The One Step You're Neglecting In Your Edits, Here's Proof It Works.

[@HillierSmith]

I have an editing class! Sign up here: hayden-hillier-smith.mykajabi.com/edit-like-an-artist

[@TomGregoryTech]

It's very refreshing to see a technical subject taught with such enjoyment and humour. Thanks for the inspiration Hillier!

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Dude definitely knows his stuff. This is the second of his videos I've seen today and it's really interesting.

[@MihaiGoRunning]

Wow, this is a fantastic demonstration of the power of sound design in film-making! This showcases how sound can be used to enhance the audience's experience and immersiveness in a film. Thank you for sharing your insights and creative decisions with us, Hayden! 🙏

[@allianne]

✨*me adding mouse sound clicks* ✨

[@infernoxx]

Who needed more Hillier videos

[@JOHNnyIMAGERY]

Agreed

[@Camyo]

Bot

[@budders7660]

Meeeeee

[@Sachinsingh-wf5yb]

Me

[@JeffCorcelius]

He's to busy editing.

[@DanPurcell]

This is ESSENTIAL viewing for any editor sheesh - thanks for enlightening folks on the sound design / mix process and, most importantly, talking through the rationale of sound choice!

[@arrow2380]

I don't know but I have a very different opinion. I've tried these things in my own videos but the retention was terrible. Until I heard paddy Galloway's perspective and then I understood is what you say in the video is more important. Even in this video what mattered the most is what he was saying at the first 30 seconds and what words he used to hype the rest of the video. You can be very minimal with your editing but if what you're saying aka your script is more interesting, has unusual or not a conventional point of view and has more attempts to trigger emotions, that would get you far better retention. The rest are the cherry on top

[@SP1D3YMC]

@@arrow2380 A combination of both, though, you have a perfect recipe for success on the platform

[@EditingPodcast]

This was amazing! Sounds to me we should get sound designers on the Podcast, what do you think Hayden?

[@HillierSmith]

Lets do it.

[@rachelminneapolis]

Appreciating sound when editing is gold 🔑 thank you

[@Posimistic]

Hayden 🤝 Hayden

[@ArloPedersen]

@@HillierSmith 👀

[@Tyler-McLean824]

​@@HillierSmith any chance you could get a trailer editor on the podcast?

[@DistilledScience]

This was a really cool demo, but what I'd REALLY love to see is how you do sound design for a standard youtube video, e.g. a talking head video. You always manage to mix in subtle risers, drum hits, instrumentals, etc. in a way that really helps the emotional flow of a vid but I've had a hard time accurately imitating 😢

[@CamilaCamaleon]

Thank your

[@dna8269]

Same! Definitely need more talking head tips

[@VegasEducation]

Same. I have no idea what to do with my talking head videos. I know they sound quiet, but I'm at a loss for what to do. Even a vlog I'm working on. It's a bunch of 2 second clips mashed up at times. Do I really sound design those 2 second clips. I feel like the video would feel chaotic

[@showtale8325]

Having those options are priceless. I bet it took a while to collect all those. They sure don't have much in my package, only 4 sword options...mmmmm

[@Phymaths]

I would say add some B rolls in it so that it isn't a full talking head video

[@marsgizmo]

Mastery at its best! 👏😎

[@miguelfreitas-yourenergyco6120]

So true

[@EnglishWritingTips]

Long time viewer, first time commenter - This was SO MUCH FUN to watch! You really expressed the joy of doing sound design! I laughed allll throughout this video and thoroughly enjoyed learning from your process! Please make more sound design videos (especially with different subject material/themes)! This was a blast.

[@goffmediateam]

Never thought of nesting audio layers together. I love that

[@AdamAndAshlyn]

Sound design is what I’ve been putting the most focus on lately, and it makes a huge difference!

[@novelafilmacademy]

"Amazing showcase of sound design in filmmaking! Loved the details like the fabric wooshing, bike bell, and the hilarious 'it hurts, it hurts'-brilliant work!"

[@coyotesmacks]

I already knew my sound design was lacking. But you seriously opened my eyes to the endless possibilities of what you can do with it. I have only been at this a couple months now, but I would not have made it this far without you, Finzar, and Creator Booth. So thanks for everything so far and everything you will make in the future.

[@FlowtapesHQ]

“screw realism, let’s go for style!” that's the right mindset 🤌

[@PatrickHoodDaniel]

I was super focused in this video, constantly engaged at what he would add next, then the bell at 10:27 I just laughed (prior to his laugh, which makes the moment more genuine). Such a good moment!

[@endorphinex]

One of the most Creative editors I came across on KZbin. Love watching your brilliance. Thank you Hillier.

[@JakeCarlini]

sound design is my favorite part of the edit. Thoroughly enjoyed this!

[@Jefnam]

This came at a really good time. I'm finishing up the sound design for a school project (short film) and needed inspiration for how to even begin on non-diegetic sound. There wasn't a lot in this video, but the "fire style" approach definitely gives me some Ideas 😁

[@ramprasath1552]

what is your school name? Do schools give short film making as projects? really? Where are you from?

[@alexwestgate8860]

@@ramprasath1552 i go to a colledge in the uk, and its full of great projects each term, the drama crew is great with orginaing actors act

[@jonaspreissler7429]

@@ramprasath1552 I mean that is literally what film school is

[@sleetyhurdle300]

@@ramprasath1552 communication technology in high school gives you stuff like that as projects

[@Hattsuen]

This is why I love video editing, you really are an inspiration.

[@BenjiSelby]

The amount of joy you got out of this was amazing! This is what editing is all about haha making things work together!

[@razabadass]

Thank you Hayden for acting as a source of inspiration for my own YouTubing efforts, Raza :)

[@KnightOfDark]

This channel and VIDIQ and the reasons I stay motivated when doing YT. VidIQ gives me the realization of what I can do analytically and this as well as the editing podcast both give me ways to stylistically improve my actual editing.

[@SebbyClemens]

Absolutely incredible. Just got into learning sound design and it’s vamped up my edits immensely. Excited for you course Hayden, wondering when it’s coming…👀

[@RaphaelChan888]

Even your edit of you editing (editception?) with all your reactions was spot on and entertaining to watch, even if you weren't into editing.

[@jofisbeats]

Incredible stuff Hillier. Sound design is excellent. Only critique is for a potential "Layer 8" - send all of the tracks to a reverb that emulates the space they're all in to glue all of the sounds together. (Altiverb has some good realistic reverb presets) I'm pretty sure there's one for an underpass on a highway on it.

[@RafoxGames]

I was waiting for u to come back and there you are ! Thanks God

[@kodakkevin]

A goddamn masterclass, not just in editing/sound design, but also showing that editing is FUN. It can be a chore but it's also an opportunity to let loose :)

[@legendarysports5812]

Which software is this?

[@OriginalMasterNAI]

@@legendarysports5812Final Cut Pro

[@SwampFoxTV]

Great info, amazing edit (the work in progress and actual video of course). Thanks for the helpful, quality content!

[@ShadowDestiny]

Loved this! Sound is def underrated. Would love to see another video like this, except instead of John Wick it's just a "regular" YT video that has great sound design. Since that what most of us are actually doing on a day-to-day basis. Also I know you have a wild sound library, would love to hear some advice on building a more complete sound library

[@pavel0900]

You quite literally took us, your audience on a creative journey. Thank you for sharing this! It was as enjoyable to watch, as for you to create ❤

[@leosthrivwithautism]

This felt like a master class video! And it made so much sense. How editing for the proper sound makes the world of difference. Wow, awesome job! Loved it!

[@isaxenagames]

14:36 I'm convinced you can make any music work with any video 🔥.

[@mochamabrian7]

This is deadly sick ,Demo Hillier..I use capcut on phone and what I have learnt is you can use pretty any Editing software to do this ...skills matter..thanks for this

[@ConNurf]

really opened my eyes to how important sound design is, great video

[@DoodleBricks]

That was so damn entertaining, insightful, and just downright clever. I loved how you broke it done into layers! The best sound design editing tutorial I’ve seen!

[@CoconutJustice]

This was fun to watch. And I love that you are having as much fun if not more than me.

[@knottage]

This is was fun to watch! Your passion and humour are unparalleled! Just pure creativity! Really inspired me to have some fun with the edits

[@Maxmilion6004]

prob one of the best videos i have seen on sound design. dont think the bell worked anymore with the last song but the song worked so perfectly. this was dope

[@starkerrobert]

I think adding some EQ on some of the sounds could help even more!

[@reyesproductionDK]

The joy you have during the edit. I laugh with you bro! 😁😁 This is why we are making videos. 😇

[@brettjosh]

This was beautiful

[@joshmoxey.]

That was wicked. You crushed it man. So cool to just sit back and watch; lots of unspoken lessons learned 💪🏻

[@DreiiFernandes]

Now that was fun to watch, I got just as much enthusiasm as you when hearing the sounds and getting idea of where to go from there. absolutely love the song choice and cuts you made with it

[@disKComfort]

This was such a solid breakdown! Thanks for making it fun to watch too 🙌

[@Ayelet.M]

Brilliant! I love the attention to detail like the fabric wooshing and the bike bell!

[@Cinogard]

This is absolutely brilliant and so inspirational I've always wanted to add more sound design to my videos but in a niche of film where an iconic sound design is already present I always am reluctant to try create my own in fear of what the fans may think but this proved you can redo the whole thing if you want and do it better. Definitely gonna add more sound design from now on!

[@wyattdobson]

You know it's gonna be a good day when Hayden posts

[@ShauninParadise]

that shit pumped me up. An absolute goals masterclass. This gave me the confidence to be more stylish and bold with some of my choices. I actually do a bit of sound design on my channel but mostly to just fill in for the flaws in my recording, and maybe some random nature sounds to enhance the mood. But this made me want to be bolder, and also... WTF is lickd???? I mean I'm def down to check that out to add to artlist (which I enjoy)

[@adityakancharla]

I like that you are enjoying the process

[@luke_mckay]

Watching you laugh at little moments as you're building this out give me such joy, because I do THE SAME THING 😂😂 Sometimes, when you just put a piece of the puzzle in there, it can't help but illicit a chuckle. Like putting together the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle and a water droplet sound plays like the intro to a Ted talk. 😂😂😂

[@_Mustard]

The amount of detail put into this is incredible!

[@benpitton7411]

I need a full release of the Lizzie version

[@ShellySavesTheDay]

I loved watching you design this layer by layer. Well done!

[@TheReaper1]

Great Video as always! I like the idea that John was listening to that song as they pulled up on him. Sounds were amazing, I’m currently in the process of trying to create a library of them, at first in the beginning I thought you were pulling them from Lickd (I’m already subscribed and got excited) but alas the search continues! As always you amaze with your editing abilities. When’s the next update with the course you hinted at?

[@DavidUebergang]

he doesn't say where he gets the sound libraries, right?

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

Wow - so many layers and so much solid timing

[@davidmarkleach]

Hi Hillier! This is incredible!!! Can I ask where you get your sound FX from? It was so nicely packaged in that FCPx library.

[@alexthegrape]

#wheresthebat?

[@David_Schwarz_DOP]

FKN STUNNING. You killed it!

[@erinsmith2616]

THAT WAS FANTASTIC!! AMAZINHG

[@CreativeMindstorms]

Okay that didn't feel like 17 mins of looking at editing software at all! This was so fun to watch, so well done!

[@luizdelgadogomes5890]

That's one of your (if not) the best video about editing in my opinion. Not only it's really detailed; your edits on a video about edit is also sick.

[@KingSe7en]

words cant describe how impressed i am. truly blown away...

[@ShobiShobu]

Oh My God That's True And We All Knew How Sound Is Important But These Changes Do Makes Such A Huge Change Thanks For Doing This, Now This Scene Will Never Be Same For Me

[@authenticallykyle]

This had be glued in the entire time, so inspiring and I never knew you could reverse sounds😮

[@manicmods]

I love editing, can do it for 16 hours straight. Which is good bc I'm a noob and need it. Never give up! Hillier, ur the real OG, thanks!

[@OtisBlanch]

Such a great example of how sound design elevates story

[@whyin5official]

This was awesome to watch. Just the fact that you were having so much fun while doing this was captivating.

[@darkwolfdwbh]

Would love to try your sound design library! Amazing Sounds and sounddesign

[@MADDINESS]

IM AWAKE NOW!! HAYDEN YOU ROCK. If I may, choking can be avoided by mastering the snort.

[@RandomKido]

When we needed him most, he returned

[@nocapimcap]

i swear i thought the title had to do with sound design but it didn't, you just hooked me up big time and i was hypnotised by how good your editing was

[@Skider]

That small moment of silence was Genius!

[@thekhaospodcast]

This is phenomenal. Best editor we've seen

[@EyeCrisis]

Man. This makes me excited to get into the sound part of editing. Watching you put it together was infectious.

[@shaunmoorefinance]

Arguably the best video on sound design I've seen. Flowed perfectly and had everything you could want in a video. Fantastic man, keep it up!

[@anapfsena]

MAKE THIS A SERIES!!! This is so much fun to watch!

[@curtisnicotra]

This video was soooooo fun. Not just the sound design work but the way you edited this video was your best work. MORE PLS

[@FMRNathan]

Ngl your chosen soundtrack wasn’t my pick between the ones you showed, but given the right context it actually works surprisigly well Your “tutorials” are the best ones I’ve ever seen on KZbin. I watched so many of them since 2013, but yours just hit different bro, they’re so fun to watch

[@courtcrea.]

Sound design is so much fun! Nice to see you enjoying it as much as I do. 😄

[@wurzelwerk]

I love how much fun you're having with this edit! 😂

[@EarthUncutTV]

Sooo much fun - just starting to really dive deep into sound design, thank you for the hilarious masterpiece here!

[@Baysick5197]

Thank you for showing me what's possible! This was a huge eye opener to my creative outlet!

[@cressy2k1]

Your sound design is UNREAL. Truly inspiring stuff

[@rochietron]

Wow! What a masterpiece!

[@julianfountain]

Man I missed these videos. Changing my life as an editor!

[@mikechujitsu]

Just seeing how much joy you were having with editing was the highlight. great edit

[@BerriesandBushcraft]

You make editing feel like play. I've never once had fun while watching video editing videos, but you have me constantly giggling. If I could approach even 10% of your skills one day, I will have won at life.

[@KaizokuSleven]

Yes! This reminds me of a quote that sticks with me to this day "Music is the King of all professions." People underrate the importance of sound, especially ambient music. Which is 1 of the many factors that helps me captivate my audience since I make video essays.

[@DilshodOlimov1]

That “I made it” was awesome

[@gurupartapkhalsa6565]

Man you're so talented, I can't imagine how many years it took to get this good.

[@JackieHarderArt]

My absolute favorite part of editing is sound design! ❤

[@SweenyTV]

Thank you for the editing tips Austin

[@EliaSkogheim]

Great video man! love to see the hard work!

[@PeterPeanut]

Never expected video editing video's to be so cool :D

[@khongphailatien]

It's amazing, I have been learned a lot of things from your video, thank you!

[@RetroBreak]

Great video! Love how happy you are when it turns out the way you expected!

[@RudeBoyCrypto]

Beautifully presented. This is why HS is the master.

[@HillierSmith]

Discover How To Edit Like An Artist - hayden-hillier-smith.mykajabi.com/edit-like-an-artist

[@DannyStilesShow]

Dude editing a video about editing a video is so next level

[@remzzzz]

YOUR TEACHING IS SO FUN TO WATCH!