Science YouTube has a female discovery problem - Vanessa Hill (BrainCraft)

0:00 Intro 0:13 Who are you? 0:42 How did you get started doing BrainCraft? 5:35 What were you doing for your internship? 6:47 What were you doing in the media team? 7:37 Did you know how to make videos when you started with the media team? 7:53 How did you start your own channel, BrainCraft? 9:50 How did you find going to VidCon? 10:35 Did you get insider experience before you started? 11:38 Why did you decide on a science papercrafting channel? 13:40 How long does it take you to make a video? 14:30 What do you enjoy about not being in your own videos? 15:23 Why do you not share your videos with your friends? 16:37 Is there something about being a voice on camera that's offputting? 17:19 Do you feel narcissistic presenting to your YouTube audience? 18:20 Who do you watch when you're stuck in a rut? 19:00 Are you going to bring improv comedy into your YouTube? 19:34 Did you learn anything from the improv courses that's been useful for YouTube? 20:20 Are all your videos scripted? 21:00 Why are you worried about being precise? 21:25 Why don't you call yourself a scientist? 22:30 Do you feel your style would be different if you were a practicing scientist? 23:30 Who are your audience? 24:18 What do you mean by a "female discovery problem"? 24:43 How do you go about collaborating? 26:35 Do you find collabs the best way to 'grow your audience'? 28:10 How do you make a video every week? 31:03 What video are you proudest of? 32:50 Do you often look at the number of likes/views/comments? 33:20 Are you comments normally about the science? 34:12 Did the comments change when you transitioned from animation to video of yourself? 34:27 What's the one thing about YouTube you don't think people understand?