The 5 STREAM RESET
(open version)
The goal is to build on good habits and new skills, not resort to old ones. This is not meant to be a long exercise. This is simply establishing the building blocks to use to develop entertaining content. So if you are not getting it, please reach out.
FIRST!!!
CLEAN UP YOUR STREAM QUALITY
Audio and Levels
Basic Settings:
720p30@3200kbps
Tear apart your stream and put it back together.
Change games mid stream and retweak levels if needed
Understand what all the buttons and setting do
TALK ALL THE TIME
Personal Interests
Hobbies
Literally fill the stream with words. You're not worried about being funny, stats, or scaring away an audience. YOU ARE LEARNING A NEW SKILL.
Good control of BASIC OBS scenes
Starting Soon
Just Chatting
BRB
Make yourself notes on topics you have run out of steam while trying them live.
Try turning a simple idea or topic into a much larger one. Turn it into a 5 minutes conversation.
VANILLA STREAM STRUCTURE
Opening Segment
Main Activity
Outro/Raid
Include Breaks
- Introduce yourself/Tagline
- Introduce the channel
- Sum up the activities of the day
- Talk to the viewers
- Share stories
Make A Schedule
A consistent schedule will help your viewers know when you go live.
BTS RESEARCH:
What do I want to be?
MAKE NOTES
Are there any other creators doing what I want to do?
In the mess of all the things you are talking about, start making notes of things you enjoy talking about.
Are there any creators I would like to be similar to?
Watch streamers and really any media out there to gain inspiration. People rarely ever come up with a premise for their stream. This is where the conversation starts.
Keep track of jokes that you liked.
Add a higher amount of energy and push your range of emotions.
OVERACT
The harder you push your boundaries, the more you'll give yourself to use moving forward. Streaming is a PERFORMANCE.
This is not the permanent answer. You are in training.
Rewatch each stream to see its results and to come up with more things to push yourself during this exercise. Then wash - rinse - repeat for the next 5 or so streams. More is fine if you think you need it, but remember this is just to learn basic preparation and performative skills:
- Communication
- Emotions
- Energy
- Writing
- Planning
- Strategy
- Letting go
List Segments you might want to try
5 Streams to establish a clean, controlled and structured, highly energetic, and conversational stream, where you handle lots of things simultaneously. You are learning to take and keep notes handy, plan for your stream, see yourself as the leader of your channel, and set the stage to become a proactive entertainer in complete control of what you want to offer your audience.
The next step is to develop what you have into more complete forms of content either for humor, entertainment, adventure, or connections.
"COMMIT TO THE BIT"
"GO WEIRD WITH IT!!!"
Exercises while LIVE
Planning While OFFLINE
SETUP
- Watch your stream
- Adjust Audio Levels
- Fluid use of basic OBS scene switching
- Break Your stream and put it back together
STREAM 1
- Clean execution of a solid, clean stream
- TALK ALL THE TIME
- No excess troubleshooting on stream
Stream 2
- Clean execution of a solid, clean stream
- TALK ALL THE TIME
- No excess troubleshooting on stream
- Add Vanilla Stream Structure
STREAM 3-5+
- Clean execution of a solid, clean stream
- TALK ALL THE TIME
- No excess troubleshooting on stream
- Add Vanilla Stream Structure
- Lean into adding emotions and verbal flair to your performance
Plan, prepare, and research as needed to be able to pull this exercise off successfully
On a scale between 1 and 10, outside of the opening segment and raids, where do I want the ENERGY to be at, and where do I want the HUMOR to be at?
How would I describe my personality?
How would I describe my sense of humor?