A deep-dive presentation on viewer retention in AI filmmaking — covering how screen size, viewing context, and story pacing determine whether audiences finish your film, and how to test and validate your story with real viewers before committing to a full production.

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EPISODES CHAPTER

00:00 Storytellers Win Today

00:51 Meet Michael Evans

02:36 Stories Worth Finishing

04:16 Why Viewers Drop Off

08:26 Hook Pace Stakes

10:22 Format And Context

15:42 Quibi And India Lessons

21:41 Test With A Pilot

22:57 Kids Show Case Study

27:19 Distribution Via Parents

32:32 Validate Before You Build

34:05 Community Shoutouts

36:10 Creator Dinners Idea

37:12 Retention Benchmarks

39:54 Retention Drives Profit

42:21 Pilot Over Features

44:03 Netflix Data Lesson

46:34 Retention Point Concept

48:29 AB Test Everything

51:25 Lowering Release Fear

58:49 Training Marketplace Updates

01:00:16 Platform Overview Q&A

01:04:55 Book Club And Wrap

ABOUT MICHAEL:

He has published 12 sci-fi novels, helped authors make $1 million+/year in memberships, and even worked on the Strategy Team for MrBeast.

ABOUT CREATORWOOD: Creatorwood is the home for storytellers to turn their writing into films, discover new viewers, and run a film business.

The Movie Machine by Creatorwood integrates with the top AI video, image, audio, and storytelling models to help transform your writing into immersive worlds, incredible characters, and gripping films with significantly less time and cost. Creatorwood also makes it easy to make money from your films inside our Streaming Platform. Specifically,

Creatorwood allows you to upload your episodes, set them as free or paid (any price you’d like). Creators keep 80% of the revenue they earn on Creatorwood, and we pay out to creators in 130+ countries and accept payments from viewers globally.

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