Process
Screening
You might say: test viewing, feedback, review round
Showing a cut to a few people before publishing and noting where they were confused, bored or delighted.
- What it does
- Finds the problems you can no longer see because you know the material.
- Ask
- Where did they look away or ask a question?
- Trouble
- The only reviewer is you.
Pattern
Sources
- Colin & Samir, How Diary of a CEO became YouTube's #1 Show, 43:00, The Pre-Watch System
How his team tests retention before publishing by running episodes past thousands of viewers, tracking eye movement, and cutting based on data.
- Pixar Post, The Pixar Braintrust – An Excerpt from Ed Catmull's Creativity, Inc., Excerpt sections: Candor; Addressing Problems With the Film
How do you get a director to address a problem he or she cannot see?
Use it on your project
teardown-apply: hold "Screening" (feedback-review) from the teardown at https://teardownatlas.com/content-creation/ against my project
Paste it into a coding agent that has the teardown skills.
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