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VIDEO EDITING FOR DUMMIES

Let’s cut to the chase and talk about what you should put your focus on when editing videos. (I’m only going to focus on video editing which means I excluded cinematography and other production stages) These are some the aspects that I always prioritize first before jumping into the deep void of endless editing;

CONSIDER THE SOUL OF YOUR VIDEO, each video has its own so-called “soul” where the vibe of your video comes from; e.g. vlogs has this upbeat vibe or cinematic videos would have this serious and high class vibe; which is very essential in connecting to your audience, their world and yours. In considering the so-called “soul” you should consider the music, the rhythm, the flow and the motion.

Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash 

MAKE A BRAIN ARCHIVE, when editing you must first master all the footages (yes this may be time consuming but it will all pay off when you start editing and just speed up the process) it’s always better to make your brain focused on editing rather than just jumping from directory to directory trying to remember which folder and footage name the type of video that you want to use. Try to make “sub-directories” in your mind that memorizes the type of footage you have; e.g. smiling faces, rocks, buildings, sad faces, angry faces or any category you can make up so you can easily master the art of dragging those videos into the editor.

BE FRIENDS WITH TIME, when I mentioned time, I meant both the time that will be consumed when watching the video and the time that was consumed when editing it. Nobody wants to watch a footage of a rock for 10 seconds (unless they’re in for weird stuff yea) always consider the exposure time of each footage and the relevance of such footage. 

      This is a common mistake to some vloggers and travel video makers wherein they would just keep putting useless footage that isn’t or wasn’t the audience’s interest. WHICH HEAVILY AFFECTS THEIR WATCH TIME. 

I also mentioned to consider the time when editing videos, every video editing session is sooooooooooooo lengthy (and yes I’ve been there on those 3 straight day edits) which is very tiring and the more you spend time on it with no rest, it starts to get boring and the motivation just die off (which greatly affects the “beauty” that you were expecting). 

LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST;

PATIENCE. Remember when I mentioned about being friends with time? It doesn’t only mean you have to rush your editing time frame and shorten your video but it would also mean to have patience when your editing. Being friends with time means you have to consider the amount of minutes you have to spend for a second in a clip. It means, to rest every after 2 hours of editing. It means to love what you’re doing and not give up until it’s done, because no one knows the beauty of such video but you. 

SUMMARY:

Consider the soul of your video.

Make a brain archive.

Be friends with time.

Patience.

Remember that creativity starts with simple colors. No one knows how successful you can be but you.

Thanks for reading. Van Ghost signing out.

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UP NEXT. CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR DUMMIES.

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FIRST BLOG POST: INTRODUCTION

Basically personalized blogs as a starter is a bad idea.

But here I am starting my first blog about me. *of course who would follow a blog with no beginning context*

FIRST OFF: WHAT IS THIS BLOG ABOUT?

I’ll just cut to the chase since I’m not interesting and we’re doing the inverted pyramid here. What are the blogs that I’ll be blabbing about here? Here’s a list for those lazy readers:

My journey as a cinematographer

Some tips/tricks about cinematography (and yes I really cringe on some vids I find in the internet) (I’m not a pro myself tho but hey opinions come in handy sometimes)

Gaming (YES GAMING RANTS and how to be a good developer in a gamer’s perspective)

My YouTube content (might be explanations and stuff or just some back stories)

RANDOM WEB STORIES (cuz who doesn’t like directing their own world in a creative way then?)

ART (yes here u can also find my trashy art; 3d models, gameshots or other art trash)

My personal life (who cares might be interesting tho)

Might be more trash here and there

SECOND: WHO AM I? 

(Gonna bet only few are gonna read this and just left when they saw “My personal life” in the list, but if YOU ARE reading this, well uhm, you proved me wrong, here’s some confetti for you 🎉)

My name’s Vincent John Buenagua Abordo (and yes it’s an artist reference) but some people know me as Van in the internet. I live in the Philippines. I do short films and create some content in YouTube (you can check my channel here) I also did some writing (which I probably didn’t let anyone read but hey you’re gonna be one of those people that do) sometimes I would also do some 3d modelling out of boredom (which you’ll see me post here sometimes). I also do dancing (but meh I don’t post some of those online dance vids). 

THIRD: WHY ARE YOU STILL READING? AND HOW DID YOU FIND ME?

You might only be here because of my YouTube channel or clicked some link somewhere in some of my other social accounts and leaded you in this dungeon. But anyways hope you stay and follow (cuz that means a lot).

Seriously stop reading now, there’s nothing here.

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