7 Editing Tips That Are Simple And Beautiful
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00:27 Don't Cut... Build
01:03 Say Dog... See Dog
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02:27 Look Here
02:58 Don't Tip Your Hand
03:26 Watch The Eyes
04:21 Trust Your Gut
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My personal tip: If your are cuting to the beat of a soundtrack, like a video clip... Cut one to two frames before the audio peaks.
Our brains need more time to undertand images than sounds, if you give this extra time for your brain to understand the shot than hear the beat, it will feel more in sync.
Funny you'd say that, I noticed that myself a while ago while making a music video with a very clear marked beat. The timing was perfect between the cuts and the beats but it didn't feel seamless for some reason, but after messing around a bit it felt more in timing with the cuts a couple of frames before the beat just like you said.
Its the time that your brain takes to undertand the cut, but the sounds is undertanded faster... Another tip for a seamless cut is to pay atention where are your eyes looking on the frame and how they are moving... A cut that follows that eye postition will often seens better than a cut the forces you to move your eyes for the subject on frame.
A example is 2:33 2:34 ... First shot is the hat guy, he moves his arm and looks to the boton left, your Eye goes from the center of the shot to the boton left, than it cuts to the bill on the leftish side of the frame, than cuts to the bald guy that is moves his head botton left to botton right, making your eye movement have time to follow is movement... Then it cuts to the hat guy again, and he is moving ever so slightly up.
Not always your eyes will follow an object per se, we tend to look where people are looking, so if you want the audience to look right before the cut, cut when your actor look to the right.
Very good tip!
mark heyne Yeah but you don’t need to readjust where your ears are pointing every scene.
Maybe the other way around, because aur ears hear sound a bit later than aur eyes see the picture.
Sometime ago I've heard a tip from a video editing teacher in polish film school that you shouldn't always match audio and video because it becomes a children illustrated book. You say dog - you show dog.
Agreed. They should complete each other, when its the same thing its really annoying.
I agree. I work in nonfic and some directors want to cut to a stock footage shot when things are mentioned. Someone says city, its a stock shot of a city. Someone says population, its a timelapse of random people. Someone starts getting into science, its a stock shot of a lab. Mention of something that happened 5 minutes earlier? Better flashback. Can get a bit silly sometimes.
Yeah, we called it 'See cow, say cow' at UC Berkeley doc grad school. Emmy winning producer taught us it is redundant and one should emphasis or inform the other or else it is a wasted opportunity to expand story.
Exactly! Film is NOT dealing with the audiences invariably dumbed down conscious front or "personality", film directly speaks to the hyper intelligent subconscious and unconscious brain. So many films treat the collective audience as if they're talking to them on the street = as if they're somehow illiterate or stupid; if the audience really doesn't get it, it still piques interest and debate, re-watching and discussion OR not, but at least it doesn't treat the entire audience like they're stoopid...
It does apply also to the note and not cutting in the same time when the note on the piano hit?
"In the Blink of an Eye" is a fascinating book. He walks through how he edited Apocalypse Now.
Great video. Thanks
Wow that blink tip is amazing
Damn. That's why I came down here. Those are the kind of tips I'm looking for!!! 🤯
Is this apple final cut?
I'm so glad I've found your channel. Not only does it educate me and help iron out some mistakes, but it also makes me feel confident in my own editing.
I have been wondering lately why it seems that you can always see actors eyes in most scenes they do. I've read "In The Blink of an Eye", I've watch several interviews with Walter Murch, but it never dawned on me until watching his comment on this. Actors eyes are so prominent not just because the director and editor want them to be, but because we rarely see them blink. Another light bulb moment. :)
The eyes are also where a lot of the performance lives.
It's how we look at people ... if there's a person in a scene, we look at the person. If we can see the face, we look at the face. If the eyes are visible, we look at the eyes. It's how our mind guides our eyes.
Excellent, as always. I feel like your point about video and audio making sense together is something that's lost on amateur filmmakers, like myself. Sometimes that can allow the story to seem more confusing than it should be. I've seen a number of short films (and made a number of them) that are afraid to show us everything that's going on because they want to have a grand reveal. Not every film needs that. Most of the time, you want your audience to know exactly how the character feels because that's how we build empathy and connect to characters.
That blinking thing seriously took me a second to process... because it is soooo spot on. Wow.
Really like your new style. Its more fast paced but doesnt lack any depth or content! Great job!
Get in late leave early is a great rule of thumb - when you first posted a video about this technique early in the Flesh & Blood edit, a lot of FB reaction was along the lines of "what about Tarantino/Pulp Fiction" to which of course the answer is - well he is a unique talent/learn the "rule" then break it/exception to every guiding principle (i.e there are no rules, just principles). Having endured the Hateful Eight last year, I think he overextended himself - pity, it looked amazing.
Thanks again, Sven. Incredibly helpful, as always!
Congrats bro, I follow you for a long time, your videos are getting better. I love seeing them.
This video is so on point! This is the first time I waited to watch the squarespace ad.
These editing tips really helped me to take my short film to the next level. Thank you very much.
Very good thank you.
Thanks so much for this video! It's super helpful--really appreciate hearing and seeing your thoughts here on this channel. Thank you.
Great video, very well put together! I love your content! Keep up the great work!
The editing tip on using the blinks completely blew my mind.
Hey, thanks for this! This is very helpful for my film projects! I look forward to seeing more of your videos! You just earned a new subscriber! :)
Cool. Just editing a trailer for a TV doc and felt encouraged in my working style from this video, cause I do these all the time. It's important to know your material to be effective in it, though, so it's not all free spirit, but also lots of hours of just watching ALL the material and taking notes - and repeat that at least once.
i love how ive been doing most of these since day one. Tip #3 is my fav. people would never the video until it ends.
Thank you for the videos. So very valuable for me. I started school this last week in field production and two classes Adobe Premiere. I will be using the what I learned from your channel.
I recently picked up video editing and your advice are very helpful
Moi! Still here and grateful for all your tutorials
You are rock man! Inspire me a lot! Thank you and keep going !
These tips are gold! Thank you!:)
i like how hyper this video. incredibly useful advice
Thank you for the work you do
Awesome advice! Thanks.
Great lessons to keep in mind.
Thank you and this is a really useful and interesting video. I will be putting the advice to good use this week. Thanks again :)
Great video as usual :D
Cool content for editors, great work
Hey, it's so nice. Ye have just nailed it.
Super nice tips Dude! Really agree with the editing tip. You gotta choose the best bits first then drag to the timeline! And of course trust your gut
Nice! Thanks for the tips!
great video !!!
Nice video for beginners.
Awesome tips!
love this. subscribing
Thanks, man. This helps.
Love editing and Walter Murch book is a MUST for me, from the moment I read that book.
Great tutorial!
this was so helpful
I appreciate you!
thank you so much
Great video!
Al in from Toronto Canada this was great and i have read "In the blink of an eye"
It's nice to hear an alternative to the VERY rough cut method which I have a really hard time creating (and only create it because it's demanded of me).
Very interesting.I kept in watching until the end,so it went in the blink of an eye;p
Thank you for the good advice
great advices
Honestly I think these tips would be very practical and would give some pro touch since I like to post cinematic style to my video style. Thank you so much bro! 😎
Great tips
Awesome again. Thanks
Cutting aggressively when it feels right. Just yesterday I finished my first cut to a new gaming episode from 1 hour to 3 minutes, and it feels so good.
IKR? I remember when I had to make 6 hours worth of footage into an action packed 30seconds, and it felt good at the end
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Love your videos man very interesting 👏🏻 I make professional looking travel videos and soon to be short films. I’m always looking for better ways to edit my films. keep up the great work!
Really nice
Don't cut out - Build!!! Makes it more efficient! Yes yes and yes!
SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
Great tutorial! I love the fast cut-the-crap edit style! I really can't watch over explained tutorials anymore, if I want to dig deeper into something, I'll do that my way. This kind of video just gives some inspiration and tips of something you might want to get in to. I will definitely look up that Walter Murch book.
If its a tutorial, just make sure you've included the context at the start ... I hate trying to follow a tutorial where i haven't been told what is being attempted.
Interessantes Video, danke dafür :)
Dude, your video made me cry.
wonderful
good cut =)
Nice video buddy
Thankyou
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1:38 Yooo he lowkey shouted out @tingtingASMR !!!
1) You create a separate sequence
for each individual clip? Looks great. but i dont understand how to organize editing process?
I always enjoy your videos and learn something beneficial, so thanks for posting these.
With regard to Walter Murch's eye blink concept, after studying people around me I don't find this to be a reliable guide for editing. Base on the people I have observed, eye blinks rarely coincide with optimum moments for cuts. I also believe real life people would be more inclined to blink naturally than a trained actor giving a performance, but I have yet to see enough times where this proves true. Although some people DO blink during tell-tale moments of thought and reaction, I wouldn't rely on this as a significant cue. With all due respect to Walter Murch, I think the eye blink concept is a solution looking for a problem.
Interesting thoughts... I agree.
FWIW, I'm not discounting Murch's idea entirely. I just think its important to consider all elements that validate when to cut, or not cut, and avoid any method that becomes formulaic. I bought into Murch's idea initially, but just didn't experience enough situations where it played out.
Pretty sure this has more to do with eye blinks coming from actors in the context of filmmaking. Actors are trained not to blink, so when they do, it may be significant.
You have a great voiceover voice.
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Glad to see someone using FCPX 😊 Lol I’m not alone 😅
What I would give to sit and shadow you in the editing room for a day. I'm trying to figure out how to form a workflow, and have absolutely no clue where to start.
Organization, organization, organization. When you are done organizing things you are ready to start working. You never want to be sitting with the director who is asking for a shot you cannot find, nor do you want to waste your time looking for one shot in a bin with hundreds. That's my two cents.
What is the music track you used in the beginning " 123 listen".?
I'm new to this stuff, what editing platform would you suggest? (Preferably free)
With Final Cut Pro, I have difficulties for a good audio with songs soundtrack! Where I can learn and understand how setting well the audio?
It's useful techniques, even for YTPs.
These always seem to end right when they get interesting
Sven I have a question. Do you use editing reels?
Love your material!! Subscribing!! What movie is at 3:22??? It looks crazy!!!
oh thanks. The movie is American Honey
Is it possible that you read „safe the cat“ by Blake Snyder? A lot of advices in your videos remembering me on this book. Very good video by the way!
I think the audio/video marrying (tip 2) extends to the music as well. Some people try to use music to create drama that wasn't really there. Music should enhance the mood, not set it.
Do you find the golden moments after you had watched the footage twice or during?
I am new to editing field.. Can you say what's the software name using for editing
Straight from the gut
Love the info and insight. Hate the background music. It's good for emotion but it's irritating and distracts from your points.
Ich habe das Buch schon ein paar Wochen. Jetzt muss ich es noch lesen :P
One thing I struggle with is to edit with Music.. I feel when you edit with music, you are stuck on the 'beats' .. How is this done? Do you edit rythm etc, and leave the Music for later?
3:21 what's the movie?
What editing software do you recommend? Ive "grown" out of my old cheap version.
“Come late, leave early” ;)
i have a question regarding advice nr 1
usually, when starting a new project, i have the raw take in one timeline, watch that through and decide on which scenes i'm going to use.
how is that different from either method? because i don't see how i would be able to build it from the ground up, considering the risk of missing good scenes
Well i think it means I'm sure you'll have different takes and different scenes and angles, so focus on the best parts, the focal points first instead of just piling everything and choosing from there. I look at it as when you're doing a maze and you start from the end instead of the beginning.
What editing software do you use?
I feel bad for laughing at the elephant getting bit but fuck me that was funny with the wright bit
Could you please explain or leave a link to how you got that sweet "2nd timeline" from your import clips, can't figure it out myself
Google “pancake editing premiere” and it should give you a couple of how-tos
Wasn't expecting to see Luke Kidgell in this video
Man, I'm a complete beginner. Plz help me.. Idk how to put subtitles when I want them to appear one line at a time and how to sync the transition with music beats.
Danke, sehr hilfreich!
Do you always edit in final cut?
Just found you two days ago and have already watched 20ish of your videos haha. Love them!! Question for you: I just started Vlogging 20 days ago and need your help. Do you write down the best clips when they happen or do you remember all of them? For some reason, that's hard for me I go back and review everything wondering what we missed and see what the shots look like for framing, but what is the best way to know when you nail it and remember it so you can build rather than cut? Thanks so much if you have time to respond! All the best! Warner
I create select reels. You can see the process here... czcams.com/video/dQ_T3hZtlCg/video.html It's important to not just watch the footage but to organize it in a way that you can quickly find your best moments and keep track of everything that was shot.
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