Video Editor Reacts to Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods

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In this Video Editor Reacts, I react to Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods alongside my father who is also a video editor! During this Taylor Swift reaction, we talk about all the editing and production techniques that made Out of the Woods so amazing - all while reacting to it at the same time!

This was our first time watching and first time listening to Out of the Woods and it was such an amazing music video! It honestly blew my expectations out of the water! Taylor Swift once again didn't disappoint.

[ItsAlannaBanana]

I’m sure someone has commented this already but this was the last music video of this album and the dress she wears in this video is significant. Her next album’s first music video is Look What You Made Me Do, which you already reacted to. At the beginning of the video in the graveyard, Zombie Taylor is burying a coffin with herself in that dress, signalling her transition from Out Of The Woods to Look What You Made Me Do.

[ThatKatGuy]

This MV was a masterpiece!! Her career has insane cinematography and it's getting better and better

[vytautasp]

its the fact she was actually filming in New Zealand Queenstown mountains, and the director posted pictures of how cold and snowy it was.

[stepanova]

There is some behind the scenes footage. The wolves were real, the mountains were real. They had to get special permission to film on that particular beach for environmental reasons. Taylor commented that, despite all the snow in the video, the coldest day was when she was crawling thru the mud.

Thank you so much for breaking down the editing in this video. Fascinating!

[kevinruiz]

You have something to learn from your father, it's not just about the effects, he can really understand the meaning of the story with every shot. When he said that the transition between the forest, the fire, the snow it's how she feels about the relationship, men he was so on point. Good review.

[alexpissafromAC]

From Wikipedia

oseph Kahn directed the music video for "Out of the Woods".[59] The video's filming locations in New Zealand included Bethells Beach and the mountains of Queenstown.[60] During the filming, a severe storm struck, causing a one-week delay.[61]

Kahn said that Swift "suffered for the art"; she did not employ a double stunt and did all the action, such as crawling through the mud or running through the snow, by herself.[64] Media publications remarked on the video's visual effects and cinematic storytelling.[65][66] Amanda Bell from MTV News compared the video's cinematic quality to the Harry Potter series, and commented that the video's message "serves as a clear metaphor for her very public relationship history and how she transformed each conflict into her own personal victories, one in particular

[hanjnk]

I am a BIG swiftie and honestly, this is my favourite song of hers. The way she uses the woods as a metaphor for anxiety in a relationship is something to be congratulated. Not only that, the pace of the song and the repetition of ‘ Are we out of the woods yet?’ Implements a deep understanding of what she felt. It’s absolutely insane and the video is beyond words ♥️

[Filianyntix]

I know nothing about video editing but I really enjoyed this video! Your father is an amazing person his commentary was sooo delightful.

[karlyjones]

you should react to the behind the scenes of this music video !

[luiza]

Great reaction!! I loved your father's participation, please bring him again more often. ❤

This song is about her relationship with Harry Styles (she mentions the paper airplane necklace they wore, the bridge even talks a little about an accident they suffered together etc.) and the foxes and the trees represent the media and everyone trying to tear them apart. Her comment on the track: “It kind of conjured up all these feelings of anxiety I had in a relationship where everybody was watching, everybody was commenting on it. You’re constantly just feeling like, ‘Are we out of the woods yet? What’s the next thing gonna be? What’s the next hurdle we’re gonna have to jump over?'”

[missmaggicasares]

the end scene is literally what the end message says *she found herself* if you notice the symbolism is on the dress. the one standing has the "immaculate/new dress" and the one coming out has a torn dress, which is just saying SHE came out of the woods a changed person carrying the "trauma" of the relationship, but somehow after all that she came out on the other side, *knowing* herself a lot more and what she is capable to deal with and what she is willing to give up or not give up for someone.

[luvsweinerdogs]

Taylor didn’t use a double for any part of this video. It was filmed on location in NZ ans she did all the actions scenes herself, including walking through the snow, crawling through the mud, etc.

[sirsimonthesentry]

In her acoustic performance of this song (and a few others from 1989) for the Grammy Museum she explains the song source. She talks about the relationship being super fragile and feeling like you couldn’t count on it being there tomorrow. It is about Harry Styles (she went on a ski trip with him and they got into a snowmobile accident & he ended up in the hospital with stitches- which she references in the song).

[lizisblonde]

I love that you picked up the theme of the relationship. She wrote this song about a relationship that she was so riddled with anxiety over. That's why she keeps repeating "are we out of the woods yet?"

[nuggetdoja]

It's awesome to see her music videos through the lens of a video editor! Gives me even more appreciation for them

[booluther]

Nice hearing your dad’s opinions as well

[alcxglvr]

I take media studies in school and it’s so interesting and fun to see you react you Taylor’s music videos since i love her so much. Learning so much

[judeless]

I’ve spent time with wolves that were socialized at a sanctuary. They were very friendly and playful.

[GeehSavinon]

This is by far my favorite music video by her.
Just a little bit of context and one easter egg: if you look at exactly 3:12 in the music video, you can see an "HS" written in her arm. HS as in Harry Styles ;)

[kaitlynmatzek]

The transition from OOTW blue dress to LWYMMD blue dress Taylor is perfection ❤️
I wish you had reacted to this first, so you could have made the connection in LWYMMD lol. Her mind is always working and it's so much fun