The Secret to Making an Audience Cry Their Eyes Out

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Today's video is all about how to make your audience cry. Whether you're looking to learn more about how to write sad scenes as an author or you write screenplays or you're just interested in video essays analyzing fiction, I've got you covered. And this advice is super generalized so it can help you with writing all sorts of sad scenes, from writing character deaths to emotional platonic bonding.
PS: I did my best to avoid any explicit spoilers, and the most spoilery bits are all for decade-old movies, tv, books, and video games, and are still minimal.
Let me know it a comment, were there any layers you thought of that I missed? I feel like there's still so much out there to find.
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Intro: 00:00
The Science: 00:52
Benefits: 2:15
THE FOUNDATION
An Impacted Character: 3:07
Character attachment: 3:29
Setting: 4:07
Immersion: 4:56
The Secret: 5:12
NEGATIVE LAYERS: 6:17
Character deaths: 6:48
Irreversible Loss: 7:01
Shattered Dreams: 7:14
Denial: 7:34
Unfairness/Injustice: 8:33
Sacrifice: 9:01
Guilt/Remorse: 9:39
Loneliness/Rejection: 10:07
Helplessness/Giving Up: 10:20
POSITIVE LAYERS: 10:46
Reconciliation/Forgiveness: 11:08
Reunions/Passage of Time: 11:26
End of an Era: 11:39
Confessions/Vulnerability: 11:55
Consideration/Caring: 12:13
Achieving Dreams: 12:37
Intense Mutual Love: 13:04
Loyalty: 13:17
Healing/Hope: 13:39
Representation: 14:07
The Art of Layering: 14:24
ADDITIONAL TOOLS
Parallels: 15:07
Call Backs: 16:13
Contrast: 16:24
Twists: 16:44
Moral Complexity: 17:40
Fading Images: 17:58
Theme/Symbolism: 18:34
Pacing: 19:15
Bathos: 19:40
CONCLUSION: 20:53
Outro: 21:56

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@CloudKitten 4 года назад

What story has emotionally impacted you the most?

@emmakate9635 4 года назад

Definitely the Hobbit... No spoilers but the three characters died at the end had me sobbing in my room fo a good long while.

@smkhp13 4 года назад

Fruits Basket, It’s such an emotional roller coaster of a manga. It’s beautiful and then hits you in the gut with emotion

@conanedigawa9860 4 года назад

@@smkhp13 yes!!!

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Oh I keep forgetting to finish that video series! I saw the first one in theaters and then got distracted with college and never finished. Thank you for reminding me, also for the added incentive of possibly being emotionally destroyed lol

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

I need to give reading manga a try. Anything you'd recommend for a newbie?

@emmakate9635 4 года назад

I love the fact that she emphasized the fact that authors drink their reader’s tears. :)

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

It's one of the best parts of being an author :D

@emmakate9635 4 года назад

Cloud Kitten Chronicles I have to agree. Even though I haven’t published any books yet, I’ve let my friends read some of my work and drinking their tears has got to be the most satisfying thing in the world. 😅

@clintcarpentier2424 4 года назад

I lost a part of my soul writing it, I'm entitled to a little replenishment.

@eliben4066 3 года назад

The author of Attack on Titan admitted, he plans to bathe in it

@CamWolfeAuthor 4 года назад

Secret to making readers cry: dedicate 1 of every 10 pages to just insulting the reader. “Nice glasses IDIOT” is a good go to

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Do I get bonus points if I insult their taste in books and we both cry? lmao

@rebbiejoanthony5362 4 года назад

@@CloudKittenYes! "I can't believe you're still reading this book, you nerd!"

@tamamawrites79 4 года назад

Out of all the sad scenes you had playing in the background, the onion in the book hurt my soul the most XD

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

lmao, see there's the real secret to making readers cry. Desecrate books

@viviansventures 4 года назад

The Shrek scene was too well fitting for a Shrek meme Also, I love the subtle colors of the rainbow in your books in the background, they look really aesthetically pleasing

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Thank you! It's a pain in the ass whenever I need to find books, but it's worth it for the aesthetic lol

@nooneatall719 2 года назад

Can't we all agree that this video screams quality and effort?

@johnnyjoestar4473 4 года назад

*me looking at the negative layers*: I'll take your ENTIRE STOCK

@wholegrainbread3904 3 года назад

Saaaammme

@moonl0verr 3 года назад

Im crying watching this and I haven't even started writing..-

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

Yesssss. Give me all of the tears

@1tzm3hh 4 года назад

Ok, if you want to write something sad just go over ideas in your head until your bawling like a baby. I'm writing a horror fantasy book and I feel like even if it does have the horror element every death should be not just scary but sad.

@ace_of_cups4096 4 года назад

Welp, im good then. Im also an easy crier..........

@baileycarter5141 Год назад

Man, it takes a lot for me to actually CRY.

@tropetrinitytrilogy8533 4 года назад

I will admit... there was one scene in Aletheia that made teary eyed... and yeah there was so many layers! It was chapter 47... ahhh!!! And I never get teary eyed so yeah... Pfftt I guess you know what you're talking about... whatever. The crying cats XD Pixar shorts are brutal! The cowboy one was so dark! Also, the Disney short The Little Matchgirl is heartbreaking... DX I need to rewatch the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy. I think layering was a good point that I never thought of before and a unique take! Thanks for the tips!

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Chapter 47 for the win. Some people got hit by chapter 44, but no where near as many. At the time I didn't understand why. Now I think layers and character attachment due to screen time were the biggest factors. Plus chap 47 happens right after a bunch of other intense stuff so people are pre-worked up when they walk in. I find it all so fascinating. Pixar is the master of making people cry in a short amount of time. In my research for this I found they do have a bit of a formula. Might do a video on that some day. I need to watch more of their normal shorts (I tend to click the SparkShorts more often because they always look so unique). Ahhh thank you for the comment

@ace_of_cups4096 3 года назад

Teary eyed? Lol, I BAWLED

@SAVYWRITESBOOKS 4 года назад

THIS VIDEO IS GREAT. 1. the editing is on point. 2. the topic is excellent 3. YOUR HAIR LOOKS AMAZING

@annalise9011 4 года назад

Just here, ticking check boxes for my tragedy... Yeah all set.

@conanedigawa9860 4 года назад

Aside from your amazing video, which helped me out alot. I would like to say I love your channel name and logo. It's literally almost perfect 👌

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Aww thank you

@amandawilmot6780 4 года назад

This video was so well put together!! So much amazing information💜

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Thank you! You're too kind

@Ashwin-oq1xt 3 года назад

❤️This is hands down the best video out there on tears. It has so much work behind it with scenes cut and made from many films with their respective headings. It would be impossible to compete with provided you break down the 'overwhleming' emotions in each emotion that makes us cry.

@readerturnedwriter 4 года назад

This was very interesting and SO helpful. The concept of layering emotions in a scene is something I haven't thought about before, but I love it.

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Thank you for the comment. I'm so happy I was able to help!! It was a huge revelation for me so I'm happy I can share it now

@readerturnedwriter 4 года назад

@@CloudKitten I'm glad you shared 😁

@frogiesaurus7649 3 года назад

Your lie in April got me crying every time I think about it 😭

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

I haven't seen that one, I'll have to check it out

@frogiesaurus7649 3 года назад

@@CloudKitten another one that made me cry is Akame ga kill

@pacitaalvarez5878 2 года назад

Thank you because now my readers are cussing me out like their lives depend on it because I made them cry.

@CloudKitten 2 года назад

We must spread the feels

@chak_dz6961 2 года назад

7:44 this is the classic scene that made me cry on day .. still 😭

@marlonabelsilvarios2566 3 года назад

This is probably the best video i have ever seen on the topic, thank you so much. 😀

@ayushagrawal6292 3 года назад

If you like anime and have watched violet evergarden, you will find that most of these points are used in some way or the other in the 13 episode series....

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure I use clips from Violet Evergarden in this video. It's certainly a great example. Had me tearing up.

@AliciaMarkoe 2 года назад

Thank you 🦋, this is exactly what i was looking for.

@CloudKitten 2 года назад

You’re so very welcome

@srilankarelaxation5889 3 года назад

This video was so informative and well made! 👍👍👍👍 really really good job

@aduckwithayoutubechannel 3 года назад

Everyone knows authors don’t drink our tears. *They drink our blood.*

@HarishAgastya 6 месяцев назад

Thank you very much for your video ☺️🙏🙏🙏

@amaree9732 2 года назад

Your video was very informative... I cried at the end.

@CloudKitten 2 года назад

I am happy to hear I succeeded in overwhelming you a little. Not going to lie, while editing the video I teared up every time I hit the HTTYD clip and the Scrubs one, and let me tell you, while editing I watch the video a LOT of times. Thank you for the nice comment!

@viviansventures 3 года назад

Your channel is really one of the best writing advice channels I've seen on RU-vid, you really deserve more subs and views!

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this comment it has made my night and means the world to me ❤ I'm just happy I'm able to help people

@bogdanspineanu 10 месяцев назад

Great insight !

@2yaff 4 года назад

Really good video. Editing is amazing!! Subscribed

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Thank you so much for the sub and the kind comment. You have made my morning

@MargaretPinard 3 года назад

This was fantastic!!

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

Thank you!

@midnightblues9895 4 года назад

I'm probably gonna spend a lot of time in your channel. Thanks for this, milady. You're an angel.

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

You are very welcome. I'm happy to have been of assistance

@boredgrass 2 года назад

That was quite a lecture! BookTube at its best!🤗💐

@blaria95 Год назад

I absolutely love writing. I've been doing it for thirteen years, maybe more, and I have finally gotten to capture emotions in my writing: to have my audience sad, experience emotions that the writing brings. It has truly been the amazing journey.:)

@CloudKitten Год назад

It's my absolute favorite part of writing outside of worldbuilding. My motivation dropped significantly when I stopped getting reviews and got further out from the beta process. Thank you for this comment and reminding me of that spark.

@CaravenesArt 4 года назад

Have watched a bunch of videos prior, but this is the most in depth, well planned, beautifully edited and executed video. I don't understand how you don't have enough views what Omg forgot to say that I love your humor

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Thank you so much for this comment, it made my day ❤ the algorithm isn't always kind to us, but comments like this make up for it and then some.

@CaravenesArt 4 года назад

@@CloudKitten awww no need! Totally relate with the algorithm thing, hopefully it treats your channel well soon, it really deserves it!!! 💖💖💖

@courtneycorboy1081 4 года назад

I'm only 11 minutes in, and I'm crying!

@twodays8041 Год назад

Multiple Grumps references!!?? I will forever trust you implicitly😤

@a.j.torres3131 4 года назад

LMAO 🤣 Oh my gods! Is that my tweet!? That looks like my tweet. Ooooh Eres una chica mala lol 🤣

@wetwilly01 Год назад

great video

@Ashwin-oq1xt 3 года назад

Ah you thats a lot of research Lady. ❤️❤️❤️ You got a new subscriber.

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

I can't help it, it's the scientist in me. I have too much curiosity and feel the need to explore every rabbit hole lol Thanks for the sub! I'm happy to have you ❤

@weirdogaming9284 4 года назад

putting the onion in the book got me tho

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

It made me cry seeing the water stain it left lmao

@capitanstoodeows8123 3 года назад

Thanks now I can taste my readers tears for months

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

You’re welcome 😊

@zayna8517 3 года назад

"In reality we're just watching Try-not-to-cry challenges on RU-vid because we're stressed about the current state of society." This is the first video I've watched of yours but why you gotta come at me like that?? (your vid is really helpful btw)

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

I deal out the hard truths lol. Also I'm so happy the video was helpful!

@leighdf Год назад

One you didn't mention: a VOW. I don't know if it's just me (because I don't promise lightly) or if it's true of others, but a vow is emotionally powerful. A good example is in Galaxy Quest when "Dr. Lazarus" vows to Quellek, "By Grabthar's hammer; by the Sons of Worvan, you shall be avenged." Every other time it's spoken, a running joke, which supercharges this one instance. Or for a superb example of ALL of these points, read "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. When you get to the vow... the last line of the book... I promise you will find tears beyond any you thought your body could contain. To me, this is a perfect way to end the novel, as it carries the story forward beyond the final pages of the book.

@Aetucre 3 года назад

I LOVE your hair!

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

Thank you!!

@annalise9011 4 года назад

Loved the onion!

@DreamsOfFire 2 года назад

This video is so well executed. Thank you for making it! And great examples. I cried at every clip. 😭 Can't wait to watch more of your work! Does anyone know where that first song at 12 seconds comes from? I can't remember!

@CloudKitten 2 года назад

Thank you so much!! I'm so happy it was helpful and comments like this really inspire me. The song is Blonde Redhead - For the Damaged Coda, also known as the Evil Morty theme which is where it found its memedom.

@DreamsOfFire 2 года назад

@@CloudKitten And videos like this are so inspiring to so many!!! It's really nice of you to share your hard work with us all!😊 Thank you for really getting me thinking about this subject! Oh! Evil Morty! Of course! 😂Thank you!

@jinhitentertainment2040 3 года назад

I read a drarry story where draco committed suicide I was dead inside-

@maxwelldavidson4157 3 года назад

No. I am here to make my readers cry. I want to emotionally devastate them.

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

Shhh we aren't supposed to say that part out loud >.> they can't know that their tears feed us

@johnnyjoestar4473 4 года назад

As a writer, can confirm that we drink the years of our readers.

@nathanchino4319 3 года назад

Goods lord you monsters even drink our YEARS!?!?!

@johnnyjoestar4473 3 года назад

@@nathanchino4319 oh absolutely, it gives us youth again. im on my 15th century now

@nathanchino4319 3 года назад

@@johnnyjoestar4473 So this was the true conspiracy the whole time. The Illuminati was just a diversion. Based off your vampiric tendencies I believe you must change your name to Dio

@johnnyjoestar4473 3 года назад

@@nathanchino4319 oh Diego? Old mate of mine, hated his guts.

@abbyrae1105 2 года назад

The way you use edits as punchlines is so funny to me 😭😭😭 exactly my sense of humor 😭😭😭👏👏👏

@4lMb1uFzWb 4 года назад

STOP WITH THE HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON CLIPS IM BAWLING

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Definitely don't watch the HTTYD3 vid linked in the description then lol I kept having to stop recording because I was getting choked up

@4lMb1uFzWb 4 года назад

Cloud Kitten Chronicles I’m watching it rn girl whyyyy 😫

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

I wanted everyone else to suffer alongside me lol

@fullsendz3236 Год назад

you big goofy loved this

@Skull-fw9pl 20 дней назад

The most emotional scene I think will always be the execution of John Coffey from The Green Mile

@pugjuice8462 2 года назад

Personal bookmark: 6:00

@abbyrae1105 2 года назад

This video didn't have to call me out like that 😃

@cristianrita7844 Год назад

you can't make everyone cry , for exemple i watched all the sad movies , animes , etc and yes i felt a litlle sad but never cryed , but i still enjoied the moments .

@Silerss 4 года назад

This video made me cry... xD

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Not going to lie, during editing the scrubs clip got me like 5 times lol

@racoony_peachboi9262 3 года назад

Not gonna lie bruh I am watching this cause I wanted to make my wattpad readers cry but this video helped so much!! (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤ Thank you so much

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

That's awesome!! I hope you are able to achieve your dreams and make them cry all the tears

@princepatel3497 3 года назад

4:00 emotional scene happens at the end of the series.....pixar's up~ i pulled a sneaky one on you...

@huriyyahmuhammad1511 4 года назад

Have you done a video that is focused on how to make a viewer cry for screenwriters?

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

I have not and sadly do not plan to. I write books and though there's some cross over which I believe makes some of my advice helpful to screen writers, I don't have real world experience in screenwriting and so don't feel comfortable giving advice on it. Checkout the video linked in the description though by The Closer Look, his is more screenwriter oriented

@clintcarpentier2424 3 года назад

0:38 Gawd damn it, I had a mouthful of crown royal! The paradox almost drown me!!!

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

The goal is for people to drown in tears, not crown royal 😂

@snowman5377 2 года назад

unfairness rejection shattered dreams guilt ..... loneliness a bonding bullying

@imammarcocahyono3537 3 года назад

At first I thought the video length had a practical cause if not for explaining correlated theories but it turns out there was just too much clips from different movies with additions of several unrelated clips just to spice things up

@MargaretPinard 3 года назад

KITBULL!!😭!!!🤩!!!!!!!

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

It is truly underappreciated

@spiralfallacy5039 4 года назад

I hAtE it here-- Episode for of FMAB has literally scarred everyone no cap

@ace_of_cups4096 4 года назад

Im crying over my favorite character's death from my book. I need to make sure im not the only one who cries over his death.

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

We must make them feel out pain!

@vitre69 8 месяцев назад

Allow me to give my take from the vid. The secret to make a reader ball the fuck out of their eyes is to..... hit a chord in their brain that calls back to their past experiences. Loss, anxiety or anything else cited in the vid absolutely works because everyone experiences them to some degree. This can be made when you simply make them care for the story, setting or themes enough and them run them over with a truck of layers, or just run them over FASTER by calling back to an experience the reader already lived through themselves. But this one is much more personal and target audience dependent, but FUCK ME its effective and you don't even need to spend so much on character development to destroy someone's hydration. Personal example: Ranking of Kings. I'm phisically disabled, very much like Bojji. Episode two FORCED me to stop, go to bed and cry for (I kid you not) a full hour and took me an entire week to get over it. EPISODE. TWO.

@stinkthedog1396 2 года назад

All you have to do is kill a dog in a book- if your reader doesn’t cry then they don’t have a heart

@CloudKitten 2 года назад

Easy mode

@minacheyo6242 4 года назад

I am crying :3

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Ah, see, maybe my secret plan with this video was to supplement my tear supply since I had to delay the publication of Red River

@minacheyo6242 4 года назад

@@CloudKitten oh no, the anticipation will be overwhelming. Most of the times, I will cry if I know in front there will be something that possibly make me cry :') like in Hotarubi no Mori-e and Shelter by Potter Robinson. I know it will make me cry, so i rewatch it and I cry, and I rewatch it and I cry. The more I know, the quicker my tears flow :') and I am still looking for it :') I think I am a maso audience :')

@TrueMohax 3 года назад

ARE YOU SERIOUS?! What kind of monster would so blatantly expose their viewers to Fry’s Dog scene?! Now I cannot stop crying. Who wouldn’t want that kind of loyalty in their lives?

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

It was pretty uncalled for lol I am sorry for my transgressions

@Meme01348 2 года назад

If anyone wants a story to cry to I would recommend flowers from 1970 😢

@valasty91 2 года назад

In a synopsis: Here's how to make a reader cry Note: This is the easiest possible way to make someone cry. Highly suggest it! Step one: Cut an onion Step two: Stick it in the book Step three: Let sit in the sun for a bit Step four: Publish the book. Hope this helped!

@charliebaxter 4 года назад

*Passage of Time* Me: Remembers Monty and Harper's video Me: 😭😭😭😭

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

NOOOOOO!!! I'd blocked that from my mind because apparently it was too traumatizing for my brain to even worry about it's capability to straight up kill me lol. I sat down and considered what The 100 clip to use (because of course I had to use at least one) and my mind managed to skip right over that one even though now that you bring it up, it's the one that made me cry the most out of the whole show. Granted it would have been too spoilory to get the green-light for this video, but I'm still ashamed I didn't remember it.

@charliebaxter 4 года назад

Knowing you love the 100, I was surprised not to see that, but I do agree that it would have been too spoilery :)

@ramennoodles6473 3 года назад

CATS in microwaves.

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

I love how I can't remember enough about this video to know the context behind this comment

@ecm2837 3 года назад

I’ve become the very thing I used to hate

@CloudKitten 3 года назад

A writer who makes people cry?

@blaiseandthebambina 10 месяцев назад

What the hell is AIDAN AI Porn? Hahaha 00:28

@CloudKitten 10 месяцев назад

I was reading the Illuminea Files trilogy at the time (there's an AI called Aidan) and just wanted to see if anyone would notice an out of place folder name. Back when I made this video "AI" was still largely a scifi term 💀

@Dontwantahandle111 4 года назад

Remember, evolution has no purpose...Intelligence does 😊

@servelalainixa7040 4 года назад

Sorry. i really like your channel. But are you really sayin that animals don't have feeling and with that their tears are just mechanical response of the body? Not cool

@CloudKitten 4 года назад

Animals 100% have feelings and emotions, and I'm definitely not saying otherwise. What I said was that many scientists think emotional tears are exclusive to humans, but that doesn't in any way mean animals don't feel sadness. They just didn't evolve to express those feelings via tears in the way humans do. Most animals don't smile because they didn't evolve those muscles to work in that way, but that doesn't mean they don't feel happiness. Same thing with tears. When cats are content they purr, humans don't purr but that doesn't mean we don't experience contentment. Emotional responses are incredibly species specific and tears just happen to be a response that many scientists agree is not observed in other animals. I have 2 cats and 1 dog and believe me, there are days when they're more emotional than I am.