using depth of field if for people who do not know Well, that is it's basically he's in focus. He's nice and sharp and everything behind him is blurry.  So it's the same way with cameras You're wanting to direct your viewers attention to whatever is in focus So, uh, it looks like you're using it External lens or something like a DSLR that has that capability It's a lot of like camcorders and stuff like my webcam right now. Everything's in focus. You know, it's it's not not good So props to you on that. That's cool. I would probably mention about Angling as well I mean, I love how that you've got your setup in the in the shot and everything but Everything off the right to your monitor. We can see your drawers like slightly open You can see I think they look like tissues over here and As a as a viewer, I don't really want to be seeing that So what I would probably recommend is moving the camera slightly to the left and then moving yourself to the middle Just so that because we know that I can see what you've done is you've kept the zelda poster in frame there But to be honest, even if it's half cut, we know it's gonna be zelda because if you don't know Who that is then you don't deserve to But um, yeah, I also think if he was looking towards the camera, it'd fill up the screen better Since he's looking off the screen there. It kind of makes that Seem much more open than what it is I mean, I do know is that every now and then you do look into the lens Yeah, yeah It's usually when he's making a joke or something or always being sarcastic about something but If he's doing that it's do the complete opposite look into the camera all the way through and then when you're making a sarcastic comment Look away. Yeah. Yeah That makes it funnier. Yeah, see I mean, I'm guilty of this too like what I my camera has a flip up screen And whenever I flip it up, I'll catch myself watching it to make sure like the shot looks good So sometimes I purposefully have to shut it Just so I cannot do that because it's hard to overcome that And fix that and it looks like you do like majority gameplay stuff. You don't do that type of stuff So the fact that you do have that quality Without that being your focus whether it is your focus or not. That's that's really good Come on me, serve me a drink. Totally yum And one last thing I'm just gonna pick on you for You said you had a shotgun mic that you left it at your dad's um sometimes It's better to wait like if you have a schedule Let's say it's like once a week and your videos are due on friday And friday comes you don't have your video and your mics at your dad's instead of just shooting it It might be best to wait a day to get that beautiful sounding audio with that shotgun mic And then shoot it a day later Yeah, so like because it's It's hard to sacrifice audio For a video just because of a schedule or something or other So don't feel obligated to get it out right then and there when you could have better quality later So that's the last little thing I'm gonna pick on you for other than that. I really like the quality I can imagine what it sounds like with a different audio Actually To be fair, I'm gonna check real quick As I say quality is better than quantity. Yeah It's also better than smoking apparently because I'm watching a smoking ad Yeah, I clicked on a different video and it does sound better So if you have that audio in the video that we just watched and you looked at the lens You would have a solid video And it would be Really good in my opinion right now. It's good But if you want to take it at a really good then think about your framing think about making eye contact with the viewer And then don't forget your shotgun mic It doesn't sound bad the way it is but it could sound so much better if you hook up your microphone No, I mean, it's not the end of the world. I mean, but yeah, if you have if you have the If you can do that quality, then make sure you do it because otherwise people are gonna be going Like me and Mike will be going. Well, this doesn't sound very Yeah, experts impressions are everything and if that's the first video I saw You know, if you did have a mic, I'd be like, oh, wow, that's really awesome I want to watch more and if that's it, I was like, okay, this is good, you know so Other than that really good stuff. I like it Now, uh, it's your turn Uh, good keeper st by the way is asking a question. I have a question I am currently doing music videos, but I'm thinking about making gaming slash commentating videos on my channel I really don't know what to do any ideas suggestions I'll leave that one for you. Well actually I think you have a good example of this because In the early stages of youtube, you don't really know what you're going to be successful with you don't really know what your viewers like What viewers you're going to appeal to And jordan, you've done music. You've done gaming. You've done comedy sketches. You've done short films You've done feature films and you've done random fun videos with your friends and vlogs And then one video one video took off Yes, and you started to realize the trend of what your viewers liked and what that did So in the early stages, it's kind of okay to experiment and try new things and see what does well and what doesn't And then tailor your channel accordingly Uh, because like in the early stages of mine, I had a music channel a game channel a vlog channel a sketch channel a dog's channel Uh, febrize channel where I taste different febrizes um And none of them did really well and then I found one that did really well And if I would have just started out the very beginning and then seen, you know, what You know, what was going to be successful. What would it then I could have saved myself a lot of heartache and time on Failed projects. So I kind of like how you did that There's something a youtuber a famous youtuber said Uh, a few about a year ago and I agree with it, but I mostly don't agree with it is um, it was Hank Green Somebody asked him a question. What is this? What is the key to be successful on youtube? And he goes uh start in 2007 I mean I can see what you're saying I mean everybody who starts in 2005 six and whatnot. They're gonna have that length of time Where people will just come to find them and then just become famous over time But that does not that does not explain the fact that if you started now in 2015 What's to say that in 2025 that you're not going to be as big as those youtubers were back in 2015?  This is interesting Like it was easy. Yeah. Yeah Like now that now that we have And like me might do in the service saying like what can you do to be better?  So if you find your niche and people watch it and they love it Who's to say that you're not the next Shane Dawson or the next Or the next uh, Shea Carl or whatever. So Just because you're starting 2015 doesn't mean you're not going to be famous You just need to find who you are and what you're good at and then just go from there Since you asked me for a new banner. I could see your new banner now. Mr. George Wilde.  But yeah, hopefully that helps you Yeah If you cannot find anybody, I've got someone you have someone tell me Okay We should have Britney on this one. Which Britney was here because Britney is at work Oh wait, I clicked the same video again. Okay, wait, hold on What's going on here? No, you sent me the same video Yeah, sorry, come on very review this guy He's trying to sneak a second review for you This is rebellious Whovians and he done a short Called dr. Who in real life. Ah, that's why Britney would be a fan Okay, real quick before we get started. I'm gonna throw it in the chat description thing And then you guys can watch it as well with this and rebellious Wow spelling Wow, this guy knows how to uh, okay This guy knows how to um edit and this guy knows how to make me laugh Good it's a win-win so far then That intro though Do you remember I did that for you for years? This is awesome. You should have green screened out and put stars behind it No, I think that adds to the comedy though just having the stars are This is like a sketch video like there's different sketches. Oh, I love it So you have a really deep voice that yeah, I know I thought it was like a super imposed Oh, it was dubbed over. Yeah, I did too.  This is I know The audio is really good. Yeah, I'm starting to think it might be overdubbed It's possible. I'm like really like watch this lips down like is it overdubbed It does sound like you kind of went back and we record like on a good professional like I'm going from the fact that when he's on the outside shots He's it's very obvious not he's not using a microphone because it's picking everything up Yeah, the background noise is I'm waiting for him to speak Yeah So yeah, yeah, there we go That'll be why so It does sound like for the indoor stuff though you do use a different mic Um Like you might overdub it later or something. I don't know But one of the She said no, that's actually my voice.  Or is that actually like recording straight to the camera afterwards? Or during the the recording Because like when your mom talked is not quite as crisp and Stuff Anyone no Okay, so While i'm waiting for a response With sketches and comedy sketches. I think this is really Done well and the audio does sound really good But as for audio Audio shouldn't be distracting No, and And my opinion it kind of sounds okay He says he goes over afterwards because it sounds terrible. I understand that I've been there. I've had to do this as well But what I'd recommend is try to like record background noise too So that way you can blend it in that way it won't be as distracting to the viewer because like jordan I this whole time like all right just just like watching the audio or watching the waveforms of this video Like and it does sound good and it matches and it looks good But it's distracting a little bit for us because we both make films So for the normal viewer, they might not notice it But um The number one thing with audio is just to not even notice it Um, obviously you want it to be good, but if you're noticing like wind hitting the mic You're noticing it being scratchy. You're noticing it stuff like that You're paying attention to it and in this case It's the polar opposite where it's so good that we're paying attention to it So I'm not saying tone it down and make it bad, but try and blend it a little bit better Sorry say that again No, I was saying that uh You know like normally audio is noticeable because it's bad But in this case it's noticeable because it's too good for this particular setting It's it's a it's a form of film. It's a it's part of a filmmaking process Um overdoving which is probably the best way to put it. It's um It's what people do when they when the audio cannot physically be recorded in the situation They're in where it be like them falling from somewhere or technical difficulties or technical difficulties. Yeah And they go to the studio and they record their voices over it um The only problem is when you have to think about your your surroundings with these things when you're sitting in a When you're sitting in an open room like when you was with your family in the lounge You're not going to turn around to your mother and the audio is not going to be like Hi mum. How are you? It's not going to be like this. It's going to be it's going to sound like this like you're in an open room So it's going to be a hi. How are you? Yeah, obviously we're the bit less Reverb and yeah, you'll just need to work a little bit more on blending it so You know like record room tone. That's a big one and then blend it with that And because it does sound really good, but that's just the problem. It sounds too good so So yeah, just work on blending it and I think you'd have an awesome great comedy sketch That's done really well even with the fact that you don't have an a good camera mic to record these situations better But uh, keep in mind you can get cheap camera shotgun mics that are affordable and really really professional so If you if you are interested about being a filmmaker rebellious who rebellious whovians Um, there's loads of things I can talk about about what can make the shots better um Kind of things like how you're angling in the shots are like right at the very beginning how you how the TARDIS comes in TARDIS comes into the Shot and then you have yourself green screen That was a very good shot And the fact that you can get your arms in the same time as the doors opened That is that is brilliant. But then there are different shots where Like the one where you're looking at the mushrooms let the stone mushrooms outside The angling Of that could be a lot tighter So instead of you getting your entire garden in the shot, you could just be you And just on the side of the door so we know what you're looking at Um, it's just small things like that. Yeah And he asked us to check out the trailer which we don't really have a ton of time for but I was watching while you're talking about that So, um The trailer is really cool I think it's done well and I could see a lot of potential in this because when you set up the shots and you record it And you've done your audio and you've done the eddling on it. It looks really good. I think you're Your one downfall is that you don't have more of you to work with Um Because that's one of the hard parts of filmmaking is finding a bunch of people that share that same passion with you And whether your mom does or not That you might be limited to her availability her, you know, she's not able to come and do the overdubbing Like you could with that because that was uh, you know Obvious there that you sound really crisp and she did it So, yeah Um on on my side of things that is my number one problem on my channel is it is literally just me Yeah, I have to get Friends or people to come in and because people are working or people have university or everything like that Is difficult. That's why I only upload a video every few weeks now because Like we were talking about in the video previously I don't want to just make a video for the sake of making a video and for it to look Crap really I want it to be a good video that I know I'm proud of that can upload Even if it takes two or three weeks to upload just so I know that it's going to be a good video And hopefully people will like it. Yeah, but even if they don't like it I know that I Put my effort into it. And I know it's nothing on my side of things Editing and like the way it's portrayed that is wrong. Yeah, because I know I did my best, but other Uploading an iPhone video and going sorry about not But yeah, other than that, I think it's really cool. I think you've done a good job And I think you have a nice targeted channel. It's going to be something that We'll probably bring in like a cult following of hoovey and So how doctor who has recently come back into Swing public eye. Yeah So anyways, uh, we have time for probably Two to three more three if we stay on track So I have a meeting and a half hour that I have to attend So I'm gonna try and get as much done as we can this meantime. So, uh, we'll go ahead and pick another one All right So Bugs means there's pick the black guy hashtag race card Is he the black guy I hope so Yeah, yes, okay, let's go with him See interesting comments Make us look at your channel. Yeah And guys, if we don't get to your channel today, don't be upset. There's only so much we can do when an hour time slot. So um You know just We'll be here every monday as long as i'm in town and we'll try and get to as much people as possible in this time slot. So Well, even so if you want to talk to us, um, I don't know about my i'm very happy for People to add me on twitter and like talk to me about on twitter about what they want to have in their channel And I can give them my advice. Yeah So jawd one You can find me on twitter And I if you want to talk to me about saying what should I do with this and this and this? I'll do my absolute best to help you guys out outside of this stream because I don't All right, so I'm gonna watch the latest one farthright Wow far cry three ignorant moments farfri Farfri free new at burger king Okay, I'm intrigued already You caught my attention. So that's that's a good thing Editing and pace of things Are spot on Yeah Like which one are you watching the far cry three ignorant moments the latest video Okay on it. So 15 minutes Yeah, I'm not gonna watch all of it, but Like I said the pace and the editing and the timing of everything is like Like where it should be 100% like when you see like the top youtubers. That's where they're at um Now what's hurting you is your audio quality? Yeah and your recording looks like It might be like I don't know what the terminology is but When there's like a quick movement it kind of like skips and there's like a line. Is that called? Like lost frames that'll be down for frame rate. Yeah, that'd be completely down to the um The game capturing on that one. Yeah, so I mean It's tough to get a perfect game recording But like I said, you have the personality you have the energy you have the editing and the timing all spot on but To like make it just super far in this You're gonna have to like improve your audio quality and then at some points You could probably get away with this video recording for a while, but uh, it could be improved upon See as people probably know from watching these over weeks and weeks I like to subscribe to people if I really like them The only thing that is stopping me from subscribing to you is literally the only thing is the audio If you had that microphone That you that wasn't clipping every time you would like screaming or reacting I would happily subscribe to this channel because I think it's really funny and I love I love the comedy timing. Yeah, I'm tempted to subscribe and wait for a new bike Like you know, you can spend $50 on a condenser mic and it's gonna sound good I know like $50 is something that people don't want to just throw out right away But that's gonna make your money back pretty quickly. I I'd have faith if you had a good audio on this channel, it could do well Um, you know, you could go mow five lawns and you can go, you know Go shovel five driveways go rake five yards of leaves You know, you could go make that money pretty quickly and then go buy a pretty good like audio quality a condenser mic to hook up or Whatever, I wouldn't recommend a headset. Just get something that's dedicated to audio Also Something he does in this video, which I do not think I have ever seen anybody do Is he subtitles the npcs? Oh, yeah, which which is fantastic So he'll be checking somebody and he'll have a subtitles of what that character was saying Because there are so many times I've watched game commentary And I've lost completely what that that character was saying because the guy was talking over it Or making a joke which sometimes is fine, but the fact that you actually subtitle what they're saying is great I love that so much. So I just saw an achievement button come up So it does look like you're using an actual capture card if that's the case then I think that this is fine for now It's tough to get good good high def quality for cheap on like console gaming So just work on your audio That should be your primary focus right now. If you got that and people could deal with the video quality audio over video Really though, I mean audio is very very important when it comes to video content So it'll make or break your video It's like when you're just talking It sounds good You know like when he's just talking it sounds good quality But when he like really just gets into it and he starts screaming and yelling which is awesome by the way It's like you have that energy that everyone wants. It's just that's when it gets not as uh enjoyable for the viewer Because that should be something that makes people crack up and laugh and you know really enjoy, but if the audio is not Good, then it doesn't Work that way. That's just I mean the reason the why that it clips when you start it's just down to the game If it's um, if it's a built-in microphone, unfortunately, you can't do anything about that gain is to explain is something Where it gives you a bit more of a wider variety of being able to more volume without it starts and go That's probably the best way I can explain it. Yeah, um Yeah, I mean Even if it means Possibly if you're using an in built microphone just pushing away from you slightly Or maybe just moving yourself back because if I if I'm here with my microphone And then suddenly I'm over here When I'm screaming if I started making a bladder noise, then I'm around the same volume It's it's just like small things like this, but All right Yeah, I I think you have an awesome channel You just got to work on your audio there. That's the number one thing If you have audio then this channel is going to go far Do not I'm going to give you a bit of confidence. I'm going to subscribe to you I'm your 319th subscriber All right, let's go ahead and pick another channel real quick. We I think we do have time for two more Okay, I'll leave this one till last then because I feel we should give ourselves a challenge on our last video So yeah, you pick one and then I'll give you our challenge video. Oh, okay Doodle pie says why does everyone say sexy mic and not sexy june? Yeah Yeah I'll be british. It's part of my name. I should have the winning card already. It's part of my name My cat for anybody who doesn't know All right to go around So we are going to do wow Uh theory thursday five darkest cartoon conspiracy theories from flow, dude I like these videos and then Give me a second. I will put the past two links in the description because I forgot the last one. Yay These are the kind of videos I watch at like three in the morning The dog Um, so that was bugs main. Okay, they are both updated in the description there so you guys can see that now Audio's good Um, I liked that intro I I vaguely watched it because I was typing but the audio caught my attention I even kept on like catching myself looking back because I didn't want to miss it.  I'm out of a watch. I'm so excited I might be that nicky person say it may be a bit too long, but Well, I mean I love it when channels intro the intro for xx.  He tells you what's gonna be So 22 For so it's a 20 second intro watch these because I feel it's gonna ruin my childhood I like the ending of it Yeah, it's not like it's not it's very subtle, but it gets the point across It's not it's not flat. So it's not just yeah. Yeah, it's like they're rotating and Yeah, it makes it more interesting and engaging to watch Yeah, and you got the blur sidebars as well, which is a nice touch in some shots So A personal opinion Right now we finished up the first one and you're at two minutes long That's roughly about the time that viewers want to sit and watch like a quick video Yeah, it might have been more beneficial to do Spongebob conspiracy theory Rugrats conspiracy theory because then you're targeted and you're having people that search this And you're gonna get more better search results because right now Chances are more better. I'm american. Okay. I could say what I want darn diggity darn darn it So people aren't searching theory thursday. They might have some But in comparison to sponge bob I I doubt it's gonna be that great of a search target So if you start breaking them down because you did a lot of work for this video And you know if you just elaborate a little bit more on each one of these they could each be their own video and you could have five days worth of content and then Have better search results and get more views in the long run too Yeah Because youtube does reward watch time. So If you uh, you know, don't get the best watch time then that hurts your ranking I mean Videos like this where you like it's a good idea to do top five this and top 10 this because There's a there's an audience for that on youtube. That's no denying that but um When you're first starting out, it's like mike said it's idea to do one program first So if you can go sponge bob or You know like handle montana or anything like that And they'll watch it and then when you've done a certain maybe do like a confirmation of them Yeah, I have that in one video and then do the top do the top facts from those videos that the most shocking. Yeah, that'd be cool And then have that as a video That's just my yeah It's like there's a lot of hard work that went to this video and it's done really well And you could tell that you spent time on this So, you know, it'd be nice to see the best come out of this I've seen this outro before No, I gave props to the guy that used this outro. I was like this outro is really cool. I've never seen anything like this Turns out it's a template It's still really cool though. I still really like it But you guys know my opinions on templates how it begins though. I know right Yeah, say I would have been that guy. It's like this is our show. I'm gonna use this and then someone else uses it Someone else uses it. That's it. Yeah So, yeah, I I think it's really good just uh I don't know think about more about targeting your videos and getting more views. Don't be it's not being selfish. It's just uh You know for one, I'd rather sit through a two minute video than a 10 minute video And in fact if we actually sat here and talked about your channel for the two minute We would have watched the whole entire video instead of having to skip through So that's kind of a fair example there But yeah, really cool. I'd like the audio. I like the quality. I like the editing. I like the depth to it um, only really critical thing I have to say is just uh You know, you could target your videos better Yeah, excellent. All right your turn Jordan and this last one So, so this is the challenge one.  He is a Featured channel. He has the tick the tick of doom by his name and he has over 16,000 subscribers Okay, and the video we're watching is destiny the unknown and rare exotics in the taken king All right I'm putting them in the chat So yeah guys if you did not get featured in this time Uh, like I said, don't stress it. We're gonna be back every sun or every monday rather And we want to get to as many channels as possible as our hour time slot will allow us So it's nothing against you. Nothing against the comments. Nothing gets the people that were Wanting us to feature because in the past we've seen people get really upset We don't picture pick their channels of the fact matters. We can't pick them all. I'm we're only two people so Yeah So again guys, uh, we'll be back next monday and this is our last review Okay So I do like that intro. Um This is kind of a good example of This looks like it might have been templated But he used his logo and incorporated his logo to make it his Yeah, so that's like a good example of how to do it whether it is or not It's different story, but it's his because it has his logo in it. So it doesn't matter if it was a template And that's probably only good time you can use like stuff that kind of music in those intros is when the commentary itself is as a beat as that So instead of being like He's he's actually just using the same level of enthusiasm throughout the entirety of it Yeah, it's not like a really hard hitting Flipping around dubstep intro thing Yeah um as far as the way you're Uh Delivering your speech. I feel it could be more What's the word scripted Is this something that's recorded during the game or afterwards? I think it's afterwards If it's recorded afterwards, then you have all the time in the world to Prepare what you want to say and like having chapters of what you're trying to point out Instead of just going Because in my head that's all I'm hearing right now Especially if somebody came across your channel who had just recently bought destiny And is looking at your channel and he's going I have no idea What any of this is I played destiny once I haven't played destiny because I'm I haven't got I haven't got the requirements so This is a tip show we're here to help people's channels um you have 3 000 views here And you only have 28 comments So I would Well, I mean views are all right Um, I mean, uh the comment. Yeah So try to find a way to engage your viewers and encourage them to comment like yeah I don't know what we average. I'm gonna check real quick. It's like I finally got like an awesome targeted channel that actually gets the interaction that I feel it deserves for that view so like Let's see. It could be something it could be something like Um, leave a comment for this and I'll feature it in your in I'll feature in my video, which is what mic does with fresh features comments Which really does it's really nice when I see my yeah, I even know I've known mic for years. I still get a comment. I'm like See I average about like 40 comments per video and I only have 7 000 subscribers So you have twice as much as me So I'd like to be seeing like, you know 50 plus comments if not more So like a great way to get comments is to simply ask a question So like Um, hey guys today we're reviewing destiny blah blah blah blah I'd like to know what you guys think of destiny before I give my opinion on different stuff What do you guys think of it? What's your opinion? What was your experience? Let me know down in the comments below. You're gonna see at least a double in your comments Yeah, and then like what jordan said at the end and our outro slate I have like a little featured section where you could show comments And show your favorite comments from that day and when people see that you actually read the comments And that not only you read them, but you feature them then it just skyrockets and this goes to everyone not just you But I've played around with like how to get more comments quite a bit and There's a lot of different methods to doing it But if you have someone taking the time to leave you a comment then they really like care about your video So just do what you can to engage them and have more interaction down the comments Somebody who has absolutely nailed this was uh is jack's films He um He was a channel who used to do a comment based video and then he would do like a parody video and then he would do Your grandma sucks videos, but recently He started doing this new thing called uh, yai, which is yesterday. I asked you and he would say yesterday I asked you what's the best way to dress a christmas tree And then people would leave comments and then he would feature them saying He would then pick the best comments and it would be an absolutely hilarious video Since he started doing that his he went from just under just over a million subscribers And he is now pushing to two million subscribers and literally the year he started doing that with those videos Yeah, so he absolutely nailed that on the head and now all of his content is comment based Yeah So I recommend going to jack's films and watching his content and just seeing what he's doing some ideas from it Yeah, because his stuff is just he's nailed that concept. Yeah. Now. I do like the outro You have your little sponsor code on there. You have previous video and random video. So that way you're targeting towards two different Videos and have options to watch I like the overall look and feel of it and you can use code raptor for five game snacks Very nice. So yeah overall really good. Uh, like I said, just try and find out methods to increase your viewer interaction So other than that, I think the views and likes are Pretty accurate for the most part I would say I would say viewer Um interaction and I would also say about scripting your videos as well. Yeah, knowing what you're gonna say So other than that, I think it is good. I think you have a good quality there. So Yeah, anyways guys, that's it for the stream. I do need to hop off here. So it was fun Thank you guys for allowing us to check out your channel and thank you Jordan for joining us And of course guys, we'll be back next Monday where you can submit your channels again And we try not to repeat channels so we can get new channels each and every time And lastly if you want to see more of Jordan and the crazy stuff that he does where he claims He's an idiot on his channel. It's down in the description below as well as in the cards And my channel is in there as well. So anyways guys, thank you and we'll see you next week. See ya


Corey, this is a piece that you wrote in 2020. Inflation adjusted K through 12 education spending per student has increased by 280% since 1960. You know, so on average, the US spends over $15 grand a year per student. Where has that money gone? Because that, you know, and this is inflation adjusted, so it's not simply because everything is more expensive than in 1960. What are the main components of per pupil spending? Yeah, look, and that is from June of 2020. So the spending is a lot higher now, even than it was in 2020 because of all the so-called COVID relief. I think we've pumped $190 billion in so-called COVID relief into the K through 12 school system since March of 2020, which is over $3,000 or $4,000 per student. So we spend a lot more now than we did then. And even then, if you just look between 1970 and 2019 with the latest federal data that we have nationwide, per student, we've increased per student education expenditures by 152% over that period. And teacher salaries since 1970 have increased only by about 8%. So it's not going towards the teachers in the classroom. It's going more towards staffing surges and administrative blow. If you look at a report by Ben Scaffidy back to the staffing surge, he looks at different periods of time finding that the number of support staff in particular raises exponentially in different locations where student enrollment and teachers in the buildings is pretty stagnant. And I think that's because the current school system is a one-size-fits-all monopoly that has no incentive to spend additional dollars wisely. So they put it towards more people because more employees means more dues-paying members for the teachers' unions, which means more money for people like Randy Weingarten who make over $500,000 a year. So even, but it's not even going to teachers. It's going to staff who then end up joining unions. That's right. And if you look between, there's been an image that goes around on Twitter pretty often that I was the first one to create it. I didn't put my name on it. I probably should have. But it's a graph between 2000 and 2019 using federal data sources finding that the number of students in the system increased by about 7%. The number of teachers in the system similar about 7% or 8%. But then the number of administrative staff increased by about 80%. So looking at different periods, we find the same. What are those people doing? What are the support staff? What are the non-instructional staff doing? Well, a whole host of different things. So in Los Angeles, for example, since 2019, they had a plan of what to do with the additional 69% of spending that was going into Los Angeles public schools. And the latest report that I saw showed an increase of counselors by about 80%. And an increase in teaching staff by a much lower number while student enrollment over the same period was projected to decrease by about 6%. So in what other industry do you lose your customers? Lose 6% of your customers and then start hiring more and more people with Los Angeles public schools now spending in the latest budget, I believe over $25,000 per student. So they're just a whole host of different, they're trying to make the schools and they can lay out arguments as to why it might be a good idea to have more counselors because while we closed the schools and we hurt the kids mentally, so now we gotta fix the problems that we created by hiring more counselors. And so they just, yeah, they'll throw everything at the wall, see what sticks and hire as many people as they can in any position. Yeah, go ahead, Connor. I was just gonna add briefly and tie us back to your slide with the SAT scores. What's especially compelling about the data that Corey is describing is that if you look at the test scores across the same period of time, whatever chunks of time you wanna look at, the test scores are flat. Now Corey and I, we don't believe that standardized testing is the sum of bonum of educational attainment, but it is an effective way to try and at least assess lightly what the performance looks like.  So the increases in investment and the administrative class of these schools may have its perks, may have its stated purposes, but it's not trickling down to improving the education of the students. And that I think is what's most compelling about the problem is that we're chasing, putting bad money into a system that isn't ultimately serving the ideal customer for which it purportedly exists. So we say in the book ultimately that why do schools exist now? It's not to educate students. It's a jobs program for adults and the unions defending that is ultimately its core value proposition at this point. And these are just SAT scores for college-bound seniors in 1963, 68, 73, and 78. So kind of the years before that and you see declines consistently through that more recently because I wanna get to, that's 40 years ago. We're essentially looking at 80 years of kind of collapse. Corey, can you talk a little bit about what were the emphases on school reform or educational reform starting in the 1980s into the early 90s? Yeah, a lot of this was accountability mechanisms and mostly focused on standardized tests. But what I wanna say is that the failures have changed and have become much further beyond what can be captured by a standardized test score. And what we're seeing more recently is, and what we highlight in the book is a lot of the non-academic failures of the school system too, such as them being controlled by the teachers unions and indoctrination that's happening in the schools as well and just having a one-size-fits-all system that doesn't, will never meet the individual needs of families who disagree about how they want their kids raised. And I think that's what we've seen a lot over the past couple of years and we've seen some pushes from the top down to control the curriculum from one side and we've seen other reformers, such as myself, pushing from the bottom up to create more of a thousands flowers blooming approach, a free market approach. That was an excerpt from Reasons Livestream with Corey DeAngelis and Conor Boyack. The authors of Mediocrity 40 Ways Government Schools are failing today's students. If you want to see the full conversation, go here. If you wanna see another excerpt, go here and make sure to come back next Thursday. Every Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern time when Zach Wisemiller and I are doing a live stream with somebody very interesting that you are definitely gonna wanna know about.


Tired of the everyday routine? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you... Escape! Escape! Transcribe to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure. You are trapped in a dark, empty house.    Today, with Barry Kroger starred as David, we escape to England in the story of a man whose life depended upon the outcome of his mission, as Graham Greene told it in his fascinating story, Confidential Agent. It was getting dark as the ship threaded its way through the tugs in the Dover Harbour. The thick fog gave way reluctantly to the ship. It swirled over the deck. There was a cold bite to it, chilling me inside and out. Yet in a way this cold English fog was more comforting than the atmosphere I had left. For in my country, there was war. Already Austria had fallen before the goose-stepping armies of a madman, and now my country was fighting with its back to the war. In order to continue the fight we needed industrial diamonds to shape the tools of war. That's why I was now landing in England. There were others in my country, a group headed by a man known only as the Baron, who wanted to turn our country over to the invader, who would do anything to stop us from getting the diamonds we needed. So you see, my mission was a secret one. Not even our own embassy knew of it. Far the trip had been uneventful, except for meeting the girl. Her name was Rose Cullen. At first she seemed too curious, asking questions about my trip, my visit, my friends, and I wondered if she were working with the Baron. But as time wore on, I decided I'd been mistaken, and I accepted her offer to drive me to London. Twenty minutes after we had docked, we were through the customs and walking towards the car park. Rose suddenly asked me to excuse her for a moment. Almost before I could answer her, she had vanished in the fog. Good evening, David. I've been expecting you. We have nothing to talk about, Baron. I think we could find a subject, diamonds, for example. Or perhaps I could interest you in accepting, let us say, £2,000 for our point of view, say £2,000. I still say we have nothing to talk about. An honest man. It's a very dangerous hobby, David. Honesty? You may remember an old saying in our country. The honest man and the thief both pay the same price to death. Goodbye, David. He raised his hand in an open-pound salute and walked away, the fog quickly swirling up to hide him. There was a shot aimed at me. I jumped back against the wall. There was nothing to see but fog. Gray wisps of fog, blanketing out everything. There was no way of telling from where death had tried to strike or from where it might strike again. Then I heard her returning. Had she left me to give them their chance? Or had it been her finger manicured and perfume that had curled around the trigger? Sorry to be so long, David. Are you ready? Yes. I was talking to your friend, the Baron. The Baron? Oh, he must be mistaken. I don't know a Baron. Come along. Did he say he knew me? No. Perhaps I am mistaken. Of course it might be someone I met at Father's. He loves to surround himself with titles. Who is your father? Oh, here we are. Will you drive? I'm simply exhausted. All right. My father? Oh, he's Lord Bendige. Didn't you know? Lord Bendige? But I thought your name is Cullen? Of course. My father's name was Edward Cullen. After his first million pounds, he became Edward, Lord Bendige. It's really quite simple. I came here to do business with Lord Bendige. Isn't that coincidence? Everybody I meet has business with him. I see. I can't think of anything more dull than Father's business. What are you thinking? How, in my country, I would go along a country road like this very slowly, ready to jump into a ditch if I heard a plane. I'm not sure the war has not followed me here. Don't be silly. The only war here is between the Prime Minister who talks about peace in our time and Mr. Churchill who talks just as long about the glory that was Britain's. And nobody believes in anything. You're very cynical for such a pretty girl. What is there for me to believe in? My father's diamonds? Hardly something to get passionate about. You have no young man? No plenty. If I want to know who scored 60 runs in the Lansing Brighton Cricket Match or the Odds at Epson Dance. But there's no excitement. If it's excitement you want, perhaps we still will get it.  Oh, really? He or his men will certainly try again before I reach your father. Don't be so melodramatic. Things like that don't happen except in thrillers.  Are you? No, no. No, I'm more of a confidential agent. What's the matter? What's that ahead of us? It's just a lorry. Why is he blocking the road? He stole, probably. I'm sorry, you're mixed up in this road. But it's only someone out of here. Hold on, we're going on! There's a bullet in the window sheet. Someone is trying to kill you. Yes. We must go to the police. With what? We saw no one we could identify. But we struck one of them. I felt the car hit him. Couldn't they be traced by him? All it would prove is that I ran him down. In fact, they might use that to have me arrested. Oh, no. If the Baron fails to kill me, and I think I can see to that, then it would serve him almost as much to have me arrested for murder. It was late at night when we reached London. Rose wanted to drive me to my destination, but I refused. It wasn't entirely distrust, but the fear that she might lead them to me without realizing it. So she dropped me off in the West End. When she'd driven on, I stopped the taxi, gave the driver the address. He brought me to an old two-story house. It's dirty gray front bearing witness to the poverty of the neighborhood. Here you are, Governor. This is number 10, Mallon End. That's right, Governor. Just over there. You up across the road and you'll be at the door. How can you be so sure, driver? It's so foggy here, I can't see the number. Ah, I counted them. Counted the Aussies from the corner of our street. I see. That's number 10, all right. All right. That will be three and six minutes, sir. Oh, yes, of course. Here you are. Oh, thanks very much, Governor. Thank you. Good night. Good night. I stepped closer and peered through the fog that blanketed the buildings. The only here and there, a feeble gleam of light circling through. I stood there for a moment, looking at it. There was no light visible in any of the windows, and I wondered, fear pressing in with the fog, if something had happened to our agent. I kept my hand near my gun as I pressed the button beside the door. If something had happened to our agent, this might be a trap. The door opened a few inches and a pinched, elfin face, neither old nor young, looked out at me. What do you want this time of night? I'm sorry, but I'm David. David? D, as in diamonds. Oh, come in. Just a minute. I'll turn on the lights. You're much younger than I thought you'd be. We are using them younger these days. I was just making a spot of tea. Perhaps you'd like some. Oh, yes, I would. Very much. Thank you. You see, I've been very careful with lights since I saw someone watching the house two days ago. One of the Baron's men, you think? I don't know. I just thought it better not to take chances. The Baron came over on the same boat with me. Oh? Did he see you? Oh, yes. Thank you. It's all right. We even had a short talk at the customs. You... What did he say? You offered me money for a vacation? How much? £2,000. You refused? Of course. £2,000. Oh, this thing's good. After being out in the fog, it's warm.  How do I know you refused? I suppose that's a question I would ask, too, where I am in your place. You know, I wonder if that isn't the Baron's biggest crime against us. That he's made us eternally suspicious of each other. Yes, I... What is your name? Elsie. Elsie. Well, Elsie, you don't know that I didn't take the £2,000. But I'm going to see Lord Bendage tomorrow, and maybe that will prove it. And then you'll be going back? Not Monday, yes. Oh, I see. Now, what do you have for me? Not very much. You see, I know that the Baron has friends everywhere, even in the English government. But Lord Bendage will deal with you first if you are there on time and can prove you represent your government. If I did not show up, then he'd be free to deal with the Baron. Yes, that's it, exactly. Now, look, if you're seeing Bendage on his syndicate tomorrow, then I must warn you again that... The shot came through the window. I leaped to the wall, turned off the light. I knelt, found a wrist. There was no pulse. Elsie was dead. Kneeling there, I cursed myself. The minute she told me that somebody had been watching the house, I should have known that both of us had to get out. I should have known there was no time for tea and talk. Suddenly, by the sound of the door, the killer or killers were in the house. To stay there in that dark, small room, try to shoot it out with them could have only one ending.  I couldn't leave through a window, I'd be a perfect target that way. I began to edge toward the other door in the back. It was slower work. Then, I was in what seemed to be a kitchen. A gloomy patch of light guided me to the door. I pressed my face to the glass, strained the sea outside. A man was standing, only a few feet from the back door. There was only one other way to go. Up. I slipped out of the kitchen into the hall. After what seemed hours, I found the stairway and carefully stepped on the first step. It creaked, and I leaned higher and up to one side just in time. Another step. There was only one thing to do. I raced up the stairs. I flung myself to the floor. The stairs. I heard the front door open again. More of them had entered the house. They were taking no chances. I lay there on the floor at the head of the stairs, scarcely daring to breathe. I knew I could get anyone coming up that stairs with my gun, but was there another stairway to the second floor? I knew so many of these houses had them. Perhaps this one did too. Somewhere outside. I heard something come up against the side of the house. One of them was trying to get in. One of them was coming in through some window on the second floor. From every side, death was closing in on me. In just a moment, we will return to Escape. But first, that happy but hectic couple, Ozzie and Harriet, come home to CBS tomorrow at 6.30 Eastern Standard Time. So get your whole family together to welcome them home next Sunday night when they'll be heard on most of these same CBS stations just before the Jack Benny show. And now, with our star, Barry Krueger, as David, we return to the second act of Escape and... confidential agent. I was on the second floor of the old house on Mallon End, and the Baron's men were downstairs, slowly working their way up to me, searching me out. It was a quick decision. The open rooftop presented a chance of escape. And lying here in the dark was tempting discovery. A moment later, I was through a skylight and in the night air, five house away, I found fire escape and it reached the ground. And two blocks farther on Blean Street, I found a cheap hotel and registered under another name. The next morning, I took a taxi to the House of Lord Bendage. The butler with the empty face of the typical British servant took my coat and then showed me into the room where Lord Bendage and four other men waited. These men were the diamonds syndicate. You're the man we're expecting? Yes, I think you know the object of my visit. We had a letter of a partner to go. Strange that purchase wasn't handled through your embassy or consulate. This is Mr. Forbes. How do you do? Lord Fetting. Oh, my lord. Mr. Briggstock. How do you do, sir? Mr. O'Grady. You'll forgive us if we get to business right away. I should like that. I'm prepared to pay the highest market price for which I have here a side draft and a bonus of 25% after the diamonds reach my country. You will take the diamonds yourself? Oh, yes. Then the bonus should be paid now. Bendage is right, old boy. You might never go back and then know where should we be. Perhaps, Lord Bendage, we could accept the offer as it is if we are given notes covering the bonus. Oh, yes. I'm quite prepared to do that. Very well. You understand we could do better than this, but we'd like to do business with established governments. We must, however, be certain that you have the right to speak for your government. You have your credentials, of course. Certainly, I have them. Something wrong? It's extraordinary. I had them in my breast pocket with my passport here. Clepshaw left them at your hotel. Morning after a tacky evening? I had them right here when I entered this house. If you're implying... I didn't have my papers. They've been stolen. I dare say... Well, it's obvious we can't do business with an unaccredited agent. It's a rough go, old boy, but it looks like you've had it. We are sorry, but Lord Bendage is right. I walked slowly out of the room. I must admit they were fair. The butler must have taken the papers. Wouldn't he help me off with my coat? But I had no proof. I went out into the hall, took my coat from the rack. I was about to leave when I heard my name. David! It was Rose Cullen. David, did you get the diamonds from Father? No, my papers have been stolen, and your father won't deal with me since I could not prove I represent my government. Rose, do you know? Is your father's butler new? Well, I think so. Although I didn't really notice, I don't live here. I have my own apartment. You mean you think he too? I'm sure of it. I had my papers. When I came up the steps, they were gone when I went to show them to your father. Then that means come along, David. We'll find out. No, Rose, that would do no good. I'm sure that the Baron will have covered all loopholes. The papers are far away by now. No. I must think of some other way to convince your father. Well, isn't there someone at your embassy? I don't think so. We don't trust them, except perhaps the second secretary. He... but even he may have been reached. But we've got to do something. We can't just... Why do you suddenly want to help me? Only last night you were laughing at me, Rose. Maybe I was last night. Well, then why? Oh, David, can't you guess why I want to help you to be with you? Rose, look.   Now, after I've had a chance to think things over, I know this isn't true. Rose, a man in my position has to give up many things. He has no time to... Fall in love. Why not, David? Why not? It's a real horse. Oh, all right. I won't embarrass you.  Forbes and Brickstock were with father when you met? Yes, yes, they were. All right, then. Brickstock is an arse, but they'll both help your country if they're sure it's all right. I'll get them and the four of us will go to your embassy. We'll make them prove who you are. She was right. They both did seem anxious to help and were quite willing to go to the embassy with us. At the embassy, we waited for the second secretary. Then a man appeared. A country man of mine, although I had never seen him before. May I help you, gentlemen? Yes. My name is Forbes. This is Mr Brickstock. How do you know? We are associated with Lord Benditch. This is his daughter. We are considering doing business with this other gentleman who claims to represent your government. I know of no official representative being sent here. What is your name, sir? Here is my passport. Let's see. This is very strange. Mr Forbes. The man whose name is on this passport is no longer alive. Are you sure? He was shot by the rebels. Oh, you're lying. You didn't even look at the passport. You had your story ready before we even got here. It was a matter of fact, yes. We were warned that someone was posing as this man. We've had the Scotland Yard man here hoping it show up. Inspector. Scotland Yard? They'll get to the bottom of this. I have no doubt. Is this the man? Yes. And here is his passport, Inspector. I see. Well, sir, we're going to have to hold you. On what charges, Inspector? Well, there are several myths using a forged passport, illegal entry into the country, trying to obtain a contract under forced pretenses, inquiry into a hit-and-run death on the Dover Road last night, and inquiry into the death of a young woman on Mallon Inn. What if I refuse to accompany you, Inspector? Well, in that case, sir, I'm afraid I'll have to force you. If you need it, Inspector, I have a gun here. He doesn't need it, but I... Now stand back! Don't try to follow me through the door! Wait, David, I'm coming with you! The tour was backed out of the room and ran downstairs. I knew it would be only a matter of minutes before there'd be an alarm out, and Scotland Yard would be looking for me as well as the Baron's men. I was sure that I could beat the murder charges, but by that time it would be too late to get the industrial diamonds to my country, even if I could buy them. Rose took me to her apartment. Then, without telling me what she was going to do, she left. An hour later, she was back. David! It worked! What worked? I went to find Forbes and Briggstock. I convinced them that you don't dare stay and face the charges, and they're going to sell you the diamonds you need in spite of Father. Isn't it wonderful? You are. I don't know how I can ever repay you. By taking me back with you. Rose, darling, I told you before. I'm not asking you to marry me. I'm only asking to go back with you to take part in something that's decent and honest. After that, we'll take what comes. You don't know what you're asking, Rose. It is not so simple as just going back. What do you mean? After the day, Scotland Yard will be watching every ship leaving England. I can't book passage. I'll have to find somewhere to slip out of the country. Forbes can arrange that, too. After you get the diamonds. Forbes and Briggstock brought the diamonds. A small package that meant life for at least a while longer to my country. They both seemed only embarrassed when I tried to thank them, and when they left, Rose went with them. They had not been gone long. There was a knock on the door.  I hesitate to answer to it. It's Briggstock, old boy. I say, let me in. Well, Mr. Briggstock, is something wrong? Oh, not a thing, old boy. You know it. It occurred to me that you're in a bit of a spot about getting out of the country, and now that you have the diamonds, an idea happily struck me, so I just nipped back. You know how I can get away? Quite. The perfect solution, old boy, is this. A gun? A suit of you to recognize it. No, no, no. I assure you, I'm an expert shot. Bullseye and all that sort of thing. You're one of them. In a manner of speaking, yes. You see, I'm one of the fortunate few who recognize that democracies are decadent. Too weak, you know. Nothing for me to do but work with other Johnnets who agree. An Aryan world for all you Aryan supermen. Is that it? You know, Rose has exquisite taste in love. It's a pity you'll have to bleed all over it. You're quite insane, Briggstock. Not at all.  Forbes. I say, most unfair. They can never resist making speeches. I thought there was something suspicious about Briggstock, leaving us so suddenly, so I followed him. However, there's no time to talk. You have to get out of here quickly. Where shall I go? I own a resort hotel near Southcrawl. Southcrawl?  Then Briggstock? Briggstock is our problem. I'll give them a full report of it when I turn myself in, as I must do. Perhaps, perhaps my trial will help my country. As much as your escape will help yours. I reached the hotel just as it was getting dark. The lobby was filled with men and women in shorts and jackets, all of them talking of sports. Surely no place was safer. I went over to buy a newspaper. I say, don't I know you?  I don't believe so. A foreigner, aren't you? Why, have it. I saw a photograph of you, and we'll stop press edition of the express. I'm afraid you've made a mistake. I'll get away from Scotland Yard, best police force in the world. No, I remember. It was murder. Don't try to get away now. I shall take measures, you know. I thought of making a run for it, but there was no use. The lobby was filled with people. I couldn't hold up all of them. My captain sent someone to call the police. We sat down and waited. You foreigners aren't civilized, you know. Philip told me when he was in Prague, he saw a chap shoot down the Bobby right on the street. Can't do that sort of thing, you know. Anyone in here by the name of... Here we are. Are you the detective? Uh, detective, uh, why, yes. Then here's your man. Oh, I see. Uh, I have a warrant for your arrest. Charging you. I know the charge officer. Don't bother with it. Well, then, uh, uh, come along. No handcuffs? No, I don't think that'll be necessary. I have a car right out here. That was a close one. Close one? Yes. It's a good thing you played along and I wouldn't have been sure what the charges were. You mean, you're not a detective? Irfans, no. Mr. Forbes didn't tell me the yard was in this. Oh, they weren't before. It was in the last edition of the paper. One man recognized me and called the police. Yeah, it was lucky I came when I did that. Very. Well, we'll be at the coast before they get a search underway.  I stayed below until we were well underway and then went above. The deck was uncovered and the wind whipped the sharp spray across my face. I could feel the pressure of the package of diamonds in my pocket. My mission was over and I was on my way home. Yet I felt neither relief nor happiness. I had thought there was no room in my life for both war and love, but now that there was only war ahead, I felt empty. I stared over the lights, glimmering somewhere far astern. That... That would be Plymouth Ho. Rose. Oh, dear. Rose, now. Oh, dear. Rose, now. This is not the time for tears. When... When I was a little girl, someone told me that most men don't know what they want. So they make gestures. And Forbes said the same thing this afternoon. And so I... I decided not to waste time. And I made the decision for both of us. Between Mr. Forbes and yourself, my darling, it seems everything has been taken care of. Escape is produced and directed by Norman McDonald. Today we have presented transcribed Confidential Agent by Graham Greene, adapted for radio by Ken Crossen with editorial supervision by John Dunkel. Stardust David was Barry Kroger. Featured in the cast were Edgar Berrier, Constance Cavendish, Herb Butterfield, Parley Bear, Olive Daring, Ben Wright, Wilms Herbert, and Alec Harford. Special music was arranged and played by Ivan Dittmar. Next week... You are standing alone in a lonely canyon in the shadows of Superstition Mountain. While facing you, Timpers' ragged guns drawn are three men to which your first move toward hidden treasure will shoot you dead. Next week we escape with Ralph Bates' unusual story when the man comes, follow him. Be sure to tune in at the same time next week when once again we offer you Escape! Tomorrow night on CBS is really something to talk about and listen to. Academy Award winner Jane Wyman on the CBS Family Hour of Stars, Ozzie and Harriet, Jack Benny, Ameson Andy, Sam Spade, and Lumen Abner. These are only a few of the great stars and shows which will come to you tomorrow night on most of the same CBS network stations. Jack Benny, of course, will be heard on the entire CBS network. This is Roy Rowan speaking. Now, stay tuned for five minutes of the latest news to be followed by the Let's Pretend program over most of the same CBS network stations. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.


So in this video, I just want to go over some of the models we have available here in the Roam lab That you'll see so in this one we can see fertilization. So here's our sperm going into the egg here You've got a two-cell stage. You got a four-cell stage These two collectively are more eulose This would be the blasto cyst the trophoblast The blasto coal And you can see that bi-laminar germ disc there. The yellow would be the yolk sac And finally gas relation Moving over to a different Okay, we can see in this one you've got your primary follicles secondary follicle and Then the graphene follicle so looking at the sperm here. So again the head or acrosome The body and of course the tail This would show you your first mitotic division you can see that right there This would be finally the completion of myosis to and Fertilization so again some of the same stuff here is a blastocytes two-cell stage more eulose these guys Corion would be this stuff surrounding it here You can see again our bi-laminar germ disc there yolk sac and neon there Corion now has developed into villi Okay Still seeing our yolk sac and amnion here Moving over Okay now we can see that yolk sac has really developed and then as the embryo grows the yolk sac is going to be depleted So we can see it's much smaller and we get the early remnants of the placenta So as the yolk sac disappears placenta is going to grow And we get that early umbilical cord going into the placenta for nutrients


A nursing home in Walker will be closing its doors, that's according to a release from the Walker Rehabilitation and Health Care Center's Board of Directors. There are currently 23 residents living at the facility, but officials say that daily average occupancy of the center has declined and is no longer sustainable. Superior Healthcare Management operates the home in Walker and says they will work with employees to find new jobs. The Minnesota Department of Health is working on the closure and is helping with the relocation of its residents. Informational meetings have been scheduled with residents and their families. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.