The Crazy Job of Being Logan Paul's Editor (Hayden Hillier-Smith Interview)
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- I interviewed Hayden Hillier-Smith, who is the unseen force behind Logan Paul and the 5 billion views on his CZcams channel. In the process, he helped redefine what it means to be an editor on CZcams and shares some of his best lessons and stories for creators are editing their own videos or trying to bring on an editor. Today, Hayden Hillier-Smith co-hosts a podcast with Jordan Orme called The Editing Podcast where he's had guests such as Ryan Trahan and Colin and Samir and he's also edited for MrBeast (including the recent "1,000 Blind People See For The First Time"), Sam & Colby, Alex Wassabi and more.
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0:00 Teaser
0:47 How it started
1:48 Editing the vlogs
3:30 Did Logan give direction?
4:15 Editing with humor
5:23 Logan's "Style Guide"
6:56 Breaking records
9:41 Tough moments
11:00 Thank You Lickd
11:57 Making better, more mature videos
13:52 Eureka moments
15:20 Editing with emotion
16:45 3 elements of a "good cut"
17:39 Good vs Bad Storytelling (example)
19:20 "Traditional editing" mistakes
20:45 How Hayden Makes Money
24:19 Looking Ahead
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Inside the mind of 1 of the greatest editors in the history of CZcams.
100000%
Jesus loves you.
Greatest editors? Lmao
@@bertelsenmedia2nd yes
@@CrackaLackTV aight
Logan and Hayden's personality and styles clashed so perfectly I remember back in those days that I was impressed with the film making and editing and the better they both got the more it felt like a movie
100%, they complement each other so well. Thanks for watching :)
Jesus loves you.
@@youshaei Jesus loves you.
One of the most high-quality contents I've seen in a long time. Concise but at the same time comprehensive. Keep it up Jon👏💪
Thanks Ibrahim! Credit to Hayden for dropping so many gems 💎
Jesus loves you.
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hayden is by far the best editor I've ever seen. his work is IMMACULATE and I can't wait to see what amazing things he does
dude really edited the video where Logan was laughing at a dead body 💀
Hyperbole is my favorite trait. It's THE BEST.
I love Hayden. I followed lots of his critiquing skills to edit my videos. It helped me gain over a million followers across socials. I film everything with my phone too. I started seriously posting on youtube in october and gain over 300k in 5 months time. Storytelling is so OP.
Dude this is 🔥. Congrats and keep killing it!!
I've been following Hayden and his editing podcast too, he is amazing. You're such an excellent editor, educator and storyteller too! Thank you very much!
Love his podcast as well!! Thanks for the kind words :)
love the insights, extremely valuable! 👏
Jesus loves you.
Super valuable!
Love this. My channel went viral for a bit and now I have to keep pushing and making new videos. After helping creatives achieve their creative visions for the last 15 years in Hollywood now I get to be a storyteller. This is such a dream come true and I’m always learning, so thank you for this video. It was so helpful! ❤❤
So glad to hear! Excited to check out your channel and if I can ever be helpful, I started a creators Discord community with 1,700 creators in it where we're all helping each other grow, keeping up to date with algo changes, etc. Would love for you to join if interested: discord.gg/created
You ask all the right questions and so good at moving the conversation forward. This was really insightful and pleasant to watch the full way through. Thanks Jon.
Thank you Jo! Really means a lot to hear with all the prep that goes into these interviews 🙏
Awesome interview and such a interesting perspective. Really enjoyed seeing his influence on arguably the most influential social media star during his peak of YT. Appreciate his work because it certainly brought laughter and smiles to myself and many during a dark time in the world.
Go Hayden! 🎉 I love it: British humor and irony edited over a masculine American experience.
haha the combo we didn't realize we needed 😅 love that example he gave
Really great interview - highly appreciated. Never imagined that H.H. Smith still gets the biggest chunk of his income as an editor - nice/humbling.
yeah amazing to see how he's always practicing his craft, not just preaching it. Probably a big reason why he's so good 🔥
Thank you Jon and Hayden for this insightful video. I've got extremely good story content and I just haven't been able to build what we need to get it out there. Editing (and some related production) is my main barrier. (Well heck, my main barrier is that I haven't had time to lead this project.) In any case, I'd be highly interested in an event/mastermind/course or some such where we focused our brains on improving our stories for the CZcams platform.
Super informative video and guest! I've seen lots about the creators themselves, but I loved hearing this side of the story.
Thanks so much! Yeah Hayden really is a wealth of knowldge
Loved this video. First time coming across your channel Jon & first time learning of Hayden, but couldn't get enough of it! About to binge on you both.
Thanks Wazzeh! Excited to hear what you think of the other videos and interviews 🙏
Just listened to the podcast this morning and then had to come and watch the video. Really interesting interview. Thanks!
Appreciate it Mike, so glad you enjoyed!
Just sitting here drinking coffee on a Tuesday morning watching your interviews getting inspired and learning so much! Your channel is one of my favorites!
That means so much!! Thank you :)
I love Hayden and his work! He's so talented and has the best insight. thanks for the great video!
thanks Kelly! Yeah Hayden is a legend!
Such a good video, edit and entertaining. Hayden Hillier-Smith changed so so much my edit style and rhythm in my stories.
Thanks for this episode. Love it
Thanks for the kind words Luis! Totally agreed - Hayden's content has 100% helped me as well
Honest interview. Lots of great information. Enjoyed watching it and learning from it 💖
wow! what a fantastic and valuable interview. It helped me so much with a project I am working right now.
Thank you Hayden and Jon 🙏🏼
Love your rythm in edits bro 💘💘
This is the FIRST time that I feel like I understand who Hillier-Smith is. You did such a great job of bringing it out. I guess it helps that you two are friends! cheers.
Idk he’s a bully
I love this content dude so well made
Ay appreciate you! Thanks so much
Very informative yet entertaining, well done Jon and Hayden!!
Thanks so much Brooke!
What a great interview! Loved the line of questions Jon, it was such a nice BTS look at the creator + editor relationship. 👏🏼🎉
On a different note, it’s driving me crazy trying to figure out how you are creating the karaoke captions.
Do you duplicate the track, change color to mint, then reveal the mint on? All in Premiere/FCP? Please clue us in, I bet I’m not the only one!
Hayden is such an inspiration to creators. Great video!
truly is, thanks for watching Aiden!
This was brilliant. So many nuggets, Easter eggs and screenshots of this editing style for myself to think about and learn from🙏🙏🙏🙏
Such a gold mine of tips, Jon.
I loved the choice of topics and questions. I actually doubted I could get a lot out of the video at the beginning that could be valuable for me, but insteaf you managed to keep me glued to the screen.
Btw I absolutely love how you write the main concepts on the screen during the talk.
And Hayden... I just wish I would be able to afford him ahahah.... he's really a great editor!
Wonderfully done!
Thanks Rick! Means alot to hear that with all the work that goes into these videos 🙏 btw I’d love to have you join our Discord community of creators if you’re interested? We got 1,700 creators in there helping each other grow, giving feedback on videos, and I’m actively in there answering questions. Feel like you would be a great fit man: discord.gg/created
Loving this content! As a small creator who has been full time artist/designer for years, CZcams as been a new journey but I’ve been passionate with video content since high school and this is inspiring to help level of my content thank you
*Interesting video Jon! Thanks for doing this interview to provide tips for us small / medium size creators*
This was a GREAT and inspiring interview.
AMAZING interview!!! Good stuff.
Thanks so much Jesse!
18:28 Great example of not only editing, but how u should tell stories to other people to come off as more emotional and charismatic.
Love that point, thanks for sharing 🙏
Amazing video!! Thank you
So glad you enjoyed watching!
Super insightful interview Absolutely Loved It!
Thank you!
Great video !! He is a great editor
Right?! One of the best 🔥
Never thought his editor would be so British 🤣 Mindblown. 🤯 He is like the kids I went to school with. Really knows his pop culture. Top Tier 👏
I love how much credit and respect he gives Logan when Logan usually gets hate online. You can tell by everyone that has spent years with working for him that they all have a huge amount of respect for him. That tells the true story of the kind of person he is.
Jimmy is simply a legend. God Bless Him and His Team.❤❤
Hayden is a boss - learned a lot from this guy! Jon, thank you for this 🔥🔥
Thanks for watching man!
Such a great interview. Great job Jon!
Thanks Richy! Couldn’t have done it without all your help 🙏
Well made video. And useful 👏👏
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing conversation, thank you for making such insightful and engaging content.
Anytime Noam 🙏 appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Also would love to have you join my Discord community if you’re interested? We have over 1,700 creators in there helping each other out and I’m super active in there as well: discord.gg/created
Oh, I thought Hillier was his name. "Your video is BORING" haha, how epic! I'm enjoying this interview a lot. Thanks! 👍
haha yeah he had so many good one-liners and zingers in this. Thanks for watching 🙏
I love Hayden! He always delivers such interesting and useful information and most of all... he's an incredible editor...and a really nice guy.
Great interview Jon - thank you 👍👏
Hayden is such an inspiration as an editor myself!
you said it Andy! Hayden is a legend 🚀
And who from you two (Logan and Hayden) decide that is good idea to upload that video from Japan forest???
Both man knows what’s up
Great interview
So. Good. GREAT interview!!
Thanks Shwan! Appreciate you man 🙏
Was Hayden the one who edited the japan video?
That was great… I’ve been dreaming of having something like this for Latin America, So many talented people most of them self taught and they just DONT even begin to imagine that this is a way to make a living as the creator economy gets bigger and bigger
The talent in Latin America is A1!! So glad you watched and enjoyed :)
Kid can give a masterclass on editing!
I really love this , thanks for giving such informations
thanks Hachiman! Credit to Hayden for dropping so many gems
@@youshaei I would love to work for you so any chance of working together?. I am video editor and graphic, currently looking for long term work
*Good stuff!!*
Thank you Fidel!
Great one
Your videos are always so informative!
Thanks Jacob! 🙏
@@youshaei welcome!!
Forever the GOAT.
Truly 💯 excited you two are working together man!
I love his podcast and so do yours ❤
Thanks so much :)
The examples he gave are very good
Agreed! He's such an eloquent speaker
Love this
Dude this show is great, never seen something like this before, i consume a lot of CZcams and also inedit TikToks as a job.
Thanks so much Ruben!
saludos desde Perú. Me recomendaron su canal.
Phenomenal insight - would those styles of vlogs work in 2023?
haven’t watched the full video yet, although i hope that he brings up japan.
Brilliant work!
thank you Ken!
@@youshaei This was a great interview and a lot of good insights for all creators. Thank you!
appreciate you watching Ken! Shoutout to Hayden for being such a great interview
@@youshaei Yes indeed! Great stories and insight. You picked a great interview!
Loved the whole episode.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks Sagar! Can’t wait for you to see the interviews we’re dropping next 🔥
HHS is my biggest inspiration in CZcams. Period.
he's the editing GOAT 🐐
awesome guest great questions
Thank you! 🙏 can’t wait until you see next interview we’re working on
Loved this story
Logan is a smart guy.
Incredible knowledge
Thank you Dylan!
This is Content
Wow, such a talented
So is Hayden the reason for the Japan situation 😳
I liked the question about "you didnt want recognition as the editor?" Because I've been an editor on CZcams for about as long as Hayden. You've never heard of me, you'll never be able to guess who ive worked with or what I've achieved. But I've been on this platform since 2009, and been earning a living here since 2017 building channels for people from zero to hundreds of millions of views. If I wanted to be popular, I would have been. but I dont want attention. Why would I want to be famous, when I can be the king maker and live in silence?
CZcams GOATs
Interesting insights into the behind-the-scenes work that goes into producing Logan Paul's content. It's always fascinating to learn about the different roles involved in content creation.
Right?! It's one thing to see the final product, but I find the BTS process even more interesting. Thanks for watching :)
Edit what bro🤣guys chilling
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I have just one question: Did he edit the japan forrest video?
Is there a way to learn directly from editors like this, maybe through some kind of tutorial.
Did he edit this video too? Sheesh!!
Nope! That was our team 💪 but definitely felt the pressure to make this one great given our guest is one of best editors in the game haha
Thankyou for videos bri
Bro*
How did you get in touch with Paris Hilton?!
8:00 invisible but visible
he the guy who put the forest clip into the video?
more hayden bro...
haha never enough Hayden
Soooo, did this guy edit the forest video?
amazing 👌🏼
Thank you 🙌
So did he also edit the Japan video lol
does he edited the logan paul japan vid also?
Yes, he covered it on Logan Paul poascast
The famous Japan editor
thanks
It should say former editor as he now works for Mr.Beast
He does?? Did they have a falling out? Does Logan even have an editor now?
@@brookebixler1040 logan has an editor they didn't leave on Bad terms as quite frankly who wouldn't work for Mr.Beast but Logan is a little salty about it as Hayden is the best editor on youtube
did he also edit the suicide forest?
I wonder if it was him who edited the Japanese forest video? would love to hear his take on it
had the exact same thought
Wheres the real question… Did he edit the suicide forest video/okay the upload.