This is more something I do naturally but normally, I would pick apart every reason I liked the video, every reason I disliked the video, every reason it did well and every reason it didn’t do well: then I would take all of that and create an idea that better fits my ability and the style of content I want to make. I have came up with two great ideas by doing this. I haven’t done them yet since I have anxiety, however, if I were to do them, even if it took longer than I anticipated, they would 100% succeed
I can’t avoid copying for 100%. This is what I accept. But from now I’m going to increase the quality of my new videos with copying the best of existing content.
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.
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!
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]
I recently posted a short on the art of songwriting. Consider a musician you greatly admire. Select one of their songs and attempt to rewrite it while adhering to the original flow, rhyme scheme, and other structural elements. Emulating the work of others serves as an excellent starting point for honing your skills and achieving overall improvement. I genuinely appreciate the enthusiasm for this concept.
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 Like if you found this helpful.
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!
"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.
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
GAGAGAGAGAGAGA this is wonderful! PRANK! IT is terrible! I looked in the mirror and saw something UNPRETTY: my face. GAGAGAGAG! But I am happy agayn because I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS and I make cool YT videos with them! Good evening, love and peace, dear zac
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…
1) The Jump cut 2) Ensure each cut is motivated - the cut before must motivate the next cut. 3) the idea that excites you do it last 4) find the right music - it creates the feeling of the video 5) where to get good ideas - steal them.
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
"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!
@@Yodd But think about it... even if you copy, you can't copy it exactly. Because it's really inevitable to make our own take on things. So I think we can always create our own thing
@@daniqsaa you dont need to copy exactly to be a rip off. Just look at any travel video, any food b-roll, all of them have transitions in them, all of them have same transitions in them. I can recreate 99% of product videos shots to be almost identical. If I use it on another product does it make it ok? Am I not copy pasting some1 elses work? I would never do that, if you dont have to think about how to set up a shot or you cant explain why a certain shot is there and why it is shot exactly that way and lit exactly that way, you are copy pasting.
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!
I watched this video for 5:50 mins and at the end I taught I had spend 20mins watching it. You have a way of keeping everyone glued to the end of the video without having to tell them to. This is delivered deliberately. I Salute you Captain. Thanks for great content.
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.
I love these comments that are so clearly begging for hearts from the creator. I find it HILARIOUS that this is actually somehow important to so many of you kids.
A few things: 1. Hayden has been one of the few people who has genuinely sparked an interest of mine in filmmaking, even while watching this video I felt an urge to create. 2. When Hayden said "you-ness" I wasn't paying that much attention and thought he was saying "euness" or "unis" or some other word I didn't know the meaning of so I spent a few minutes on google trying to figure it out lol. 3. This video was great. 4. When he was announcing Nebula+ I was expecting it to cost at least $100+ dollars annually and to hear that it's less than $15 literally blew my mind. 5. Really glad you're back Hayden!
Fantastic! Thank you for this! Loved "It doesn't matter if it's been done before - because you're the one who's doing it; and you will make it unique." That's so great! I've lived under this pressure forever that I have to always create everything from scratch - that I have to invent the wheel myself every time I create something. Thank you for this freeing part of advice. I think this quote might be going up on my wall...
Your first video on this topic was SUPER helpful to me - the eye line especially. Use it constantly now and people have commented on the flow of the videos. Was gonna just give you a shout out in the Slack but stellar work nonetheless.
I cannot believe what I just watched my mind is completely blown!! The edits, the pace, the effects, everything about this video was executed to perfection! But more importantly thanks so much for inspiring me and teaching us all here to continuing pumping out quality content, be it whether it’s done before or not. Subscribed!
For 3 years now I've been trying to make science videos, lets just say, NOT tedious/boring. My content is all graphics, something that takes a considerable amount of time to accomplish, hence why you never see anything on RUclips quite like it, much less people helping or giving hints on how tome make them better, like what you are doing here. Translating the tactics of big RUclipsrs to Science has been a great challenge for me. I couldn't help but wonder what advice would you have for content like mine. I don't mean to steal your time. Don't know if you will see this comment. Just wanted to say that I enjoyed it very much, and I will study it on a daily basis from now on.
I am a fan and saw this, Ill give you my thoughts: - Your content is painfully high quality (i'll explain), when I watch, it feels the time put in for the topic is tremendous but the info is readily available for anyone who has remote interest which pokes at me because I feel I should be paying for it, not for the info but for the presentation of it. With a physics edu background everything you talk about I am aware of so I don't want to think "should I be paying for this" as your content feels just like an info box to me, it might be the cleanest I ever see on yt, super professional with a calm demeanor, but still just an info box. - I watch your vids mostly for affirmation of trendy sciences that I know can only be picked up in scientific papers so I know your opinion has some background. The prob I see is that your vids aren't humanly thought provoking to me, scientifically interesting yes, but it stops there, my interest. Return trips to your vids are minimal until I'm in the mood to stumble upon a new STEM vid. I would think that anyone with a STEM background would be interested in them for a little while, but return trips from fans come from their investment in the mind and some sort of connection to life experience. People leave your vids with mountains of respect for the quality, but don't come back because their peaked curiosity had to return to, well "their life" and STEM doesn't really connect to most ppls lives directly. - I hear your enthusiasm in your vids so I'm sure your hobbies are aligned with the topics you choose. Does that move you as a human to specific projects, thoughts, or timelines within society? Are you building a time-machine or wanting to retrofit your living space with transparent solar cells and have been waiting for the latest band gap research papers to come out? Bridge the link between STEM and the human aspect of life (whatever it is) and fans should hang on your every word simply because you gave them something sciency to think about that the human experience can directly connect to.
@@raatkin6329 i would have to disagree. I thoroughly enjoy the videos as I can quite literally feel getting smarter and my head expanding. So that in itself is for me the human experience
@@raatkin6329 This is beautiful. on that last part, could you give an example? Something that would interest you in terms of bridging the gap. what would that look like?
@@fatehw I kind of agree with him. It mainly due to chasing the algorithm. The essence of the channel got lost a long time ago, so it became a glorified news box.
OMG...do the boring parts first. LOL...I spent so much time this week on attempting a new technique that I am now behind on my launch date. I need to write this one on my computer
You ever notice how people who been successful in life are always philosophers at heart. They always gain this wisdom along their journey. Maybe that's the real gift of success, Not the money or the fame but the wisdom and life lessons. Greeting from a Humble fellow Londoner!
“Doesn’t matter done if it’s been done before, because you’re the one who’s doing it and you will make it unique”. That’s what everyone should read and acknowledge. No one can be you, get started.
Here after finishing your course. What I've been able to realize: -Everything happens in one place so I don't have to move my eyes. -Every single step is motivated towards the next one. -It has some sort of stories which add up to social proof. -You also don't have there any silences without a purpose -The music of your choice was actually perfect fit so it fit the videos emotion -You recognized where there's no need for music and need to put emphasis on the last words of your sentence to make an impact -You used B-roll that wasn't stock footage, it was actually motivated again to help tell the story better -The pacing was steady so the audience could learn -No need for fast cuts or slow cuts to emphasize emotion -And also throughout the video, the points were practical (for example for jump cut, you kept the silence in there to emphasize how much it sucks). To summarize, on the top of your triangle was mostly story while rhythm and emotion supported it I suppose. It was really good job done. Hayden how do you think an individual should find success if he shares a video with little to no animations, just gets the story right? Because I know what to prioritize but for example on X, it's just a flexing battle, look how crazy animation I can make, without it being motivated, so how do I succeed with this?
I've actually just naturally done the majority of what you talked about, once I got through the first couple vids and started to figure out the editing app that is. But it was still nice to hear someone else confirm it.
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
New to the YT journey and late to the comments party but the end section about borrowing ideas and making it your own because you are unique really spoke to my soul brother! I’m not sure it was your intention but talk about invoking emotional response. Man I almost shed a tear. The rest of the information and content was great as well. Thanks for the great videos. I really appreciate you and all your work!
"It doesn't matter if it's been done before because you're the one who's doing it and you will make it unique" I was really struck by this, thank you very much for the very motivating words.
5:37 "It doesn't matter if it's been done before because you're the one who's doing it and you will make it unique." *wow that just struck a chord with me because I want to start my own channel soon THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT ADVICE* :D
glad to have you back mate! You're videos are by far some of the best on this platform, I always walk away feeling like I've genuinely learned something
I stole an idea of a website, improved it significantly (faster loading, more features, faster progression, cheaper) and got nowhere. And it's way more popular than my videos about it. That was a waste of time, but I'll keep going.
Thank you for this! The jump cut tip was super valuable and I really appreciated the permission to find inspiration. I’ve been following travel vloggers who I enjoy more than anything on regular tv. I can’t figure out exactly but what I want to imitate is the feelings they inspire in viewers - part wonder, part peace and then sprinkle my sense of humor on top.
i dont recommend using J cuts to erase *all* the silence. quiet moments and hearing the creator breathe is important for the audience as well from time to time. if you just cut your lines all day and leave no room for a slower pace, the video could get overbearing the longer you watch. without any breaths inbetween, viewers could also subconciously forget to take breaths as well. pacing your dialogue is just as important with the use of a j cut.
Ok you're officially my favorite editor the amount of knowledge you have given us in this seven-minute video is more than my maths teacher that's been teaching me for 9 years
This was so incredibly helpful. I’ve always struggled to understand the stealing art idea. Completely makes sense to me now and is definitely going to improve my crafts.
I don't know how many of you caught all the little nuances in this to show examples of what not to do, but BAM! DUDE! What a fantastic video!! As a new youtuber, I'm analysis by paralysis is getting the best of me and this is def something I needed to watch! You have a new sub my friend!
Surprised to see Hillier used a split second of my coffee montage footage! ha, My last upload had a section completely devoted to the fact that I'm not worth my weight in being a filmmaking tutorializing RUclipsr unless I have copious amounts of coffee b roll haha, glad it was useful.
Most videos like this usually leave you with nothing useful or actionable, especially for the seasoned RUclipsr. Happy to say that this one was different. Inspiring, well crafted, and useful!
Getting back into content creation this last year, I am happy to know I was already implementing some of these strategies you should be doing, but picked up a few to add to my wheelhouse. Thanks for the great insight!
Jump cuts are not necessary. Pacing, not too fast or slow, is important. Too much "one size fits all" advice here. And not everything you copy and smear your fingerprints on will look unique. Derivative elements are one thing, and plagiarism and copyright infringement are another. Know the difference. EDIT: And just being cliche is another thing. Which is generally boring.
This has helped me a lot. For years I stopped and started with content creation because I couldn't come up with something original and I wanted to be authentic. Ideas I had come up with just seemed to be done by people when I did my research. Now I'm just going to take ideas for inspiration and do it my way. Thank you.
I'm kinda proud that I've accidentally taught myself a lot of this, but you've made the things I thought were dumb a bit better. And it's not like I'm a genius, I didn't know EVERYTHING. I'm currently editing a video that I need to finish tonight, but a couple days ago I spent an entire night just to make ONE edit that I'm likely the only person to laugh at. And music can be so hard! I've started using video game music instead of non-licensed because a RUclipsr brought up a good point for what's wrong with them. And the last song I found to use was EXTREMELY personal to me. I was smiling and flipping out because it was the last puzzle piece. Getting songs that match, AND won't get your own video hijacked by owners of the music seems like the hardest part. I saved searching for music last because #1 that makes the vanilla part of editing faster, and because #2 I needed to get my vibe right. Especially because I'm an awkward person and not even a great video essayist yet. But that's my goal, I want to do this for a living but I know this will be hard. I don't even have much of a following, but I've treated and obsessed over editing like it's a job, not noticing that I've been editing for 8+ hours. I can't imagine how hard it is to be an actual RUclipsr
This was literally the most informative video I have watched on content creation. Most are so specific on how to make a successful RUclips channel and it’s guide towards “how to” and financial. I’m in entertainment Paranormal. I have always wanted to do this for a living and saw a huge gap in great content. There are maybe a handful of great Paranormal RUclipsrs. Highly sought after content. And fast growing but not over saturated. It’s a good time to get in and your advice is invaluable to creating the kind of content I want to bring people. The kind of content I know myself and others search for.
"It doesn't matter if it's been done before, because you're the one who's doing it, and you will make it unique" ... that hit hard bro, I feel so late to the idea of streaming/video editing/gaming channel and feel like my ship has sailed many years ago but that line gave me hope that it might come back.
I have an editing class! Sign up here: hayden-hillier-smith.mykajabi.com/edit-like-an-artist
It really changed me🥲 I always tried to avoid coping and suffered for ideas. But from now I’ll focus on personality than ideas..
Me too, so it changed in a good way my perception of that and that is cool!
This is more something I do naturally but normally, I would pick apart every reason I liked the video, every reason I disliked the video, every reason it did well and every reason it didn’t do well: then I would take all of that and create an idea that better fits my ability and the style of content I want to make.
I have came up with two great ideas by doing this. I haven’t done them yet since I have anxiety, however, if I were to do them, even if it took longer than I anticipated, they would 100% succeed
I can’t avoid copying for 100%. This is what I accept. But from now I’m going to increase the quality of my new videos with copying the best of existing content.
Ok that intro was just ridiculously good
Bruh you and Hillier are the best small creators ...
@@Yng619 agreed
Another legend🔥
I know right😂😂
THE BEST CROSSOVER OF ALL TIME
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.
Sooo profound! ❤💯✔️👏👌🏽🤞🏼💪🏼
i call it "standing on the shoulders off giants"
Definitely the biggest part the resonated with me!
Pacing in editing is so underrated bro more people need to understand how important it is
Pace pace
I understand how important editing is and now I just feel like i really suck at editing after watching the videos 😂
Timing is everything when it comes to content. I learned this by doing a podcast and standup
I hear the fitness gram pacer test now :(
What's pacing though? going back and forth?
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!
jon arbuckle
This is so true. Why can’t I like it a thousand times.
Every tip shared really resonates
A wise women once said "Fake it till you make it." My essay teacher.
That books is so good, it's one I revisit a bunch when I feel down and fuzzy about art.
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]
Thats an interesting quote
I recently posted a short on the art of songwriting. Consider a musician you greatly admire. Select one of their songs and attempt to rewrite it while adhering to the original flow, rhyme scheme, and other structural elements. Emulating the work of others serves as an excellent starting point for honing your skills and achieving overall improvement. I genuinely appreciate the enthusiasm for this concept.
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
Like if you found this helpful.
Thank you, you saved my time.😄
Yes it's helpful thank you
Thank you for this! I rewatch this video from time to time so these time stamps really help!
The video is only 6 minutes long anyways
Thanks I wanted to post the same things
I've come to realization that I know nothing about editing.
Damn, get one..
Same 😂
Ive come to realization that i know how to edit but dont have a check mark
140 people agreed😆😆
@@black3ru same
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!
"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.
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
GAGAGAGAGAGAGA this is wonderful! PRANK! IT is terrible! I looked in the mirror and saw something UNPRETTY: my face. GAGAGAGAG! But I am happy agayn because I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS and I make cool YT videos with them! Good evening, love and peace, dear zac
every editor on RUclips needs to be devouring Hayden's content - it is invaluable
Can't wait for some hayden inspired zac and jay show episodes
I saw you were hiring! Glad you got an editor, give me a bump on how they're doing.
@@HillierSmith I applied!
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…
Watching your videos and absorbing your information feels like cheat code in real life.
Thank you!
Hahahah cheat code. Try entering "motherlode" into final cut for extra Simoleons wait----
_This guy will forever be remembered for making a tutorial video that we didn’t skip once_
"The intro was absolutely amazing! I really appreciated how you blended storytelling with those powerful long shots. Incredible work!"
1) The Jump cut
2) Ensure each cut is motivated - the cut before must motivate the next cut.
3) the idea that excites you do it last
4) find the right music - it creates the feeling of the video
5) where to get good ideas - steal them.
1.1) zoom in on every stressed word 😁
You will live long and happy thankyou lol.
This channel has helped so much, thanks Hayden📈📈
ayy i found out how u succeeded
@Reuben Colaco yup
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
"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!
Fr
I was like "I need this on my wallpaper"
That is just an excuse for people who cant create their own thing. Being inspired is fine, but dont use it as an excuse to copy paste from others.
@@Yodd But think about it... even if you copy, you can't copy it exactly. Because it's really inevitable to make our own take on things. So I think we can always create our own thing
@@daniqsaa you dont need to copy exactly to be a rip off. Just look at any travel video, any food b-roll, all of them have transitions in them, all of them have same transitions in them. I can recreate 99% of product videos shots to be almost identical. If I use it on another product does it make it ok? Am I not copy pasting some1 elses work? I would never do that, if you dont have to think about how to set up a shot or you cant explain why a certain shot is there and why it is shot exactly that way and lit exactly that way, you are copy pasting.
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!
You should verify your channel tho
I still think you can leverage the good of that concept while doing J and L-cuts!
Wow this amazing 1st time seeing big RUclipsr on comment section
I'll try them in my next video I edit too
omg I watch your channel
Why does he look like the flag of France
I watched this video for 5:50 mins and at the end I taught I had spend 20mins watching it. You have a way of keeping everyone glued to the end of the video without having to tell them to. This is delivered deliberately. I Salute you Captain. Thanks for great content.
all of this!
Exactly 💯
amazing! spot on
Hey MO do you have an idea what music Hiller used in this video
Hey MO I'll pay you more than KSI I make way more money than him
@@fkalanzay I have more money to pay for you
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.
I’ve learned so much from this man, he is an actual genius, you guys should study him like me :)
True🙈🔥
Same! It's a masterclass in free!
Already do!!
I love these comments that are so clearly begging for hearts from the creator. I find it HILARIOUS that this is actually somehow important to so many of you kids.
This is literally the truth
You're a f in legend mate
He really is
there is no f in legend
@@KRUSH-R exactly
i love your content man 👌
Man I hate overuse of jumpcuts. It's like being spoonfed the Cliff's notes at rapid speed, rather than reading the full story at a leisurely pace.
A few things:
1. Hayden has been one of the few people who has genuinely sparked an interest of mine in filmmaking, even while watching this video I felt an urge to create.
2. When Hayden said "you-ness" I wasn't paying that much attention and thought he was saying "euness" or "unis" or some other word I didn't know the meaning of so I spent a few minutes on google trying to figure it out lol.
3. This video was great.
4. When he was announcing Nebula+ I was expecting it to cost at least $100+ dollars annually and to hear that it's less than $15 literally blew my mind.
5. Really glad you're back Hayden!
Glad to be back, Kevin.
Insane video! This was pretty helpful too
Hey rage Wassup man
lol 1 like
Huh
Rage watches youtube tutorials
no
Fantastic! Thank you for this! Loved "It doesn't matter if it's been done before - because you're the one who's doing it; and you will make it unique."
That's so great! I've lived under this pressure forever that I have to always create everything from scratch - that I have to invent the wheel myself every time I create something. Thank you for this freeing part of advice. I think this quote might be going up on my wall...
Your first video on this topic was SUPER helpful to me - the eye line especially. Use it constantly now and people have commented on the flow of the videos. Was gonna just give you a shout out in the Slack but stellar work nonetheless.
"Steal like an artist"
the most important thing you'll ever learn as an artist
I cannot believe what I just watched my mind is completely blown!! The edits, the pace, the effects, everything about this video was executed to perfection! But more importantly thanks so much for inspiring me and teaching us all here to continuing pumping out quality content, be it whether it’s done before or not. Subscribed!
Wasn't it? You can just tell he spent time making this, showing awesome examples of his points! Great video!
This man just speaks his heart out with full honesty..while other editors can't.. he's actually the best
Awesome points raised! I love learning from people who simply love what they do and you are clearly one of them!
… great.
Oh hey Mentour Pilot!
You're one of my favorite RUclipsrs, Petter!
When you said “and you will make it unique” at the end - it gave me chills. ❤ so true!
“It doesn’t matter if it’s been done before because you are the one who’s doing it and you will make it unique” I love this! Such a good point
"Stealing" is a centuries-old tradition. As a composer friend of mine says, " no one writes in a vacuum."
Yeah no shit, would be pretty cramped.
3:00 Hayden now actually says this: Do your favorite thing first because it can be an inspiration for the other edits and makes it much more clearer
For 3 years now I've been trying to make science videos, lets just say, NOT tedious/boring. My content is all graphics, something that takes a considerable amount of time to accomplish, hence why you never see anything on RUclips quite like it, much less people helping or giving hints on how tome make them better, like what you are doing here. Translating the tactics of big RUclipsrs to Science has been a great challenge for me. I couldn't help but wonder what advice would you have for content like mine. I don't mean to steal your time.
Don't know if you will see this comment. Just wanted to say that I enjoyed it very much, and I will study it on a daily basis from now on.
same situation for me bro
I am a fan and saw this, Ill give you my thoughts:
- Your content is painfully high quality (i'll explain), when I watch, it feels the time put in for the topic is tremendous but the info is readily available for anyone who has remote interest which pokes at me because I feel I should be paying for it, not for the info but for the presentation of it. With a physics edu background everything you talk about I am aware of so I don't want to think "should I be paying for this" as your content feels just like an info box to me, it might be the cleanest I ever see on yt, super professional with a calm demeanor, but still just an info box.
- I watch your vids mostly for affirmation of trendy sciences that I know can only be picked up in scientific papers so I know your opinion has some background. The prob I see is that your vids aren't humanly thought provoking to me, scientifically interesting yes, but it stops there, my interest. Return trips to your vids are minimal until I'm in the mood to stumble upon a new STEM vid. I would think that anyone with a STEM background would be interested in them for a little while, but return trips from fans come from their investment in the mind and some sort of connection to life experience. People leave your vids with mountains of respect for the quality, but don't come back because their peaked curiosity had to return to, well "their life" and STEM doesn't really connect to most ppls lives directly.
- I hear your enthusiasm in your vids so I'm sure your hobbies are aligned with the topics you choose. Does that move you as a human to specific projects, thoughts, or timelines within society? Are you building a time-machine or wanting to retrofit your living space with transparent solar cells and have been waiting for the latest band gap research papers to come out? Bridge the link between STEM and the human aspect of life (whatever it is) and fans should hang on your every word simply because you gave them something sciency to think about that the human experience can directly connect to.
@@raatkin6329 i would have to disagree. I thoroughly enjoy the videos as I can quite literally feel getting smarter and my head expanding. So that in itself is for me the human experience
@@raatkin6329 This is beautiful. on that last part, could you give an example? Something that would interest you in terms of bridging the gap. what would that look like?
@@fatehw I kind of agree with him. It mainly due to chasing the algorithm. The essence of the channel got lost a long time ago, so it became a glorified news box.
OMG...do the boring parts first. LOL...I spent so much time this week on attempting a new technique that I am now behind on my launch date. I need to write this one on my computer
I love jumpcuts so much that I use them in writing sure some people say it affects legibility but you know what I saw to those people SCREW ‘EM!
You ever notice how people who been successful in life are always philosophers at heart. They always gain this wisdom along their journey. Maybe that's the real gift of success, Not the money or the fame but the wisdom and life lessons. Greeting from a Humble fellow Londoner!
“Doesn’t matter done if it’s been done before, because you’re the one who’s doing it and you will make it unique”.
That’s what everyone should read and acknowledge. No one can be you, get started.
Yeah especially if it's been done poorly. Just take that idea and make it WAY better. Thats how you add value
Thank you! So many videos just tell me to get a soft light and stop waiting. This is actual technical info that helps really get started!
“It doesn’t matter if it’s been done before because you’re doing it.. and you will make it unique “ legit cried. I’m so glad I found this video today
Great video man!
Hi
No way, the goat is here!
Ayyy gawx !
Hi brudda 🙌🏻
Oh yeah
Here after finishing your course. What I've been able to realize:
-Everything happens in one place so I don't have to move my eyes.
-Every single step is motivated towards the next one.
-It has some sort of stories which add up to social proof.
-You also don't have there any silences without a purpose
-The music of your choice was actually perfect fit so it fit the videos emotion
-You recognized where there's no need for music and need to put emphasis on the last words of your sentence to make an impact
-You used B-roll that wasn't stock footage, it was actually motivated again to help tell the story better
-The pacing was steady so the audience could learn
-No need for fast cuts or slow cuts to emphasize emotion
-And also throughout the video, the points were practical (for example for jump cut, you kept the silence in there to emphasize how much it sucks).
To summarize, on the top of your triangle was mostly story while rhythm and emotion supported it I suppose. It was really good job done.
Hayden how do you think an individual should find success if he shares a video with little to no animations, just gets the story right?
Because I know what to prioritize but for example on X, it's just a flexing battle, look how crazy animation I can make, without it being motivated, so how do I succeed with this?
I've actually just naturally done the majority of what you talked about, once I got through the first couple vids and started to figure out the editing app that is. But it was still nice to hear someone else confirm it.
This video has re-inspired me to do more creative editing in my social media tutorials and actually inject my personality into them - thank you!
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
"It doesn't matter if its been done before. Because you're the one doing it, you'll make it unique."
Thank you, we really needed to hear that!!
♥️♥️❤️❤️👍👍👍 Yes!
👍 If you want more content from Hillier Smith in 2021! Keep inspiring 👊 Thanks for everything you teach!
New to the YT journey and late to the comments party but the end section about borrowing ideas and making it your own because you are unique really spoke to my soul brother! I’m not sure it was your intention but talk about invoking emotional response. Man I almost shed a tear. The rest of the information and content was great as well. Thanks for the great videos. I really appreciate you and all your work!
SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE. Glad to have this guy posting again!
Hello Hillier,
Music is something I'm struggling the most with
Could you do a breakdown of the Maverick documentary or some other work you've done?
On the 3 year anniversary of the Maverick Documentary I'm going to do a livestream breakdown.
@@HillierSmith when exactly is that so I can stay tuned??
@@HillierSmith can u pls start posting weekly again
@@HillierSmith please I want to know the name of that outro music
Why did I read that as hello hitler 🤦
"It doesn't matter if it's been done before because you're the one who's doing it and you will make it unique"
I was really struck by this, thank you very much for the very motivating words.
5:37 "It doesn't matter if it's been done before because you're the one who's doing it and you will make it unique."
*wow that just struck a chord with me because I want to start my own channel soon THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT ADVICE* :D
glad to have you back mate! You're videos are by far some of the best on this platform, I always walk away feeling like I've genuinely learned something
How did you make your profile picture background
I stole an idea of a website, improved it significantly (faster loading, more features, faster progression, cheaper) and got nowhere. And it's way more popular than my videos about it. That was a waste of time, but I'll keep going.
Thank you for this! The jump cut tip was super valuable and I really appreciated the permission to find inspiration. I’ve been following travel vloggers who I enjoy more than anything on regular tv. I can’t figure out exactly but what I want to imitate is the feelings they inspire in viewers - part wonder, part peace and then sprinkle my sense of humor on top.
i dont recommend using J cuts to erase *all* the silence. quiet moments and hearing the creator breathe is important for the audience as well from time to time. if you just cut your lines all day and leave no room for a slower pace, the video could get overbearing the longer you watch. without any breaths inbetween, viewers could also subconciously forget to take breaths as well. pacing your dialogue is just as important with the use of a j cut.
when he said ''finding the right music track'' I felt that.
Ok you're officially my favorite editor the amount of knowledge you have given us in this seven-minute video is more than my maths teacher that's been teaching me for 9 years
Wow, great story telling + great timing + great information + amazing editing = i subscribed
Thanks for all
This was so incredibly helpful. I’ve always struggled to understand the stealing art idea. Completely makes sense to me now and is definitely going to improve my crafts.
I'm borrowing the red and blue light for all future videos
Thatbe your epic mistake. Nowadays cinematic teal and orange is trending.
I don't know how many of you caught all the little nuances in this to show examples of what not to do, but BAM! DUDE! What a fantastic video!! As a new youtuber, I'm analysis by paralysis is getting the best of me and this is def something I needed to watch! You have a new sub my friend!
What's funny is I came to this idea of copying what you love on my own, then I saw this video. The universe works in mysterious ways.
Honestly same I say copy and idea but make it original (unique to u) that’s what I try to do with my videos 😄
Surprised to see Hillier used a split second of my coffee montage footage! ha, My last upload had a section completely devoted to the fact that I'm not worth my weight in being a filmmaking tutorializing RUclipsr unless I have copious amounts of coffee b roll haha, glad it was useful.
That was cool
5:30 Dude you just cured my RUclips equivalent of writers block. Thanks man
THE BEST CHANNEL ON RUclips IS BACK!!! Learned so much from you hillier!
Dig ... stealing is so helpful.
Lol
Most videos like this usually leave you with nothing useful or actionable, especially for the seasoned RUclipsr. Happy to say that this one was different. Inspiring, well crafted, and useful!
Getting back into content creation this last year, I am happy to know I was already implementing some of these strategies you should be doing, but picked up a few to add to my wheelhouse. Thanks for the great insight!
*This actually gave me some motivation. Thanks Hayden*
Jump cuts are not necessary. Pacing, not too fast or slow, is important. Too much "one size fits all" advice here. And not everything you copy and smear your fingerprints on will look unique. Derivative elements are one thing, and plagiarism and copyright infringement are another. Know the difference. EDIT: And just being cliche is another thing. Which is generally boring.
That first point really hit home, great video!
5:37 “It doesn’t matter if it’s been done before, because you’re the one who’s doing it. “
Thanks man, that’s going to stick with me!
Wow! It felt like a 20min worth of content ...packed into under 6.
You nailed it bloke.
8 minutes gone in a second. These videos are amazing.
Blink and you'll miss it!
Oi, more consistent uploads brother
love your vids
Ohhh That's why Ferg's videos is not boring Hahahaha
OMG FERG
I Ferg is here Wow
Really enjoyed where you demonstrated how there's nothing new under the sun, and how it's okay to be inspired by other people's work.
Well made, thank you.
Every Countries law: Don’t steal
Hiller: Hold my Text Box
Every vid from this guy is so unique but ends with such a similar lesson and it’s a really good one to teach
This guy is one of the geniuses who sound genius whenever they even speak.
My videos have improved a lot because of you man!!
That's what I like to hear!
This has helped me a lot. For years I stopped and started with content creation because I couldn't come up with something original and I wanted to be authentic. Ideas I had come up with just seemed to be done by people when I did my research. Now I'm just going to take ideas for inspiration and do it my way. Thank you.
I'm kinda proud that I've accidentally taught myself a lot of this, but you've made the things I thought were dumb a bit better. And it's not like I'm a genius, I didn't know EVERYTHING. I'm currently editing a video that I need to finish tonight, but a couple days ago I spent an entire night just to make ONE edit that I'm likely the only person to laugh at. And music can be so hard! I've started using video game music instead of non-licensed because a RUclipsr brought up a good point for what's wrong with them. And the last song I found to use was EXTREMELY personal to me. I was smiling and flipping out because it was the last puzzle piece. Getting songs that match, AND won't get your own video hijacked by owners of the music seems like the hardest part. I saved searching for music last because #1 that makes the vanilla part of editing faster, and because #2 I needed to get my vibe right. Especially because I'm an awkward person and not even a great video essayist yet. But that's my goal, I want to do this for a living but I know this will be hard. I don't even have much of a following, but I've treated and obsessed over editing like it's a job, not noticing that I've been editing for 8+ hours. I can't imagine how hard it is to be an actual RUclipsr
can you share your channel?
Always good, Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
I love you Hayden! When’s the course coming out?
I have been doing J Cuts wrong this whole time 🤦♂️
No worries, mate. You should see some of my old videos. 😂
"You and your Unis will shine through"
This was literally the most informative video I have watched on content creation. Most are so specific on how to make a successful RUclips channel and it’s guide towards “how to” and financial. I’m in entertainment Paranormal. I have always wanted to do this for a living and saw a huge gap in great content. There are maybe a handful of great Paranormal RUclipsrs. Highly sought after content. And fast growing but not over saturated. It’s a good time to get in and your advice is invaluable to creating the kind of content I want to bring people. The kind of content I know myself and others search for.
Damn this goes hard man, I’m feelin inspired af
Man, your videos are inspirin' af
"It doesn't matter if it's been done before, because you're the one who's doing it, and you will make it unique" ... that hit hard bro, I feel so late to the idea of streaming/video editing/gaming channel and feel like my ship has sailed many years ago but that line gave me hope that it might come back.
Brilliant video!
Yeah