The Art of Video Editing: A Complete Professional Deep Dive

1. Welcome to the Class!: Editing is one of the most important parts of any video. Without it, you just have random clips with no real story, emotions, or direction. In this class, you'll learn what professional editing is all about. Hi, I'm Eddie. I'm a professional editor at a leading YouTube agency in Germany. And I also personally run two YouTube channels. Over the years, I worked on videos that reached hundreds of thousands of people, even millions. And being really honest, without good editing, those videos won't keep people from watching until the end. This class, I'm going to break down a full editing process step by step using a real project. You do not need expensive equipment or expensive software because you'll actually see that most of good editing goes unnoticed and its smart cuts and fades. And regardless of you're just starting out or have some experience, this class is for you if you want to improve on your videos. And at the end, you can submit a print screen of your timeline, showing any new technique that you learn. Let's start with the biggest misconception of editing that most don't really know. I'll see you there. 2. 2 Biggest Editing Misconceptions: When friends come over and they see my desk set up, they all seem to think that my videos are all edited here. That is far from the truth. While, it's great to have a bigger screen, a nice keyboard, even a mouse, the gear you use to edit video doesn't really matter. As long as you have a software functioning and you can make cuts and fades, you're basically there. This, of course, makes it nicer, but I've been moving around a lot these years. If you've seen my storytelling class, you probably notice that the background is all different because I was actually in a hotel room at the time I was living in a hotel, and I do not have half of this setup because it didn't always look like this. What you're seeing right now is completely real. I didn't have my big screen, not even a desk chair. I used my microwave box because we just moved in, and I really needed to get the video done. That's why I don't want you to think that you need all of this to make a great video because this makes it more comfortable, but it doesn't matter at the end. Another big misconception is that you need a certain amount of chunk time to edit videos. Oh, I need 1 hour of free time. But in reality, life sometimes doesn't work out like that. If I ever had to look for one or 2 hours of free time during my day every time, I would not be able to post as consistently as I do. A lot of times I'm just waiting for my partner to get ready, and I just edit. Or sometimes I have to do the laundry, and I just bring my laptop. In the train it doesn't really matter. Of course, it's nice to edit with a mouse and a nice keyboard, but you don't need all of that. In fact, making it more simple is better because you remove all of these barriers. You just need a laptop, and you use 5 minutes here, 15 minutes there, maybe half an hour while doing the laundry, and you get way more done than you expect. I'm putting this right in the beginning because I don't want to sugarcoat anything. I don't want you to see this and think, Oh, I don't have this setup or I don't have the time. We all have small chunks of time, 15 minutes there, 5 minutes here. You can always do something. With 5 minutes, you can, for example, search for a song that you want to use in the video. Or with 5 minutes, you'll see you can also just cut a few things out that are not necessary organize the footage. Life can sometimes get in the way, but it is with this realistic mentality that you can make projects. Now, talking about all the gear and how simplifying is actually better in the next class, we'll talk about all these centrals that you actually need. 3. The Gear You Actually Need: So I previously talked about how having a nice keyboard, a big screen or even a mouse, these are not strictly necessary. As I've said, I previously edited on the go with just a laptop. I think having a laptop is crucial. If you want to edit on the go or on the sofa or anywhere, you can just bring the computer. It makes it so much more easier compared to a computer. Of course, if you don't want to bother with other people with sound, you can always use wired earbuds. I specifically say wired because the Bluetooth ones, they have a slight delay. While they're watching videos, that's okay. But when you're editing, that makes a big difference. When you're cutting to the music, it's very precise. And by using the Bluetooth ones, there's a slight delay that when you cut and you think you're cutting to the beat, after you listen to it again, you'll notice that it's offbeat. Another piece of tech I use is an external SSD driver. This is not mandatory. You can store all your files in the computer. I only use this in case of failure. In case the laptop fails on me, I always have the files on the SSD. Another advantage which is not really relevant to me is that you can unplug this and have the files and edit on another computer. But for me, that's not really too relevant. I use an SSD instead of an HDD because the HDD has a physical spinning CD, and if that falls, it has a greater risk of losing data. The SDD, on the other hand, doesn't have that. And last thing, let's talk about software. First of all, regardless of what software you use, as long as you can cut, layer, and fade, you're good to go. There are some nice features on the more premium sides, like the premiere P or DaVinci. But to tell a good story, you don't really need that. Those are just for details. I personally use Adobe Premiere, but my work has been thinking of shifting from Adobe to the vinci. So don't really overthink this too much, especially for this class. With that said, I've talked enough. Let's actually start editing. 4. How to Record Voiceovers: To give a little bit of perspective on this project I'm going to work on, it is basically for my gaming channel where I show off this device, the AYNTor like a three DS on steroids. Because previously, I made a video on an eight hour train ride versus the AYNThO if I would be bored or anything, and it did pretty well. The idea was to do the same, but instead of a train ride, I have a 12 hour airplane ride. I flew from Munich to Shanghai. I brought this thing and documented my experience. This type of editing is more chronological. I'll be using footage more or less in a chronological way in that order. And the challenge I can see is, how do I tell this story as easy as possible to understand, but also the most entertaining. And instead of just putting clips together, I wrote a little script for a voiceover. A voiceover is basically when I talk on top of video. I have here a few lines of text. I thought they would more or less shape or form the story of the video. And the first thing I'm going to do is record this voiceover. By the way, if you want more details on how I shaped and form the story, I have a really nice class about only the storytelling part of the video. But naturally, since I'm editing and forming the shape of the video, you'll naturally learn also some storytelling aspects, which I will reveal to you later on. Alright, I'm going to start the voiceover. Three, two, one. Long plane rides are boring. Long plane rides are boring. You're crammed in a small space and can't properly sleep and are supposed you're crammed in a small sleep. You're crammed in a small space and you cannot properly sleep and are supposed to be entertained. And you're support and you're supposed to be entertained by this screen in front of you, and you're supposed to be entertained by this screen in front of you for 12 hours straight. And the games are not great. Fun, right? As you can see, I finished my voiceover. I had to take the microphone out of the camera and connect it to the computer, actually. You've noticed that my room is furnished, so there's no echo. I've noticed when I move to a new place and it wasn't furnished, any empty room will sound very echoy. Test. Test, test, test one, two, three. If it does sound echoe, I recommend taking the microphone next to a bed or a mattress because a mattress is dense, and it will absorb all of those unnecessary sounds you don't want. And the first part of the process that I'm going to do is I have this voiceover line, and I'm going to add a bit more volume and cut the unnecessary parts because I've made a lot of mistakes when I do voiceover. I repeat a lot. For any software, there is a button where you speed up the process, and that will help you a lot for these types of things where you're just quickly trying to see and cutting out the parts that you don't want. In the case for Adobe Premiere, the default shortcut is L. So you click cramped in a small probably those things. And there you can see immediately where I made the mistakes and you cut them quick. Ramped in the face. You're supposed to entertained. You're you're supposed to properly sleep. You're supposed to entertain by. And you're supposed to properly. You're supposed to entertain by screen in front of you for 12 hours straight. 5. Music & Why the First 30 Seconds Matter: Now that we have the voiceover and more or less the story behind it, we have to first identify the music. Just very quickly about the music platforms, there are two main premium ones, and I use them both, one for work and one personally. For work, I use art list. Both of them, of course, have great music, but I don't really like the direction that it takes with AI image, music, AI music. It feels like when I enter, it has more of a vibe of AI. Personally, I prefer to use Epidemic Sound. Because there they feature real artists, genres, moods. And I feel personally it's easier to find the right type of music quicker. There are so many reasons why premium music platforms are superior, not only the quality, but also you got the flexibility. You got four tracks. If you don't want the drums, you can remove them. If you don't want the vocals, you can also remove them. And you can have so much more flexibility with it. For editing, this is crucial. I thought about it for a long time, and once I bought it, I did not regret one bit since then. Really levels up your video. The first 30 seconds of the video are crucial. And the viewer is basically judging if it's worth or not watching the rest of the video. That's why the first few seconds, the first ten to 30 seconds are basically the intro. The viewer has to know what is the video about and if the quality matches the expectation, and they're going to watch the rest of the video. If you open a video and it has really bad voiceover, bad quality, the shots are not up to the standard, then you usually think of it as amateurish, and you're like, Maybe I'm not going to watch this video. There are thousands of others. That's why it is so important to right now focus all of our efforts in the first 30 seconds. Being 100% honest with you, having most of the gear that I want. I want to hate on this key chain camera. I got it delivered, and the box has seen now to identify the right music, we first have to see what I'm talking about, because I usually do my intros with the voiceover, sometimes mixed with what I say in camera at the time. Long plane rides are boring. You're cramped in a small space and you cannot properly sleep. And you're supposed to be entertained by the screen in front of you for 12 hours. Alright, Basically, long plane rides are boring. I want something maybe slower accentuates this feeling of being bored. So let's see. On Epidemic Sound, I go on laid back. And just start scrolling one by one. Sometimes you find the right song right away. Sometimes you don't. It is sometimes up to luck, a bit of skill, knowing what to type. It is really important because music makes or breaks a video. If I'm talking about, like, long plane rides and being bored, that's identifying the problem, I want the music to also express that. All right. I like this song, actually, Don't bore me Alberto. It starts off slow. I can cut to a few parts that it's slow while I'm describing the problem, that it's boring. And then I cut to the part that gets more hyper when I introduce the AYNTur because basically, in this intro, we have a problem and a solution. The problem, I want it to be slow and boring. And then the AIN Thor, Oh, that's cool. And then it gets more hype. So I'm going to download this music. I'm going to download all the stems. I can separate it. And as you can see on my project folder, I just mix everything. I could create folders of videos, different types of cameras, roll, and music folders and sequences. But to be fair, since this is a smaller video, a ten minute video, or like an eight minute video, then I prefer, maybe rather not do that, it's not really worth. It is more worth it, especially for work. Maybe there are several editors or you want to go back in this project and see what's happening, then it is much more worth it to have everything organized. Since I'm the only person working on this video, I'm just going to put everything together. It doesn't really matter. So I put the different stamps inside. So these are the four tracks. Ong plane rides are. Boring. You're cramped in a small space. And you see the problem with this song is that it goes slow. Long plane rides are. Pouring. You're cramped in a small space, and nuts. I'm still describing the problem that I can properly sleep, but it goes a bit too quick. So I'm going to take another part of the slow song. And I'm going to cut, take this part of the music. Put here and see how it goes. I'm gonna take this part out. Long plane rides are pouring. You're cramped in a small space. You cannot properly sleep. And you're supposed to be entertained by the screen in front of you for 12 hours straight. And the games are not great. Fun. Right? But I got a trip up my sleeve. Best. So this is much better already. So it starts slow, and I'm describing the problems here and there, but I got a trip up my sleeve. When I got that trick and I introduced it, all of a sudden, the music right? But I got to trip up my sleep. Only the best actually come up. Oh, no, that fits perfectly. This is just one of many music manipulation tricks I use. Of all the tricks I use, I also created a course on how to cut music to match perfectly. But for this class, we're just focusing on the thought process of everything together. Long plane rides are pouring. You're cramped in a small space and you cannot properly sleep. And you're supposed to be entertained by the screen in front of you. You don't like this space, so I'm gonna take it out. 12 hours straight. And the games are not great. Fun, right? But I got to trip up my sleep. Not great. I don't like this fun, right? It takes too long. I'm gonna remove this. I'm gonna shift everything a little earlier. So the pacing, I feel like I'm extending this intro too long. It's like, fun, right? I already talked about it. Like, everything is like how boring it is fun, right? But that's fun, right? It's not necessary. And repeating information that's not needed. Long plane rides are boring. You're cramped in a small space and you cannot properly sleep. And you're because I cut these part out, I have to cut the music a little bit shorter so at times better. Please leave. And you're supposed I'm gonna shorten the music. Here, count the beats and shorten the music. The games are not great. But I got to trap The music's a bit loud, but apart from that, the timing is great. 6. Let's Edit the Hook: Seen that a lot of the editing so far has been because of the voiceover and audio. I'm going to start to think about what visuals I'm going to have. And because we want to impress the viewer, the viewers just clicked the video. We basically want the best shots possible that explain the story the best way. I've had many long rides, and they are all boring. Over the years, I've tried many things. What makes this camera? So good. You'd actually be surprised that this is made for kids. I used to think that travel notebooks were useless. Why even bother when your phone does everything? Maps, notes, photos, all in one. But for this one, let's look at the shots I have. So I have this one Oh, it's a bit wobbly. Hmm. I want the first shot to either be the airport or the plane because the video is about the plane ride. I want it to be the most obvious but also aesthetic. It moves a lot because of the floor. I try and put the camera on a hook. Maybe I'll try the warp stabilizer. The warp stabilizer is basically takes the shake and then it digitally tries to remove it. Long plane rides are. Oh, that worked really well. Because look at the original shot. Now, this is the advantage of having premium platforms. I'm sure DaVinci also has a warp stabilizer, maybe with a different name. But on premiere, it's called Warp Stabilizer. It's just for these details, mistakes you've made, and it helps with some of these effects. Long I'm really impressed by how well this effect took out that shake. I have this long plane rides or boring line, and it stops the music. So as it stops the music, I also want to stop in the shot, so I'm trying to time it. Ong plane zar. Oh, yeah. That's a good first shot. I think it's a very aesthetic first shot. Long plane. Maybe I'm gonna add some text to it to make it more interesting, but that comes later. Since I'm talking about now a cramped space, I like this shot. It's a shot not from this camera. Actually, like an action camera. Basically, I'm showing these shots because it explains what I'm talking about, but it also gives a little bit of a teaser to what's coming up. So that the viewer also wants to see. Long plane rides I don't like how this shot is slightly inclined, so I'll rotate it a little bit. Scale little, go board to the right. So I'm more centered like that. Long plane rides are pouring. You're cramped in a small space and you cannot properly sleep. And you're supposed to be enter You're supposed to be entertained by the screen, so I need a shot. Usually, in the video, I try my best to make the best shots to be right in the beginning. So I really show my skill set and, like, how cinematic and everything. But sometimes the easiest shots is the ones you have to use. Early s. And you're supposed to be entertained by the screen in front of you for 12 hours 12 hours straight. 12 hours straight in the air. That's what I mean. And I know the perfect shot for it, basically. Maybe instead of this whole thing of combining the songs and matching it perfectly, I should do, like, a contrast of just cutting the song, being silent while I'm showing the games because it adds to this comedic effect. If I remove the song here, complete game. Games are not great, but I got to trip up. And then it resumes here, as you can see, with the drums, and the rest comes the bass and But I got trip up nicely. Only It shifts the focus onto what's being shown. And in this case, is the crappy games that they provided in the airplane. Where is it? Oh, yeah. I'll put even the sound of the airplane a bit lower so that the contrast is a bit stronger. So let's see. Long plane rides are Boring. You're cramped in a small space and you cannot properly sleep. And you're supposed to be entertained by the screen in front of you for 12 hours straight. And the games are not great. But I got a trip up. That was good. It made us ever so slightly more funny and better. Okay, now at this point, I have to review a little bit of the footage. So let's see. Oh, yeah, I remember this. This is a cool shot. Maybe I should use this instead. But I got to trip up nice. Only the best actually compact handheld in the market. I don't have anything bigger because no one. Sometimes I do forget about shots, so I have to come back and retake them because those are better. 7. Cutting Everything That Doesn't Matter: I wrote the script for the first 30 seconds, and honestly, if I listen to it again. So but I got to trip up my sleeve. Only the best actually compact handheld in the market. I don't have anything bigger because no one wants half of their backpack to be occupied by it. This line of I don't have anything bigger because, blah, blah, blah, I think it's just too much. It adds nothing to the video. And already in the next line being foldable, I don't even need a case for it. It already tells the advantage of having a clamshelled handheld. So I think I'm going to remove this line completely. And this happens a lot, especially when I plan, when I talk in front of the camera like this. Everything that I say, not 100% is really useful. Sometimes I might repeat some things or when I'm writing on the keyboard, it sounds better when you're reading it. But when they're actually listening to it, you kind of start to realize, maybe this part of information is too much. I tend to blab a lot so that I make sure everything is talked through even with pauses and stuff like that, because I know in the edit I can manipulate it in a that makes it seem like, you know, I'm speaking super fluently, which is really not the case for me or anyone. Trust me, and I've been doing this for a lot of years. It's normal for every person I've been editing it and including myself. Also, again, it has recently been prohibited to use a power bank inside an airplane. I know I'm going to say this afterwards. I'm also going to remove this to make it snappier. So it goes from being foldable, I don't even need a case for it. So how will the Being foldable? I don't even need a case for it. Okay? That's fair. And then so how will I'll go immediately instead of saying, Oh, because of this, so how will it manage to, you know, the battery life? These are questions that provoke some sort of curiosity, and having the other lines just slows down. I'm very rigorous right now in the first 30 seconds because it is the introduction of the video. It has the hook. It has the setup. You're just learning about this adventure. You really want to make sure it's snappy to the point. You're not lingering around too much. 8. The Best Edits Are Invisible: I think the rest is fine. It can stay there. But the music, of course, has not stopped with this device. And I don't like that because it is the end of the intro. You see here around the 30 minute mark. In my case, I like to make it about 30 seconds. What I will do, I will go. I'll mute this track first so you don't hear myself. And let's listen to the music. One, two, three, one, two, three, four, one. Okay. Two, three, four, one. This is the base. Okay. So I'm going to go here and also count the beats again. Two, three. One. This is the one. Okay, here, and I will delete this. I will merge these two together. And let's listen to it. One, two, three, four, one. This is where I cut. And then I'm going to just delete that and make it shorter. Okay, so basically, this trick, I manipulated the soundtracks so that it made the music short and it ends at the perfect moment. You notice this for really good editors. It is always there for a reason. You never want the music to be a background sound. You want the music to be dynamic. You want it to elevate the story and finish at the right time. That's why all of these tricks are really important. The sad thing about this is that you put so much effort and work into, you know, making this perfect. But in reality, the best editing is the one you actually don't notice. If I didn't do all of these tricks, and the music would just continue, you notice because, like, Oh, is this finishing or like, is the intro finishing and the music is continuing? That doesn't make sense. By making these smart cuts, you don't even notice. It's like the music seemingly just does it, does what I want. It finishes at the right point. So right now, it would listen a bit like this. Shanghai. It's an overnight flight. Will I ever sleep? But most important, how fast will this flight pass with this device? That's a perfect transition. Of course, the music's a bit too loud, but it's the perfect transition to signify. Oh, you know, this is the introduction. Let's start with the adventure. And I think it fits perfectly the mood of the video and what I'm talking about, and also the timing. When I say, the best edits are the ones you don't really notice, it's because of this. A lot of the work goes unnoticed because everything has to fit perfectly, and it makes it so satisfying when you're watching. Also remember in the beginning of this class, I said, the software doesn't really matter because all you're doing essentially, like 99% is smart cuts and maybe some fades. When I mean, fades is like fade to black or the sound fading, so it doesn't abruptly stop. Basically, all of the editing is just smartly fades and cuts, mostly cuts. And this is what I mean because you're counting the music, you're seeing where it lands, especially here for the first 30 seconds, which is the most important part. This is where you have to make sure it's actually correct. I remember when I first started learning this, it felt like they were putting way more effort than they actually needed to. And if that's what you're thinking about this, that might be true because you're not used to it. For me, when I'm editing, this stuff comes more automatically with training. I know where to cut more efficiently. Of course, right now, I'm explaining every step. But when you're editing, the first time you made your song finish at the right time, you're really proud of it and you're like, Wow, look at this. Look at this. Meanwhile, when viewers are watching it, they don't really notice it, but trust me, it is what makes good editing. You know, you do these reps, and it becomes second nature. You don't really think that this is too much work because this is your standard. I hope you're learning a few tricks here and there because this is what elevates your video. And I hope you're starting to feel the benefits of this class by seeing another editor edit so that you learn this trick here and there, so that you elevate your video. You elevate your potential because you know what's good, what's not good. So from now on, you already know that the music, you feel the music and you kind of manipulate it in some ways that it ends perfectly. Otherwise, if it wasn't for this, you just go edit and maybe put some background music and not think too much about it and think, Wow, that is so much work. I put music and stuff, but there's so much more that goes along with it. And I hope you're learning so much with it. So let's continue. 9. Perfecting the First 30 Seconds: So right now, I just made a few adjustments of the tining of the voices because I've noticed between each line, you see this rectangle, this rectangle. It was a long I mean, a longer pause that wasn't necessary. So how will the Thor manage battery from Munich to Shanghai? So visually, I want to continue through the story. You see that I'm sitting here at the airport. I show the console here, the Thor, and I want to further push this. If I show random clips here and there, it might look a bit weird. So I want to connect these clips together. I do notice that I'm wanting to push the story further. Maybe I want to show the Thor on the next occasion. So, for example, here, I remember I was filming with the small camera on my chest here in the beginning. Yeah, there you go. There you go. Great shot. And now I want the next shot to be inside the airplane. Here, that's a great shot. Battery from Munich to Shanghai. It's a Mm. This is a small detail, but you see the jump of my arm. I'm holding it first with my right arm, and then in this shot right here, I'm holding it with my left like this and my cameras on my right arm. But that case, I guess I was rushing and I did it the opposite. You don't see much text. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to just flip it horizontally, which basically it's basic three D. You just serval 180. That's basically what it does. I don't even need a case for it. So how will the Thor manage batter? Oh, God. But the buttons are the opposite way now. Three. From Munich. Mmm. It looks odd. I forgot about the buttons. Oh, I don't like that. You know, it's a small detail, but I'm just gonna have to roll with it without correcting. So you see this jitter again? Eunich to Shanghai. Hi. I'm gonna do the warp stabilizer, and maybe the music slightly lower, L -24 decibels. Like this, like this, like this, like this. Let's see. Is arm not great. But I got to trip up my sleeve. Only the best actually compact handheld in the market. Being foldable, I don't even need. Basically, what I did here, I noticed that the music was a little bit chaotic because it was taking away. It was distracting to what I was actually saying. It was, you know, combating against each other. Let's just listen to the drums. This has to be there. And the bass also complements it very well. If I listen to that with my voiceover, but I got to trip up my sleeve. Only the It feels a little empty in the beginning. So that's why I added the instrumentals on top, I got to trip up my sleeve. Whoop pop pop pop, pop poop. But I got to trip up my sleeve. Only the best actually compact handheld in the market. Being foldable, I don't even need a case. Like, B and then I stop, and I cut there because I just continue explaining other things. But as the music was going on, it was distracting a little too much, so I removed it. So how will the Thorp? So now you only hear the drums and the bass. Manage battery from Munich to Shanghai. The focus is more on actually the video. It's an overnight flight. Will I ever sleep? But most importantly, how fast will this flight pass with this device? I continue saying it's an overnight flight, and I already progressed before the Thor being in an airport, in the corridor and then inside the plane. So maybe I can just show some random clips. I want to return back to that shot at the end where I show the Thor right there. A night flight, will I ever sleep? But most importantly, how fast will this flight pass with this device? Oh, I like the timing. Oh, I like that. I actually like that. I have to use this shot. But I do something. It's more enticing when you're doing something in the camera, so I'm opening it up and I show it, and then I point it just at the right spot. Importantly. How fast will this flight pass with this device? I remember I shot this at the airport, and I remember saying to the camera a few opinions. So using this shot will be a perfect transition to me talking to the camera because I'm at exactly the same spot. I still have to do a few things for the first 30 seconds before I actually finish it off, but I just wanted to show you and remind myself which shot I actually wanted to put where I'm talking to the camera. Yeah, here. So I'm basically talking to the camera because this is where the adventure begins. The first 30 seconds were, like, a hook and a setup, but I wanted to start at this point because this is where I speak about my fears or how I think it's going to go. You see how from one clip to the other, it becomes too abrupt, nothing in a like the background sound. So what I'm going to do is extending a little bit. I'm going to right click Apply default transition, which basically all it does, it smooths over. Like you hear nothing, and then you start hearing. To make the transition even better, remember, all cuts and fades. All I'm going to do is cut this part out and start the talking a little bit earlier, so like this. So I start talking already from this clip, the audio, but you don't see the clip, and then it cuts to the clip, it makes it smoother. This is something I do a lot. The best edits are the ones that people don't notice because you wouldn't really think about this. It's just a smooth transition. But it's just smart cuts and fades. Basically, that's 10. Adding the Finishing Touches: Because it's the first 30 seconds. I want to add also text because text makes it a bit more interactive, a bit more snappy, easier to understand. It is a lot of work, yes, but it is great to use in the beginning, since it hooks the viewer into watching the video. It's effort that I think it's well worth it. Long plane rides are pouring. You're crammed in a small space. Hmm. I could put text here, but I do like that the movement is from right to left. So this part is strictly not necessary. I'm going to tell you right off the bat. I'm just going to use my skill set since I already have it to use Adobe After effects because all I'm doing in Adobe After effects is tracking the text. The viewer watches is like, Wow, that's a cool shot because that's exactly the first thing he sees. A bit of time has passed, and I added a few effects here and there, and I'll explain them. It was quite some work, for example, here in the beginning, you see here the rotoscoping. Basically I took this layer and tracked it and put it on top of the text so you don't see what's behind it. And also, I tracked the text so it would move along with me. If you're interested, this is on after effect. You have to follow up movement and rotoscoping. These are the two things. If you want to do the same thing, you can learn in case you're wondering, long plane rides are Boring. You're cramped in a small space and you cannot properly sleep. And you're supposed to be entertained by the screen in front of you for 12 hours straight. And the games are not great. But I got to trip up my sleep. Only the best oh, and this is already some real I already had of the AIN Thor. I filmed it a few months ago on a table, all sorts of movements here and there, close ups, wide shots, everything. And sometimes I like to use it to properly show the product. Only the best actually compact handheld in the market. Being foldable, I don't even need a case for it. So how will the Thor manage battery from Munich to Shanghai? All of this animation here is easily made with a plugin. For Adobe premiere, you have Mr. Horse. I just use this preset here. It goes left, and then the shapes, you have the arrow. You simply click and drat and you addit the values or text. For Da Vinci, I'm not really sure because it doesn't exist, but I'm sure there's plug ins that do the same. This just makes it possible so you don't have to animate all the time. It cuts away so much more of your time. So you see much better. Munich and then Shanghai and then an arrow. From Munich to Shanghai, it's an overnight flight. Will I ever sleep? This is just text really in the middle. Nothing too special. By the way, if you're wondering, I'm using Helvetica bold in white. But most importantly, how fast will this flight pass with this device? There's a few questions I have for this flight using the AY and T. While I was reviewing the first 30 seconds, I thought it could benefit with a few sound effects. I usually use shutter, camera shutter sound effects, and a few wishes. Like, Ooh. And you'll see here. Because the first shots were a bit abrupt, I thought it'd be better to use a sound effect to soften it up, to make it more, you know, a little bit of a transition. You're crammed in a small space and you cannot properly sleep. And you're supposed to be entertained by the screen in front of you for 12 hours straight. And the games are and then when I show the shots at the AYNThor, I added a little whoosh. You see here, it's the woosh here. This is the woosh. Only the best actually. And then a camera shutter. I used a little bit, like a fade transition, so it's not a Wooh. It's like a whoosh. Only the best actually At the start and at the end. So it goes seamlessly as I open it. It makes it a little bit more dramatic. It's not really necessary, but it's there. Only the best actually compact handheld in the market. Being foldable, I don't even need a case for it. So how will the Thor manage battery from Munich to Shanghai? It's an overnight flight. Will I ever sleep? But most importantly. And I added the shutter there Will I ever sleep? If it's such a big jump in image, like, from bright to dark, I usually like to put a sound effect of a camera. Be a camera it's snappy. And this concludes the first 30 seconds of the video, basically, the hook and a little bit of the setup. So you get an idea of what this video is going to be about. Here, I try and demonstrate the best skills I have. They are in the beginning because this is basically where everyone's going to see it. By the middle of the video, already a big chunk of people have left, and that's just normal for every video. So that's why you want to put your best efforts, your best shots, your best animations, anything you want to do, and the music having to match perfectly, ending perfectly, having the same emotions. So it elevates this whole snappy intro. Of course, this one's snappy, but it doesn't need to be. So that the viewer looks and thinks, mm, this is a good video. I'm going to take a look at this one. There are really no big rules. It is a thing of feeling sometimes. I hope you got to learn step by step how I did things to create a really wonderful result like this to the beginning of this video. 11. Using B-Roll to Keep Viewers Engaged: Now that we finished the first 30 seconds, we are starting the video off at the airport. And basically, what I'm going to show you is I'm going to skip the boring parts where just cut me, you know, talking. And that's just like that's just easy work. Leave the parts where I think about the mentality of the video, the storytelling, the actual important parts for the editing here so you can learn with it. You know, I start to talk about the Thor in the airport, so I decided to pick something, you know, sneaky and curious. It's like, Oh, what's going to happen? So the song that I chose sound like this. I thought this would feel appropriate. So I decided to leave this first sentence without the song. There's a few questions I have for this flight using the AYN C. And when I start asking these questions, then I start with the song. There are new rules for airplanes where you cannot use a power bank in flight. So I thought maybe they have, like, you know, those USBC cables where you can connect. But how much power do they actually have? It's just a clip of me talking to the camera. And it extends for a bit too long. That's why we always use Bro. Burrol meaning just other shots on top of it. So it cuts to something else and keeps the viewer a bit more engaged. In this case, I'm talking about Burrus for airplanes where you cannot use a Power bank in flight. So the power bank, something in flight. This is a shot of a previous video I have, or I just have the Power bank and the Thor. Planes where you cannot use a Power bank in flight. So I thought maybe they have, like, you know, those USB. By having a little clip to cut to, you see this jump from here to here. Fine. So I thought maybe it's fine. It's small, but sometimes with a little roll, if I interlace this on top, you don't notice this cut anymore. So, you look this. Were you cannot use a Power bank in flight. So I thought maybe they have, like, you know, those USBC cables where you can connect. But how much power do they actually have? That's how you use roll to not only have the same shot being a little bit too boring, it is also there to hide some of the, you know, those cuts because when I talk to the camera, I'm not really talking super fluently. Sometimes I stop and think. There are new rules for airplanes where you cannot use a Power bank in flight. So for long So so maybe I thought, you know, they have but I just keep yapping to the camera because I know in the edit, I can just cut. Use a little bit of B roll on top of it, and then make it seem like I'm just talking so smoothly because we're trying to hide these imperfections. The best edits are the ones you don't really notice from here. But how much power do they actually have? From how much power do they actually have? I feel like it's telling a bit the story, so I can already put it on top the next clip where I'm in the airplane. I just want to push the story further. Just a small detail here. I cut here to where the music kind of, like, stops. That's where you can connect? Bum, bum, bum, bum. And this bum, I cut to the next scene. Connect. But how much power do they actually have? And because I want the sound, I will fade it so it doesn't sound too abrupt. How much power do they actually have? And you notice this one here? They have. It just stops abruptly. I'm gonna extend it a little bit and also fade it out. So it's smooth or out. So everything smooths in and out. You don't want the sound to just cut abruptly and you get distracted by it. How much power do they actually have?qke. And then I'm going to cut to the music now to the next main beat. Basically, the song is here. Sometimes I can manipulate the song. But sometimes the song manipulates a bit of me, you know, how the editing goes, the pacing. That's why it's when you're choosing a song, you're also thinking about the pacing of the video. And in this case, I'm cutting it to the beat and it's controlling me in this case. I like how it starts from here when I'm talking the part of the song, so I'm going to cut this to the same beat and then join them together. Let them. Let's analyze the competition. You got great movies prepared for you, but because it's just another part of the song, it sounds different. It also we're transitioning to another part of me just showing something different. And I just wanted to move the song a little bit faster. So it's here, it's a little bit, you know, relaxing. Bam. Let's analyze. That's competition. For you, but the games, there are no other words for it. It's bad. I feel like I'm here. There are no more words for it. I'm kind of extending it too much. It's a little long. So I think when I say it's bad, I feel like I'm stalling the story a little bit, so I should I'm thinking about it, too. Usually, when I have doubts like this, I go a little bit behind and have the overall view of the video. This flight pass with this device. There's a few questions I have for this flight, using the AYMTOR. There are new rules for airplanes where you cannot use a power bank in flight. So I thought maybe they have, like, you know, those USBC cables where you can connect. But how much power do they actually have? I think it's a great transition for me talking to pushing the story forward of me putting the bag already inside the airplane. I quite okay. Let's analyze the competition. You got great movies prepared for you, but the games? Yeah, there are no other words for it. It's bad. Okay, actually, I do like the timing. It's not too long. Sometimes when I'm editing, I feel like I edit a bit too fast. So I like all of those aspects. So I'm going to keep the video like this. I like the timing, pacing. The song is actually really good. When I say bad, I'm just gonna cut to something else because it's such, like, a strong, a hard cut. I'm just gonna stop the music, too. That's the plan. So I showed the games and stuff. Now I want to show the plane. And there is where the timer, the 12 hour timer kind of starts the competition. You got great movies prepared for you, but the games Yeah, there are no other words for it. It's bad. All the wooshs, the camera shutters, they come from epidemic sounds here, the sound effects tab. I just think it's much easier to find sound effects in Epidemic Sound because you just write it. There are so many, and you don't need to worry about the copyright. So you see already what I wrote, correct sound like Ting or Casino UI, Wheel of Fortune price wheel I wanted, like the or washing dishes, door open door open door close is very common. Money, something like this. But in this case, I want That's it. This is the beep. Can you hear this? This is the first beep is very common. 12 hours left. So while this beep goes, I need a text. I officially have 12 hours left. So this is basically the next 30 seconds of the video. Still very crucial. This is a really good place now to start to find another song, maybe a little more introductory song, like a beats you know, starting up this adventure because I'm actually starting it. I just need to find it. But I'm going to see you in the next class when I have figured that stuff out, and then I'll explain to you. See you there. 12. Music Timing & Advanced Editing Techniques: Alright, so we're back into this. We're in minute one, and I found a really cool song that, you know, starts the beat off, like the start of an adventure. And it picks up. Alright. I officially have 12 hours left. When I say left, that's when the song starts. I feel like that's just by feeling, you know, my heart tells me that's the time to start the song. So at the end, the whole thing sounds like this. It's bad. I officially have 12 hours left. I think that's a good start. I control the music by choosing it, the tempo, and I think it matches, you know, the vibe perfectly. But now the music controls me with its tempo, because it's so like Tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, too. Okay? So I feel like the first three beats are good left. But I'm going to cut to the beat one, two, three, and then cut here, put a little shorter because I want this to transition to something else. Otherwise, it's just tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, tune, tune. But I want it to, you know, progress. So let's continue. Let's hear. 12 hours left. Three. Four. They have all the games from A consoles available. Three. Four. Just like the eight hour. I like this. I like this a lot. These are the moments that, I'm like, Oh, that's so great. For the music manipulation tricks, this is a a main technique I use. So this is a detail I'm just going to do because you see I'm holding it like this. I'm holding the same object approximately the same distance. Train ride. I'm going to do something that's called a match cut. As you see, when I cut to the other one, it changes position a little bit. All I'm going to do is match them. And I don't like that this is not centered, so I will try and zoom in a little bit, so I can center it without showing any black bars. It's just when you do it, it is a very satisfying cut. Okay, that's almost there. Just like the eight hour train ride. I prep Oh, that's really good. Train ride. I prepared. This is a match cut. You have something in the middle. The viewers' eyes are already in the middle. They understand what's around it. But in the middle, that's where the focus is. And by match cutting this with the next shot, you see the fingers a little different, but the thor is more or less the same. Oh, that's satisfying. Which I will reveal to you later. We're flying really late at night. I'm starting to. I feel like I need a talking shot. I'm talking too much in the voiceover right now. Sometimes I have this feeling of, like, I need something more raw, something at the moment. Let's see if I have something like that. 90 minutes. I'm not sure what to do because I don't feel sleepy right now. Oh, that's good. That's good. See? Because the video is about, like, experiencing something. I have to from time to time remind myself just talk to the camera. It doesn't matter what shot, how good or bad it looks. Even if it looks bad, I can always put something on top, like a bul, something different. Because these are actually the real moments that are worth putting in the videos. No matter how, you know, how much I don't feel like filming or talking to the camera, it is always worth it, yapping to it. Just like the eight hour train ride, I prepared even more, which I will reveal to you later. I don't feel sleepy, but I should be sleeping because of jetlag, I guess I'll play for a while. Then maybe I'll try and take a nap. That's the plan. To start off this journey I personally like this style of video where you have a voiceover because the voiceover signify that it's more organized. But also you include these moments. There's a mixture of me talking directly to the camera, which feels more raw. It feels more sincere to what my feelings are at the moment, because there's a difference between me saying in the voiceover in the microphone, Oh, I was feeling very tired or me in the camera, saying, Oh, I feel really tired. There's a difference. I think this is, again, a good point to stop. I'll continue a little, and then I'll explain because it's just the basic stuff like Burl, a few cuts here and there. And once I find something that is interesting, yeah, I'll see you in the next class. 13. Removing Redundancy for a Better Story: It's been a few hours now that I've been editing. It's been great fun so far. It's been a lot of, like, trying to figure out how the story goes here and there, but to make it a little bit more compact, I wanted to explain this to you. In the voiceover, I wrote a lot of unnecessary things. That's probably because I wrote the script a few weeks after I filmed it, so I kind of forgot what I said. Or a lot of what I show kind of coincided with what I said and the voiceover, and it was just repeating stuff over again. All I did was I marked it as brown and let's just hear it. So hopefully, if I can sleep, then I'll play a little bit, then sleep, and then play the rest. It's like teleporting, right? I didn't like the joke of the teleporting and also the whole, like, sleep here or not. I kind of showed in the video, so it was not really necessary. What about this line? Power banks have recently been banned to use in flight. You can bring them, but just not use them. Ah, this line about the Power Bank, I already said it even before the flight while I was in the airport, so scrapped realized that maybe I could charge it in the middle of the flight. You see, they have USBA or Yeah, all of this, you know, I explained it. You can see the power levels. It's on zero because Yeah, all of this I showed, so it's unnecessary. Heavy games, it doesn't, whatever. I'm going to be honest. I'm a bit nervous because I'm not particularly able to sleep that well in an airplane anyway, so we'll see. This line, I didn't really say it, but it's more I thought it just prolonged the video too much. I thought it was just a bit boring. After the meal, they kind of dimmed the lights, so it was sleeping time. Oh, about the dimming the lights, I have a shot where the lights are dimmed, so no point to this. And as soon as I felt pretty sleepy, I put my eye mask and tried. Yeah, I didn't like how I actually said it. I didn't feel like that exciting. Not really necessary. All of these are trash. I showed you, and now we can resume. 14. When in Doubt, Take a Break: Sometimes when you're doing a project and you don't really have the overview, I sometimes do like to watch the video from the beginning so I can if it's not too rushed or not too slow, be careful. This might waste a lot of time if you do it too much. Long plane rides are pouring. You're cramped in a small space and you cannot properly sleep. And you're supposed to be entertained by the screen in front of you for 12 hours straight. And the games are not great. But I got a trip up my sleep. Only the best actually compact handheld in the market. Being foldable, I don't even need a case for it. So how will the Thor manage battery from Munich to Shanghai? It's an overnight flight. Will I ever sleep? But most importantly, how fast will this flight pass with this device? There's a few questions I have. Like the intro. I really like the intro. It's very snappy. I like the gestures, the timing, the music. Very good. This flight using the AYNThO. There are new rules for airplanes where you cannot use a power bank in flight. So I thought maybe they have, like, you know, those USBC cables where you can connect. But how much power do they actually have?qukay. Let's analyze the competition. You got great movies prepared for you, but the games? Yeah, there are no other words for it. It's bad. I officially have 12 hours left. I have all the games from all consoles available. Just like eight hour train ride, I prepared even more, which I will reveal to you later. I don't feel sleepy, but I should be sleeping because of jet leg, I guess I'll play for a while. Then maybe I'll try and take a nap. That's the plan. But to start off this journey from? I just wish, you know, it's a shame. It was a challenge also because you're filming in an airplane. It's quite loud, so you got to do the best you can, especially if you have an external camera, then you can speak quite close to it and have more control of it. That's why I was speaking oftentimes very close to the camera itself. My face was occupying most of the screen because I didn't have this external microphone. But regardless, I would still have to use subtitles because I just want to make sure that people hear exactly what I'm trying to talk. Uh, if it's kind of muffled and you're not really understanding chances are, you're not really gonna give this video a chance. Consoles to play. I decided on the Playstation, two. More specifically, SSXOTur. But before I got to sleep, they serve dinner. I over prepared so much that I didn't even need to watch anything on the screen in front. I downloaded some videos, so that's what I'm going to watch. Being so compact, it fit right next to my meal. By the way, between all of these, like, sound tracks here, you see these ones. They have fades in between. Adobe Premiere has this thing where you right click and apply default transition, and it fades one between the other. It's basically what this is. This goes down while this goes up. If you merge together, it's just the same thing. Anything on the screen in front. I do. Even this one, especially because this one has a louder sound because I'm actually talking. I decided to fade. Io, so that's what I'm doing Roger. Being so compact, it fit right next to my meal. The meal itself was alright. I like the shrimp. The rice was too sticky, but nothing to complain about. I have the cable here. 15. My Biggest Editing Regret: One thing I regret not doing more, and in future projects, I'll definitely do is film more Broll roll. Roll is basically clips you can use while you're talking and other thing. It's best to vary the shots. You have all sorts of shots. You have wide shots where you can see everything. You have medium shots, it's kind of like this? You know, I'm talking to the camera. And close ups where I show something in detail. And while editing, it's great to use all these kinds of shots because it gives this feeling of being more dynamic. It feels more interactive. You're showing exactly what the viewer wants to show because the thing is like this, you're watching a video. You're being forced to watch what I want you to watch. If you're in a theater, for example, you can watch any character you want. Your eyeball can focus on whoever you want. But because the video it's just too dimensional. And just on the screen, me as the editor, I have to predict what you want to watch. And if it's just a clip of me talking to the camera, kind of like this, without anything on top, it becomes a bit too boring. So that's why having this variations of the type of shots and trying to show exactly what you're talking about makes it for a better video. That's one of the challenges of video, opposed to like a show. And you see this common theme of the time going down is basically the string line that connects the whole story. It didn't need to be there, but having it there just makes the story a bit more coherent. And also hear the music, we see that there's the bass, specifically, SSX on tour. And then when it changes to something else and I want to start transitioning to something, I took out the bass and just have the drums and the instruments, and it sounds more simple. But before I got to sleep, they serve dinner. And because it was already so simple and it's the great thing about Epidemic Sound. You have all of these tracks. You can simplify it slowly one by one, and all of a sudden, just having the drums, it's really easy to cut and modify the music. Dinner. I overprepared so much, and it kind of stops at the point I want. I have the cable here. Let's see how much it charges. Oh, wow. It's actually charging quite a lot. I've tested several games, and the heaviest games they use about This is just me talking with some bureau and some titles. Nothing too special. I thought it was best to show this because, you know, it's the gaming channel. I have to give some details about the power was. And it's charging more than that. I don't need a power bank. I don't need a power bank. I can just play my games forever. That's really good. All of a sudden, here you see this B roll of just, you know, the plane that night. So I wanted the song that was kind of, like, chill, relaxed, you know, gave this vibe of, like, sleepiness, because that's what I was actually feeling at the time. I was feeling sleepy, but I decided to do my night routine of just watching YouTube videos until I felt sleepy. I really like the song. It's so I really complements very well the video and the Bod at the time. I didn't really sleep much. It's like a wave. Sometimes I feel nice, and then I feel like, Oh, God. I go back to another game, Tony Hawks Underground. It's like a wave. Sometimes I feel nice, and then I feel sleepy. That's why I have to compensate it with B roll that I fill. Yeah, like, Oh, God. I go back to 'cause no one wants to watch my neck. Another game, Tony Hawks Underground. I play. It's fun. And then it's like, Oh. So I'm in this loop. Somehow I ended up in the toilet, talking to my camera. That's what I'm doing. I need to add the subtitles, of course, but we're at this point. I think this concludes a big chunk. I'm going to finish off the video and then explain it because I'm really close at the end. And with that said, I'll see you in the last part. See you there. 16. The Power of a Great Story: So, welcome to the last part of the class. This is where I finished basically the rest of the editing because the story from here it was pretty obvious. It's just finishing off the time, what happened. And then a little reflection at the end, which I did as a voiceover, because I thought it would be more profound having thought through it a little after. Having my partner also awake, we decided to play a few multiplayer games. It could have brought two control. And for the last song of my choice, I decided to have something slightly sentimental, slightly calm, but I knew I was going to have a reflection. I wanted something more sentimental because of it. So it would elevate the feelings and make it feel deeper. Bowlers, but I decided to only bring one because she could play on the Thor itself, and eye on the controller while looking at the Thor. And that was great fun. I like how versatile this can be. The train ride, I was alone, but this time, it was great fun. I remember being a kid on long flights, playing on my DS for hours and still ending up bored. Back then, it felt impossible to bring games I actually wanted to play. That's why devices like this feel really special to me. For the first time, I can take those kind of games anywhere. Did I get bored on this 12 hour flight? Of course, sometimes, but nowhere near as much as I used. I went from feeling limited by the games I had to having so many options that sometimes the hardest part is deciding what to play or what movie or video to watch next. Out of everything I've tested so far, this tiny foldable handheld has been my favorite travel companion. It's hard to believe that something dismal can do so much. For it to complete the story, I feel like we always have to have a conclusion, which was basically, Yeah, we made it. We made it to Shanghai. No problems. And, of course, the reflection. How was it? What did I think it was to really put, like, a final dot to it. Without it, people will kind of always remember how you end things. So I put a lot of emphasis on how I actually end the story. This is something I heard from my piano teacher. If you're gonna make a mistake, make sure you train a lot the ending because if you make a mistake at the ending, that's when it's really bad because you got no recovery from it. That's why in my mind, I guess I was programmed to always make sure that the story ends in a satisfying way. If it ends on a cliffhanger, well, that is if you made it into a series, then maybe that's beneficial. But for a small YouTube video, a small story you want to share, a small adventure, the best story you want to tell always has to end in a satisfying way. And I think this one just hit all the points. A few notes to the Bureau. It was nothing too special, you know, I had a voiceover, and all I had to do. The challenge was to just put roll at the end. And I had the choice of putting some roll of my childhood here or there. But also from bits to bits, add a little bit of B roll from the ending where I actually land. So, in a way, I'm talking and being reflective about my adventure, but also progressing the story into what happens at the end. Footage of the DS, the Thor here, playing games. But then also have decided to put the footage, you know, of basically us landing. Sometimes that. And then at the end here, where basically the wheels touch the ground and at zero, it's finished. Everything I've tested so far. This tiny foldable handheld has been my favorite travel and, of course, us getting out. So, in a way, the B roll is also it's not just random clips because I feel like random clips doesn't look too good, but having a coherent story makes it just more satisfying companion. And at the end took the shot of me going to Shanghai with a train and the thorf there. Believe that something dismal can do so much. So that concludes the video. That was Woah. A lot of work. There was a lot of time just for, you know, 5 minutes of video. But I had a blast. Think of it like this. Someone comes from vacation and they show their phone with the photos, and it's kind of like a slideshow, and you're kind of bored, but you don't really admit it. This is kind of the same thing. I have all of these clips. And if I were to just imagine you're my friend. You're here. You're sitting next to me and I'm like, Well, look at this adventure. And look, I show you the clips individually here and look it was like 9 hours left and stuff like that. And look at me eating while watching YouTube, it doesn't sound so appealing, right? You're kind of forced to watch it. But with the power of editing and putting all of these efforts, all of these like well thought cuts, every cut here has a thought. The subtitles are there to make it more clear. The shots, the music, look how much audio I have here because of all the tracks and shortening the music, so it ends at the perfect moment. So it's like really satisfying. Even if you were a friend or a stranger, is that they're watching and it feels like a tiny movie. That they're entertained and they have feelings, and they're like, Wow, okay. And their opinions change about, I don't know, the console or something like that. That's the power of editing and telling a story. A well told story has the power to move people. And that's what I love so much about this. Not to make a slideshow, a boring slide show, but something that's really enticing and that people would like to watch. And with that said, I'll see you at the last one.