Reviewing Your Edit

We finished our rough

Cut of the edit And the next step is

to make a more presentable version of the video.

So before we do that, what I'd like to do is quickly review

where we're at and some of the things that we're gonna look

for to add to the video

and to remove from the video to improve it

before we come up with our final delivery.

Now, depending on the size of the video

and the editor that you're talking to, this stage

of the cut will be tagged different things.

Some people will call it the rough cut,

some people will call it, uh, an assembly cut.

Some people will just even call it the selects of your edit.

And typically the first pass is the least fun part

of the editing process.

But we've done it and now we have our working cut.

So what I'd like to do is talk through a couple things.

One of the first things that I like to try

to keep in mind is the total length of the video as is.

So up in the top left corner

by our preview window here is the timestamp

of the total timeline length.

So right now we're about 57 seconds,

which is a little under a minute,

which I think is great for this project.

Next thing that I'm gonna do is play the video from

beginning to end so that we continue to familiarize ourself

with the footage and the direction that we're going in,

and then we can talk through what we're gonna need

to add into the video.

Alright, let's go ahead

and play from the beginning. Well, hello

Crew. Let's talk about

some editing mistakes

that a lot of beginners make.

Hey, let's talk about some editing mistakes

that a lot of beginners make.

Ah, that's right. We've got more than one take here.

Now, there are a few different ways to handle multiple takes

and this becomes more

of a pressing issue later down the road if you're working on

a film set that has 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 different takes.

But for us, we just need to pick between the two.

So I don't think there's a wrong or right answer here,

but what I would like you to do is pick one

that you feel like is a stronger version

of that opening sentence.

Well, hello crew.

Let's talk about some editing mistakes

that a lot of beginners make.

Hey, let's talk about some editing mistakes

that a lot of the beginners make.

I think I personally like the second take

because it's saying the same thing in less words,

and we get into the rest of the video a little bit faster.

So what I'm gonna do is select our first take

and hit F triple delete.

Now again, let's play this video from beginning to end. Hey,

Let's talk about some editing mistakes

that a lot of the beginners make.

So a mistake that a lot of beginning editors make is

that they focus on the spectacle

of the edit over the story of the edit.

When we're talking about what really matters the most,

at the end of the day, it's the message being told

In the video, Not what kind of effects you can include.

Something else a lot of beginning editors are uncomfortable

with is cutting naturally.

Something else a lot

of beginning editors do often is the overuse

of prebuilt in transitions until you're more

Comfortable. Okay,

and see, this is why we play our video from beginning

to end because it looks like in the selection process,

I didn't catch this duplicate take of me saying something

that doesn't transition well into the rest

of the video, right?

So if we play this section again,

Something else a lot

of beginning editors are uncomfortable

with is cutting naturally

Something else, a lot

of beginning editors do opt-in is the overuse

of prebuilt in transitions.

So what we can do is get rid of this unneeded segment.

Let's go ahead and start playing all the way through.

Again, it's the message being told in the video.

Now what kind of effects you can include.

Something else, a lot

of beginning editors do opt-in is the overuse

of prebuilt in transitions.

Until you're more comfortable with

how you should edit a video,

I'd avoid using some of those presets.

And one of the last things I wanna talk about is focusing on

the audio of the video.

The audio of the video accounts for 50% of the final edit,

so you should spend just as much time working

with your audio as you do working with the video.

Hope this helps and excited to talk more about editing.

Perfect. And so now we have one

cohesive message throughout the now 46 seconds of video.

As editors, what are some things

that we should start being conscious of now?

Well, for one, we need

to start thinking about the pacing of the video.

The pacing of a video is a broad stroke term for how fast

or slow does the video continue to carry out as you play it.

Are things being said quickly?

Is there time in between scenes?

Are we letting certain shots linger

for a long amount of time?

Are we cutting very quickly?

Depending on the video

or the subject matter, a certain rhythm

to the video might be more appropriate than another.

The pacing is very much so a feel thing,

and it's something that I'll try to continue

to hammer home on as we

continue to progress through the course.

The next couple things that I'm starting

to think about are a lack of audio underneath.

So there's no music. We have no sound effects to kind

of highlight certain things

and certain emotions throughout the video.

And there's also no visual references throughout the video

to highlight some of the things that are being said.

Typically, additional footage to the main footage is called

B roll, and the primary footage

that is driving the video forward is the A roll.

So what we've done is come up with a cut of our A roll,

and now we need to start thinking about is there ways

to introduce B roll to highlight some

of the things that I'm being said?

And these are the big ticket issues that we need to address.