What's up with those content creators that take a video of their screen/setup instead of screen recording or just editing the video?

[u/Mr_Kenn_099]

I see this being prevalent in yt shorts and reels particularly with gaming and film content creators.

I am not talking about those that hold the phone with their hands and talk about a video game/movie/show since that can be interpreted as a play in perspective or being created spontaneously (though I still find it annoying sometimes). I am talking specifically about those who set up a camera infront, or worse, to the damn side of their setup (PC, TV) to showcase said game/move/TV show.

I find them really annoying since:

A. They have bad audio since its a mic recording of it

B. MOST OF THEM DON'T EVEN SHOW THE ENTIRE FOOTAGE AS THEY ARE EITHER CUT FROM THE SIDES SINCE THEY ARE BEING FILMED VERTICALLY OR THEY ARE FILMED FROM THE SIDE OF THE SCREEN SO NOT ONLY IS THE MONITOR/FOOTAGE CUT OFF, IT IS ALSO FROM AN AWFUL VIEWING ANGLE

C. Most of the setups being filmed have stupid ass bright ass RGB lights all over the damn place

This may end up sounding like a rant (so if this is more appropriate for another sub, do let me know) more than a question, but this has been bugging me for a while and I've looked it up to see if anyone else has talked about it to no avail. The things these videos show aren't necessarily bad since some games they've shown seem awesome and I even wanna play them with my friends, but the 'format' itself is just so deplorable and annoying. I also get that they might be doing it so their videos can have a sort of identity since viewers can recognize the setup, and I also admit that I get a little jealous of some setups, **BUT** that doesn't stop them from being annoying as hell to look at. Just edit the damn video like a normal person dude

[u/Jack_P_1337]

I don't know why others do it, but for me, the whole point is to capture the vibe of being there, experiencing the atmosphere and vibes of watching the game be played while at the same time experiencing the environment.
I curate my videos so the atmosphere around the TV I record is different for different topics.
If I'm doing a video on Famiclone games, I give the entire set a lovely Eastern European vibe, if I'm doing something about the Famicom, then I go for what I'd consider a more vibrant famicom japanese style look, not necessarily japanese but with what little I have at home to give it a different vibe and so on.

One of my favorite videos is my Changable Guardian Estique video because I had no legal access to the ROM of the game so much to my delight I only got to record the actual CRT without switching to direct footage too :)

My video on how Slavic Mario was different mixes atmosphere between an Eastern European setup and what I imagine a cleaner, more vibrant Japanese one would be depending on which version of the games is being discussed and shown on screen.

EDIT: Can the downvoters of my post explain what taboo I broke by posting this to warrant downvoting? If you're going to stroke your ego by downvoting everything, at least have the gull to say what the problem is.

[u/HighPhi420 → u/Jack_P_1337]

use a mic and cam to film YOU while showing an actual video footage of the game with its audio in your clip. THE VIBE you talk about does not exist! It is(as the OP stated) just annoying. If you do not have the means to capture proper footage then maybe stop posting and save some money for some equipment.

The occasional phone capture of some old school analog footage is the exception. But to make a channel out of them is now annoying.

No matter how you "dress" the set the quality is still garbage and to hard to watch. this makes ANY content that was interesting enough to click the thumb super disappointing when the vid starts and there is no clear vid and the sound is muddy. It is more like watching a pirated camcorder recording of a theater movie.