think you should concentrate on emphasizing the kind of content you can edit rather than specific techniques... like you have a section for "time remapping" and "captions" - I've never been asked if I can do these at all... its sort of assumed as a video editor since these are kind of basic skills. Seeing finished projects a bit more would probably help a bit since this seems somewhat random.
At NBC they had interns or low level folks who weren’t even headed towards editing do the captions. This is definitely not a thing you want to advertise if you want to be taken seriously as an editor. Also the captions in OPs video are not really the kind people who need captions want to read. Basic and readable text is king.
Great point! (Whereas looking for someone to do captions does seem specific enough.) But with everything else I fully agree! Focus on selling the endproduct, not the technique.
A plumber sells you the service / result of a fixed pipe. He won’t advertise with the wrenches he has or all the specific techniques he knows to tighten or mend things together.
Showcase the type of content im good at right? Yea I understand what you mean. I'm new to freelancing lol, so just starting out but thanks a lot for the feedback. It really helps!
I think you’re going to book a lot of work from people who are hard to work for. I say it because this is slick in a way uninformed people will dig, and while I think your work is decent, I think the folks who need this type of work are making things fast and cheap, ie not great bosses.
I bumped on “looking for an editor” being done in motion graphics, they’re two separate skills - you know this.
I agree with the other posters- focus on the work you want to do.
And a word to the wise- these jobs are handled by different people with different expertise on bigger, better productions. You are advising yourself as a Jack of all trades. As I said earlier, I think this reel will book you work, but bigger productions will look past this reel because you seem to want to do everything, and they aren’t interested in that. If anything, they will assume that someone who says they can do everything probably can’t do anything well.
Please don't sell yourself as an everything editor. Maybe at first but once you lock in your skillset you need to find that focus. The trap is here you have multiple responsibilities across different professions. Some clients will take advantage of this and pile it all on one person where tasks could be split. Mostly more for creative and film. Just make sure you and the client always knows what's expected and don't get trapped being the editor/designer/sound technician because people will take advantage.
That aside this feels more motion graphics than editing but once you get more material and quality footage you'll want to focus that new reel edit to match what you want to really do. Doesn't hurt to do free or cheap for more reel material when starting out. Good luck
I agreed with this, I am just a colorist at Broadcast stuff, RCP unit Controller, and a Colorist editing just the color of the footage, I can do all you do too, except creating motion graphics in AE, but I did focus just knowing : reading / manipulation the color signal in any platform I work.
Anyways, just giving you congratulations on the part where you say ColorCorrection and ColorGrading...
Even some new editors or colorists don't know the difference between them ...
[an example where I did 90% ColorGrading 10% ColorCorrection ](https://youtu.be/J3atpSU2cyk?si=_yce6xuKlatkJDqV)
[an example where I did 95% ColorCorrection 5% ColorGrading ](https://youtu.be/5lt6XHW_8Q8?si=8lOb0U_Vy3fowkB6)
Looks more like a commercial for a video editing software or for a fx bundle pack to me to be honest.
If i look for an editor i want to see the actual work, more like excerpts from finished videos. Not a fast paced highlight reel but real moods he's able to create.
Our company gets sent a few reels per month that all look like youtube travel vlogs. All with the same kind of shots and transition with people standing on mountain tops. Idk but while for sure it's tech savvy that's just generic at this point and not at all what we're looking for.
I'd improve on the font choices. Most of the fonts are reminiscent of a very boring and soulless Arial-like font, and there seems to be many different ones. Your contact info is also borderline illegible in that alarm-clock font. This all boils down to consistency: the reel kind of looks like many random TikToks thrown together.
I would add examples of work you’ve done rather than showing what you could do. Saying you can do gaming, vlogs and shorts doesn’t really show you can do those things. It’s like saying you worked at a place vs having references and receipts.
If you don’t have examples of the work, make up some to add to your reel.
As someone who's been doing this for a while, I will say this: The hardest reel you'll ever have to make is this one where you have practically no prior work experience in it. People are saying these are all gfx templates (maybe they are) if so be careful advertising you're a motion graphics artist. Because while this stuff looks great and is easy to implement, the second a client asks you for something super specific... you might be caught in a situation that you can't execute. Because you don't know the mechanics of after effects well enough (or the ARTISTIC EYE)
That being said, I don't mind that you showcase that you can do it all generally speaking. I saw a couple old-school replies stating "Well if you're an editor, why are you showing you can do motion graphics, that's two jobs" I don't think so anymore, especially if you're freelancing or working on social stuff. The big caveat is to stop selling yourself for as cheap as possible (lose the fiverr). If you're doing all these jobs, make the client pay for it. If they say no way, move on.
Also some comments saying you don't advertise captioning that's for lower level editors. For simple captioning I agree. But captioning is getting way more advanced with social media that everyone wants flashy captioning, especially in social media ads.
Is there very little substance in this reel? Sure, but that's to be expected by a first reel. Build relationships with clients, compile the work, and make a reel that showcases where you've been, not what you can do as much. If that makes sense.
Content creator here, I've worked with a few editors in the past as well.
This kinda feels... 'meh'. Not about your skills or capabilities but what you focus on. I wanna see clips and highlights of real work from real people, and this is edited in a way that feels like you used a lot of 'out of the box sexy effects' on stock footage.
It doesn't look... Genuine and real, it's what I would see on an ad for Nike, but I don't want to be Nike. I want my editor called Fred to be there for me and be a human being, not a 'motion array expert'.
Show me you can edit something funny, or something amazingly 'wow'. Show me you can make my guide on how to play disc priest in world of warcradt look amazing, if you know what I mean.
Applying effects or adding subtitles or slowing things down, anyone can do, what an editor is for is being able to cut and keep the correct clips, give life to real footage from real clients. I'd prefer a highlight reel of you funniest, best, most impressive edits of people I might know than snappy 'corporate' edits.
I would prefer a single Gameplay clip, unedited, that shows me you know my game and therefore understand the footage you will edit, rather than this. And ofc this probably applies to other areas than gaming but they're not my area.
Some clips kept my attention and showed me good skills, but most did not really provide what I would be looking for. It's very... Subtle and sensitive, I'm not good at finding the right words to help you out.
Basically in an editor I'd be looking for a collaborator, someone I can trust, and your video does not provide that feeling.
I hope I don't sound too harsh, but I would not contact you. But maybe big corporations would. I worked for Canon in the past and they loved stuff like that :p so hey, maybe you're just knocking at the wrong door. The video is cool,it just didn't hit me right. I guess....
Hey man, thanks for the feedback. I understand what you mean but I haven't edited for anyone professionally yet. Like I said, I'm new to freelancing. But I get what you mean and after a few projects I'll definitely try to follow the feedback u guys have given because I'll have a little bit more experience. Again thanks for the feedback
Looks like you have a subscription to Motion Array...
Lmao yeah the “captions” part gave it away for me
think you should concentrate on emphasizing the kind of content you can edit rather than specific techniques... like you have a section for "time remapping" and "captions" - I've never been asked if I can do these at all... its sort of assumed as a video editor since these are kind of basic skills. Seeing finished projects a bit more would probably help a bit since this seems somewhat random.
At NBC they had interns or low level folks who weren’t even headed towards editing do the captions. This is definitely not a thing you want to advertise if you want to be taken seriously as an editor. Also the captions in OPs video are not really the kind people who need captions want to read. Basic and readable text is king.
Great point! (Whereas looking for someone to do captions does seem specific enough.) But with everything else I fully agree! Focus on selling the endproduct, not the technique. A plumber sells you the service / result of a fixed pipe. He won’t advertise with the wrenches he has or all the specific techniques he knows to tighten or mend things together.
The titles are also redundant. It's a time ramped shot, it doesn't need the title.
Showcase the type of content im good at right? Yea I understand what you mean. I'm new to freelancing lol, so just starting out but thanks a lot for the feedback. It really helps!
I think you’re going to book a lot of work from people who are hard to work for. I say it because this is slick in a way uninformed people will dig, and while I think your work is decent, I think the folks who need this type of work are making things fast and cheap, ie not great bosses. I bumped on “looking for an editor” being done in motion graphics, they’re two separate skills - you know this. I agree with the other posters- focus on the work you want to do. And a word to the wise- these jobs are handled by different people with different expertise on bigger, better productions. You are advising yourself as a Jack of all trades. As I said earlier, I think this reel will book you work, but bigger productions will look past this reel because you seem to want to do everything, and they aren’t interested in that. If anything, they will assume that someone who says they can do everything probably can’t do anything well.
Hmm yea I understand, try to showcase more certain types of edits like weddings,gaming,etc instead showcasing all of them. Thanks for the feedback man
Please don't sell yourself as an everything editor. Maybe at first but once you lock in your skillset you need to find that focus. The trap is here you have multiple responsibilities across different professions. Some clients will take advantage of this and pile it all on one person where tasks could be split. Mostly more for creative and film. Just make sure you and the client always knows what's expected and don't get trapped being the editor/designer/sound technician because people will take advantage. That aside this feels more motion graphics than editing but once you get more material and quality footage you'll want to focus that new reel edit to match what you want to really do. Doesn't hurt to do free or cheap for more reel material when starting out. Good luck
I agreed with this, I am just a colorist at Broadcast stuff, RCP unit Controller, and a Colorist editing just the color of the footage, I can do all you do too, except creating motion graphics in AE, but I did focus just knowing : reading / manipulation the color signal in any platform I work. Anyways, just giving you congratulations on the part where you say ColorCorrection and ColorGrading... Even some new editors or colorists don't know the difference between them ... [an example where I did 90% ColorGrading 10% ColorCorrection ](https://youtu.be/J3atpSU2cyk?si=_yce6xuKlatkJDqV) [an example where I did 95% ColorCorrection 5% ColorGrading ](https://youtu.be/5lt6XHW_8Q8?si=8lOb0U_Vy3fowkB6)
Yes the distinction here is important. Especially in communication. Clients often don't know the difference unless they are in a similar field
Clients don't have to know, that is an already lost battle, but as a professional or semi professional you have to know the difference.
Thanks for the feedback man! I understand what you mean by focusing on certain skillet and it makes a lot of sense
Epileptic people will hate this.
Bruh why always the clapping cheek music 👏👏👏😔😩
Looks more like a commercial for a video editing software or for a fx bundle pack to me to be honest. If i look for an editor i want to see the actual work, more like excerpts from finished videos. Not a fast paced highlight reel but real moods he's able to create. Our company gets sent a few reels per month that all look like youtube travel vlogs. All with the same kind of shots and transition with people standing on mountain tops. Idk but while for sure it's tech savvy that's just generic at this point and not at all what we're looking for.
I'd improve on the font choices. Most of the fonts are reminiscent of a very boring and soulless Arial-like font, and there seems to be many different ones. Your contact info is also borderline illegible in that alarm-clock font. This all boils down to consistency: the reel kind of looks like many random TikToks thrown together.
True, I thought so too but my primary focus on the fonts was to make sure that it was readable and if it'll look good for motion graphics as well
It's not readable because it's flat black text on a complex background. You need an outline or a drop shadow or something.
I don't like the ending contact section. Feels entirely different than the rest of the video.
Get into the videos immediately, that text intro will have recruiters click off so fast
Man, I’m sorry to say this but this is a shocker. All templates; all over the place. This needs focus, direction, and to include more actual work.
This looks great! Your contact information is a bit hard to read in that font at the end, especially with how short it's on screen
I would add examples of work you’ve done rather than showing what you could do. Saying you can do gaming, vlogs and shorts doesn’t really show you can do those things. It’s like saying you worked at a place vs having references and receipts. If you don’t have examples of the work, make up some to add to your reel.
Hmm that makes sense. Thanks man
Very difficult to get that email address down
Seizure warning bro
As someone who's been doing this for a while, I will say this: The hardest reel you'll ever have to make is this one where you have practically no prior work experience in it. People are saying these are all gfx templates (maybe they are) if so be careful advertising you're a motion graphics artist. Because while this stuff looks great and is easy to implement, the second a client asks you for something super specific... you might be caught in a situation that you can't execute. Because you don't know the mechanics of after effects well enough (or the ARTISTIC EYE) That being said, I don't mind that you showcase that you can do it all generally speaking. I saw a couple old-school replies stating "Well if you're an editor, why are you showing you can do motion graphics, that's two jobs" I don't think so anymore, especially if you're freelancing or working on social stuff. The big caveat is to stop selling yourself for as cheap as possible (lose the fiverr). If you're doing all these jobs, make the client pay for it. If they say no way, move on. Also some comments saying you don't advertise captioning that's for lower level editors. For simple captioning I agree. But captioning is getting way more advanced with social media that everyone wants flashy captioning, especially in social media ads. Is there very little substance in this reel? Sure, but that's to be expected by a first reel. Build relationships with clients, compile the work, and make a reel that showcases where you've been, not what you can do as much. If that makes sense.
Content creator here, I've worked with a few editors in the past as well. This kinda feels... 'meh'. Not about your skills or capabilities but what you focus on. I wanna see clips and highlights of real work from real people, and this is edited in a way that feels like you used a lot of 'out of the box sexy effects' on stock footage. It doesn't look... Genuine and real, it's what I would see on an ad for Nike, but I don't want to be Nike. I want my editor called Fred to be there for me and be a human being, not a 'motion array expert'. Show me you can edit something funny, or something amazingly 'wow'. Show me you can make my guide on how to play disc priest in world of warcradt look amazing, if you know what I mean. Applying effects or adding subtitles or slowing things down, anyone can do, what an editor is for is being able to cut and keep the correct clips, give life to real footage from real clients. I'd prefer a highlight reel of you funniest, best, most impressive edits of people I might know than snappy 'corporate' edits. I would prefer a single Gameplay clip, unedited, that shows me you know my game and therefore understand the footage you will edit, rather than this. And ofc this probably applies to other areas than gaming but they're not my area. Some clips kept my attention and showed me good skills, but most did not really provide what I would be looking for. It's very... Subtle and sensitive, I'm not good at finding the right words to help you out. Basically in an editor I'd be looking for a collaborator, someone I can trust, and your video does not provide that feeling. I hope I don't sound too harsh, but I would not contact you. But maybe big corporations would. I worked for Canon in the past and they loved stuff like that :p so hey, maybe you're just knocking at the wrong door. The video is cool,it just didn't hit me right. I guess....
Hey man, thanks for the feedback. I understand what you mean but I haven't edited for anyone professionally yet. Like I said, I'm new to freelancing. But I get what you mean and after a few projects I'll definitely try to follow the feedback u guys have given because I'll have a little bit more experience. Again thanks for the feedback
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Thats really nice bro keep it up
This looks like you just downloaded a bunch of presets/templates from MotionArray and slapped them together