5 Editing Mistakes that ruin your videos

[@lymanmedeiros903]

"we dont need to see edits every half second, you need to teach is something" . . . "you're editing for your audience, not for yourself". This is the BEST posting you've ever done. Basic lessons video editors need to revisit. Stop that "trendy" stuff you're doing.

[@lilafromyoutube]

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[@MarcelaMT]

The trendy stuff is so distracting! I feel like that type of editing is designed to keep new generations that don't have an attention span of more than 3 seconds engaged lol

[@KrishnenduKes]

Sound design is so important! Even though I hardly ever use it in my motorcycle reviews. But I am always using it in my client videos.

[@lilafromyoutube]

Why not in your motorcycle reviews?

[@KrishnenduKes]

@@lilafromyoutube Good question. I do not think it warrants them since it is just the bike showcasing and a VO. Not much happening to call for sound design. If I were to have outdoor shots, with a lot of moving parts, I would.

[@SantosChronicles]

Amen and so true. Feeling satisfied after watching is so underrated. I like your new hair style. Wish I had this tip when I first got started. Letting the scene breath a bit more is something I’m working on.

[@lilafromyoutube]

thanks! Yeah, satisfying the viewer so they come back for more is so important!

[@MarcelaMT]

I am loving your videos! I have gotten so much better in premiere pro and would love to see more tips and tricks on how to use all those buttons and features!

[@lilafromyoutube]

Aw thanks! Noted :) have you seen this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3TKc4ymqrJ5qK8si=MQQM5SuI04SBdGM7

[@MarcelaMT]

@@lilafromyoutube of course I did! I have a lot of videos to watch tho :) thanks!

[@VoyagersRevenge]

Hey! Back to check into this goldmine of a channel. Love your work Lila!

[@lilafromyoutube]

Thank you!! ♥️

[@katerinawilliamson8546]

LOVE your channel and all your advice. So, my big question is: do you recommend background music for talking head videos in 2024? Seems like many channels don't use music any longer and I don't know if it's because it takes too long to do correctly or if this is what the audience wants. I read a bunch of forum and social media posts, and some people say any background music in talking head videos is annoying and outdated, and others like it. Most videos on KZbin about adding music to talking head videos are from 3-4 years ago. Would love to hear your opinion!

[@lilafromyoutube]

Hmmm I use background music because I think it adds to the vibe. I think it’s about using the right background music. When you watch my videos, do you prefer no music? Just curious as it may answer your question!

[@katerinawilliamson8546]

@lilafromyoutube , excellent point! The music in your videos is perfect and that's probably the part that people refer to when they say background music is annoying. You can barely hear it if you are playing on a computer (which is how I watch KZbin), but it's louder with a headset. So now I need to learn how to edit in GOOD music for my talking head vides 😀

[@lilafromyoutube]

@katerinawilliamson8546 haha I’m happy it cleared things up for you! It’s all a personal choice. I personally like adding music, but it’s all about the right music like you said. P.S. I use track club! There should be a link for 2 free months in the description.

[@Whiskeats]

Excellent content by the way. I’m now a subscriber. I really didn’t know how far editing has come until I started Recently started following editors here on KZbin. I’ve been editing videos for about 8 years now with no professional help mostly on LinkedIn and for friends and family . I just recently started making videos on KZbin since the end of February. Would love to get your professional opinion of how you think my videos look and what improvements I could make. I’m a whiskey and food reviewer here on KZbin. No pressure I just want to level up and learn.

[@Moviesome22]

So Edu-tainment love what you do Lila great work❤❤🎉

[@lilafromyoutube]

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[@roberthasanidea]

As is usual for you, thank you for delivering such quality content in a relatable format. Content creators get so hung up on gaming the algorithm that they forget their audience. I think this video does a great job of exploring that topic. I also create videos for the educational market (K-12) and as much as I like the IDEA of using more trendy editing techniques, I have to remember that my audience is trying to focus on a story. Story (with good audio) trumps all.

[@lilafromyoutube]

absolutely!

[@theinfinitespin]

I've been looking for someone experienced to take a look at my videos and let me know what's wrong. Is Giz taking on new clients at the moment? haha seriously though, great stuff as usual. Always something so useful to learn from you!

[@lilafromyoutube]

He’s pretty booked but I can see if I can squeeze you in

[@musicarena4757]

Can you tell me how can i use any songs in KZbin for lyrics editing video

[@SusannahPerri]

Love your videos and content. You are so helpful and fun to watch, thank you!

[@lilafromyoutube]

Aw yay!! Thank you ❤️

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Everyone in a production has the same target and they apply their particular job toward that target. The job is to take the written word ( script ) and guide the viewer to tell the story. Viewers need to be guided in where and when to look at the screen without any pre-determination. This starts on set - in camera through set design, lighting, make up , cinematography, audio etc. the footage is then sent to the editor that cuts the story into further guiding the viewer to tell the story. A colorist will then use color and luminosity values to enhance the story and finally color grade to fill in information that will serve as - time of day, geographical and POV to the story. While the audio is a huge part of it, most of the original script is in the editing. They guide the eyeballs ( eye trace ) and the rest of us, make sure they see the right things while looking at where we guide them to look. But as I said in the first sentence - everybody's job in all aspects of production is to tell the story.

[@cwTheDrummist]

Let's say it together... "CUT IT OUT!" You nailed it! And, this video left me wanting more. Great job!

[@lilafromyoutube]

Hell yeaaaa!

[@crazyeditz1815]

Hi mam , I have an doubt are you using premier pro beta version or normal version

[@lilafromyoutube]

Both!

[@carmelastricklett9022]

THANK YOU for talking about strategy and intention!

[@lilafromyoutube]

Probably the most important rule of editing haha

[@cisereo]

Thank you Lila! Your videos are always so perfect

[@lilafromyoutube]

aw I appreciate it :)

[@mkphotofilm]

Definitely some good advice here. But the most distracting thing I find is cuts when someone is talking. You do a few of these @Lila (but not too many!) and are hidden with l-cuts and zoom cuts. However, there are quite a few other KZbinrs that seemingly cannot go 5 words without a cut. 😂

[@lilafromyoutube]

Yeah I get that. I do it when there's a (subjectively) long breath or slightly long pause in the recording, because it doesn't make the video flow as well and people will get bored. You might actually not want to watch that either haha. I have become more chill with those cuts though. As you've probably noticed I don't cut out every breath. I did that for a while but I think it's ok not to haha. It's a delicate balance!

[@mkphotofilm]

You definitely do it well. I'm terrible with saying stuff like "um", or pausing, or mucking up the words! In the cases of "ums" and"errs", I fix the audio and usually cut to another visual. I'm a big fan of seamless long cuts, or moving scenes like in famous films; in that moment you forget that it's a video or film; it just flows so well! Do you ever use a prompter or anything? maybe I need one 😅@@lilafromyoutube

[@raymondvanderwerf]

great vid and....lovin' the new hair do 🤘

[@lilafromyoutube]

thanks raymond!

[@BlackapinoTheTechGuy]

*Always Love that Background, very creative vibe*

[@lilafromyoutube]

haha thanks!

[@rixson]

What profile do you shoot on? The colours are amazing. And how do you have very little banding on the shadows? :O

[@lilafromyoutube]

pp0 😂 just neutral. I shoot with the a7SIII in 10 bit.

[@LoneJoe_hadley]

Thanks for the advice 😀

[@lilafromyoutube]

No problem 😊

[@teeboy_tv]

love this woman

[@lilafromyoutube]

🫶🏻

[@DustPassive]

You've inspired me to seek my cat's opinions on my edits :)

[@lilafromyoutube]

cats know best

[@JornKnuttila]

A cat scan? 😂

[@Mcke4]

I love ur content, tnx girl ❤

[@lilafromyoutube]

thanks!! what's your biggest editing mistake?

[@sepehrfree91]

I love this. I'm learning to edit, and videos like this help a lot, as I'm very new to all this. TY!

[@lilafromyoutube]

Oh that's exciting!! What's your biggest struggle?

[@sepehrfree91]

tbh how to do stuff, I use online resources YT how to do specific effects. Which is a lifesaver. I'm using it 100 times a day. beside that, The workflow. Managing the sequences and project. How to layer the work what to do first. Where to start and how to do stuff to be able to backtrack and change something without needing to redo 100 things. @@lilafromyoutube

[@AlghoraOne]

Beautiful class as always! According to Robert Mckee, mentor to Oscar winners, a film needs to be "A good story, well told." In this video I thought it was fantastic when you explained how we can improve the "well told" part. If you allow me, I suggest a topic for a possible next video where you could teach us about the "good story" part. Mckee has great tips on this. Thank you very much for the brilliant tips and congratulations on the work. [ Nice hair :o) ]

[@lilafromyoutube]

I'll have to check it out. Is it a specific video or just scattered around in different interviews?

[@siddharthjagtap8784]

I cut music videos and reels (ya, don't judge me?) so Da Vinci transitions are everywhere now, how to create your own transition?

[@lilafromyoutube]

Haha I’d never judge you. Not sure how to create your own transitions in davinci

[@techandmoe]

Edutainment 🎉🎉🙌 Love it !

[@lilafromyoutube]

hahaha I hope you agree!!

[@techandmoe]

@@lilafromyoutube Totally. :)

[@JonneytheKidd]

I love this woman

[@HighlandHippie]

Well done, Lila. Thank you.

[@lilafromyoutube]

thanks for watching!

[@yarinkaravani]

I'm just in love with your videos... that's all i have to say

[@lilafromyoutube]

hahaha happy to hear you like them

[@TheReelAnalyst]

One of my biggest flaws is not using music, I always have a tough times choosing songs.

[@lilafromyoutube]

It's definitely a struggle but I hope these tips helped??

[@nowveera]

Superb explanation

[@lilafromyoutube]

hiiii veera! so good seeing you again

[@nowveera]

so glad that you still remember me@@lilafromyoutube

[@lilafromyoutube]

of course! you're one of the OGs @@nowveera

[@nowveera]

thank you@@lilafromyoutube

[@manikandanviswanathan]

Thank you 😊

[@lilafromyoutube]

You're welcome 😊 what's your biggest editing mistake?

[@EvgenyZyablikov]

Tips and tricks. My respects!

[@AndreSjoberg]

Hahaha, so true, cutting things out, it’s almost magic how things can improve. In my latest video the third draft was like 17 minutes long and it felt *perfect*, was about to push upload, watched it again, gave it a «hmmmm», left it, slept on it, watched it back the next day … sliced all B-Roll segments down to like half the time, sliced and trimmed and cut the speaking parts, piled some of the b-roll on top of the talking head segments … *boom* - down to 8 minutes … from 17 - so, good enough, can’t justify spending *another* day editing even more, pushed publish - prooooooobably could have cut the ending down by 30 seconds or so, or rerecorded a more snappy ending but f**k it, lessons learned and on to the next video :)

[@lilafromyoutube]

Haha this is exactly my point! Wild how you were able to cut 9 minutes out!

[@AndreSjoberg]

@@lilafromyoutube Oh there where *loads* of fluffy timelaps-segments that went on waaaaaaay too long between the speaking parts, totally uneccessary to convey the progress in a timely manner, but went completely blind on that while editing the third draft - so more focus on getting to the point in the next video, gonna try a different approach to my raw materials in the next one, not adding it *all* in and then cut it down, but instead define 8 or 4 bars of music, and then just add enough to fill that time, focusing on just adding key segments to drive the story forward and the passage of time, and see how that turns out :) Learning by doing it wrong and then trying again :)

[@simonsayshomeassistant]

Just subscribed!

[@CowboyJojosAdventures]

Very interesting Lilia.

[@lilafromyoutube]

Thnx!

[@johnclay7644]

informative video

[@arthousefilms]

Holycrap, I'm and editor and my client forces me to make every single one of these mistakes and it drives me nuts. He has absolutely no sense of taste, pacing, engagement, etc.

[@lilafromyoutube]

You’re the editor

[@arthousefilms]

@@lilafromyoutube True, but I either do it his way or lose a paycheck.

[@bazingazeta4178]

Great Lila 👍🖖❤from today I cut everything 😂🤣

[@lilafromyoutube]

hahah next time you're editing you'll be whispering to yourself "cut it out"

[@BrannonNod]

How have you been my deer Lila You’re looking Good ❤

[@lilafromyoutube]

thanks brannon!

[@nothatminimal]

I know your title it’s actually the best choice for the algorithm (hence why I clicked on it 😂) but it would’ve been great if the title was “CUT IT OUT” 😂

[@lilafromyoutube]

HAHA! if the video stops performing I may just rename it to that

[@StephenMakesVideos]

Yes, I feel edutained

[@lilafromyoutube]

HELL YEAH

[@TheBoringVoice]

"don't make a video longer than it needs to be" solid advice. Quality over quantity.

[@etu.185]

Hmmm does Lila respond?

[@lilafromyoutube]

hi

[@etu.185]

@@lilafromyoutube hey Lila! I hope you have a great day, you made my day by replying!

[@musayildiz34]

Lila❤

[@lilafromyoutube]

hiiiii

[@angelopoulis5825]

she is Noomi Rapace from alien prometheus..

[@ScullyPop]

LilaTingles!

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[@trakahamid]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@lilafromyoutube]

thanks for watching

[@rjeejacobjacob]

No wait I take it my earlier comment back. Your head is still going out of frame :)

[@lilafromyoutube]

It’s intentional

[@rjeejacobjacob]

@@lilafromyoutube Channel editing style and consistency I'm assuming. Makes sense. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@redbunnyclassic]

#CutItOut

[@card-joker5301]

what is going on with your audio in this clip? done much voiceover replacement or just ai enhance? so distracting

[@lilafromyoutube]

Oh shit, really? When I proofed it, it sounded fine. I didn’t watch this on KZbin when I uploaded it.

[@JornKnuttila]

Hmmm, seems fine over here

[@amateurvisser]

Thanks!

[@lilafromyoutube]

oh shit, thanks for the donation!!