5 MORE Editing Mistakes YouTubers Do That I Hate...

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Written by: @HHillierSmith & @shleyjwoods

I'm Hayden Hillier-Smith. On this channel I will break down what makes good editing...pulling back the curtain on how editors make the choices to keep YOU, THE, AUDIENCE engaged. This includes showcasing the creative choices I have made. I hope you can learn something new and inspire you to edit.

[paddygalloway]

Ok that intro was just ridiculously good

[Xobaer]

It really changed me🥲 I always tried to avoid coping and suffered for ideas. But from now I’ll focus on personality than ideas..

[npc-mason]

The copying part is so true, one of my favourite quotes:

“Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find yourself.” [Yohji Yamamoto]

[madebyjohnp]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE That last line... "It doesn't matter if it's been done before, because you're the one doing it." I learned that a long time ago in regards to songwriting. Every note, every melody, has already been done before. It's how you put it together that makes it unique.

[TheMambaAtlas]

Pacing in editing is so underrated bro more people need to understand how important it is

[JonDaiello]

Steal like an Artist! That's how I've gotten started. Respect your sources of course, but mimicking what you like and making it your own is a great way to build momentum. Over time it becomes more individualized with your own flare. Great video. Thanks for the advice!

[melinatravels]

May I just say that your advice is quite simply AMAZING. I just used the jump cut layering of audio tip (I hope you know what I mean) for a voice over and it sounds 10x BETTER than before. It’s the little epiphanies like this that make me want to edit more and become more passionate than I already am about making videos/stories. My most genuine thank you!! AND I love your videos!

[CHEFPKR]

I've come to realization that I know nothing about editing.

[DentalDigest]

This channel has helped so much, thanks Hayden📈📈

[ClaymationGeneration]

Great advice - love the thoughts at the end about adding your own spin to past ideas. If you truly loved a piece of content, your own unique creativity is going to come together with it to create something new x

[ZacAlsop]

Great video buddy. I was literally looking for another one of your videos to put into an editing on-boarding doc we're making for our new editor who's starting next week and I saw this one. Gonna show him both!
Zac

[brianmillerspeaks]

"It doesn't matter if it's been done before" - that is such good advice.

Seth Godin once said, "Originality is overrated. If you're on vacation and you notice an awesome coffee shop doing something no one in your town has heard of, open a coffee shop in your town doing the same thing." Otherwise you're robbing people in your town of that cool experience.

Your perspective is what makes your content original. Lean into it, hard.

[Witchbloom]

I'm new but watching and learning from your videos have been a real comfort. You go right to the point, explain things in a way that I can understand, and offer advice that anyone can do. You have inspired me to want to be a great editor and first stop is all your videos. Thank you so much for all your hard work.

[maxemumTV]

Everything you said here resonates with me, I love video editing and have really been putting in the work and pushing myself to be better each upload. So glad I found this channel and so happy to find that some of the things you talk about are things I've been doing already. I will watch every single video of yours, THANK YOU

[Martindrumev]

Watching your videos and absorbing your information feels like cheat code in real life.
Thank you!

[rpkt]

0:41 = Jump Cut
1:32 = Ensure each cut is motivated
2:55 = That ideas that excites? Do it last
3:34 = Don’t neglect finding the right song
4:18 = How to find a video Idea

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[Bcutter]

Why does he look like the flag of France

[welltravelledlife]

Everything felt so hard at first. And the more we learn, the more we want to learn. We watch videos now for how they edit, how they tell a story and how they pace things. Still learning…

[Blammerz]

"It doesn't matter if it's been done before because YOU'RE the one that's doing it...and YOU will make it unique."

That hit home for me! Thank you for this video as well as these motivating words! Much love!

[DavesGarage]

120K subs in and I just learned what a J-cut is. I had no idea, I always did the "cut as though the audio flows unchanged" approach, but will try it on my next one!