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@BloodMaster104
6 ай бұрын
"How much of your creativity are you willing to abandon for more views?" ... woah... I think I need to sit down....
@Narayan
6 ай бұрын
You should upload weekly, and you got big views, you'll make big bucks man. But yeah, we can't forcefully do things, or else it will make it feel like a job when this is post to be a creative job 😂
@DucatiKozak
6 ай бұрын
Actors have balanced this. The ability to complete commercial blockbuster movies AND create and fulfill their artistic needs with artistic films. The expression is: one for them, one for me. Obviously you can't hijack a channel and change their pacing, but you can work on other projects.
@DomYmc
6 ай бұрын
prvo su stuberi komentirali a sada i ti ahahahaha
@CarelessAakash
6 ай бұрын
I don't particularly agree
@paddleandhook
6 ай бұрын
It hit me as well. Ive sorta known it, but hearing it aloud made it sink in.
@nikyabodigital
6 ай бұрын
This channel singlehandedly reignited my love for editing. Now I am working on my sound design feel. This channel makes you appreciate video... Gives you superb perspective and decision making compass while editing.
@gripaimsqueeze
6 ай бұрын
I feel the same. I was pretty burnt out and took a break, but watching these videos reignited my passion for editing, as well as leveling up my skills
@weeklyfascination
6 ай бұрын
It’s my favorite part of the creative process.
@JujuProdGames
6 ай бұрын
I know I'm gonna be thinking about that line for a while: How much of your creativity are you willing to abandon for more views? Phenomenal video Hayden!
@GMAceM
6 ай бұрын
I always come into a Hillier Smith video knowing that I have so much to learn and leave knowing that that indeed was the case. I literally feel like I’m still in diapers when it comes to editing lol
@Nayirg
6 ай бұрын
number 5 hit like a rock
@Nileshjoshi-xg3fl
6 ай бұрын
Background music??
@zakandfal
4 ай бұрын
I am leaving this comment here so that after some hours, days, months or years when someone likes or comments on it, I will be reminded to watch this video again. Great Video!
@lethalexponent6
6 ай бұрын
There's KZitemrs who put hardly any editing in their videos and blow up faster than someone who puts hundreds of hours into a project (usually because of frequency) But there is so much truth to that line of abandoning creativity
@VegasEducation
6 ай бұрын
KZitem is about providing value. Some creators can provide value with minimal editing. Some can't. Personally, i have a hard time speaking to the camera. I use editing to hide that. If i didn't suck at talking, i wouldn't have to edit my videos nearly as much. I hide it really well. I get comments all the time about people saying how amazing i am on camera.... its all fake
@arrow2380
6 ай бұрын
@@VegasEducationsome people have natural charm and charisma, some have learnt it for years. That's what keeps the viewers hooked.
@VegasEducation
6 ай бұрын
@arrow2380 i have no natural charm. I can fake it. If that were the only problem, id be in the clear. The real problem for me is that i cant think and talk at the same time. I have to pause and collect my thoughts. Sometimes, mid sentence.
@avid.venture
6 ай бұрын
It hurts man. Seeing crap footage from someone else explode for no reason and have a video you toss some time editing at and it flops.
@moinjogezai
6 ай бұрын
@@VegasEducation Are you speaking of me ? 🤔
@TylerBlanchard
6 ай бұрын
My editing dad 👶
@Gregulations
6 ай бұрын
Yes same for me.
@EposVox
6 ай бұрын
IMO focus down on your true audience, not the world. The soulless audience chasing that MrBeast has pushed to everyone has taken so much character from web video :/
@DoctorSwellman
6 ай бұрын
"How much of your creativity are you willing to abandon for more views?". I stopped the video right there to sit and think on that for a bit. That's honestly one of the most impactful questions I've ever heard asked in the creative space
@Yoyoadventure
6 ай бұрын
Me who can’t even edit 👁️👄👁️
@DanialZh
4 ай бұрын
Yet it's amazing!
@pirhannayt6423
3 ай бұрын
Me who can 👁️👄👁️
@mhadimedia
6 ай бұрын
The more you sacrifice creativity for views, the easier it’ll be for AI to take your job
@vladislava511
Ай бұрын
you had to level up the alreeady gut punching quote didn't you
@reaps912
26 күн бұрын
The more creatively-minded you are, the better you'll be able to wield AI as another tool for your work
@fairTX
6 ай бұрын
10:43 ripped me apart brother. I've had this inner need for other people to appreciate my creative process like I do for so long. Now I know it's never gonna happen, and maybe it shouldn't. Awesome video man.
@jdpowell6405
5 ай бұрын
Editor's resentment is something i struggle with as well. I recently edited a friend/business partner's documentary short and loved the first complete version ... he came back with a bunch of notes to remove things, chop up segments, etc. and it threw me off. I suddenly didn't care about the project and let my passion for it go. I saw the edit through, but it was a struggle and a half. Personally i really liked your artistic version of the mr beast video. "How much of your creativity are you willing to give up for views?" I am going to staple that to the wall above my editing station. That hits so damn hard.
@faiyazsiddiquie
6 ай бұрын
So number 4 secret is Ad??? 🤔😀
@travelunboxed
4 ай бұрын
Exactly, the secret is you need to get paid by others to continue making money on YT. Only ads won't work.
@ClayGoldman
3 ай бұрын
Making the edit before the edit, This is EXACLTY the perfect way to break this down. - As a producer, i've learned the most important part of my role from an operational standpoint is being able to relay the vision of the video and key specifics in a way that the post team can understand and execute on it. As soon as the editors lose the vision/direction we start burning time; More revisions, More time wasted on pointless drafts, and then finally when the frustration meets its tipping point, finally jumping in a screen-share call to guide them on the exact specifics. Wasting time = Wasted labor hours = Delayed Content release = Wasted Money and sanity. - This is such a precise was to integrate the exact specifics on these things.. Putting this into my workflow immediately.
@FrameVoyager
6 ай бұрын
This reminds me a lot of being a musician too. Like how all the great musicians will change up a solo or how they sing song because they get bored of it but general audiences just want that usual version of it. Editing feels the same way, you just get bored of doing the same typical edit and you want to flash something artistic when maybe it doesn't fit the story. It really is about being disciplined to find those right moments in an edit or story to flash that creative side that actually services the story and not your creative needs haha.
@generalgrafx
6 ай бұрын
Is your microphone stand broken?
@cannibalculture3016
3 ай бұрын
Editing is akin to sculpture. You take a big block of footage and you start chipping away at it, whittling it down into something recognizable, cutting and trimming away anything and everything that isn't needed before adding a little bit of polish to make it sparkle. The creativity is in your choices.
@JakeCarlini
6 ай бұрын
oh no. i'm so embarrassed
@TejasHullur
6 ай бұрын
HAHA my Hayden Hillier Smith debut is me getting beat up by Kelly... well... I guess I'm honored 😂
@designerfars
6 ай бұрын
Very very first. Maybe not. Let’s refresh.
@HillierSmith
6 ай бұрын
CONGRATULATIONS YOU WON
@Dinmaogueme
6 ай бұрын
Lol😂
@Dinmaogueme
6 ай бұрын
@@HillierSmithI want to win too😂🎉
@designerfars
6 ай бұрын
@@HillierSmithomg, a reply of the real Hillier Smith. Now I won! 😮
@EricDarrell
6 ай бұрын
I would never abandon my creativity for more views. In the end, is it views that we want, or to be creative? I started video editing in the 1980s when there weren't any 'views'. It was strictly passion driven. All these years later I've seen the youtube algorithm force many editors to toss their videos into the sea of sameness. But if you want your videos to stand the test of time, never abandon your creativity for anyone. -E
@CalebDidWhat
6 ай бұрын
I’m not willing to abaondon creativity for more views, I see videos as an art form and like any art form the artist uses that art form for creative expression, and if you aren’t using videos to creatively express yourself and instead want the most amount of views then you should honestly stop making videos bc then you’ve lost what it truely means to make a video (I find that every video I make gets better and better mainly bc the more I learn how to edit the better I can creatively express my idea)
@MatthewGonzalez
6 ай бұрын
Love this, amazing video!
@lazyeight4090
6 ай бұрын
The 5 one just makes me think about movies. Like before I watched video editing stuff I would have never noticed all the artistic aspects of the movies I watch. Now I see almost every way they help tell the story on a first watch.
@TheKoiPartner
6 ай бұрын
What hooks me in your videos is the sound/music. Epic! What do you use?
@KazamYoutube
3 ай бұрын
I hope to meet you one day in person, to shake your hand, and say thank you. You manage to make me laugh, enter deep thought, and sometimes even bring up some sadness -- In an EDITING tutorial. You walk the walk, and I appreciate your work.
@TrufflesOnTheRocks
6 ай бұрын
2 seconds in and I pause… is this a. Btl of Oban 14?
@srothcreates1612
3 ай бұрын
I'd take the alternative opening anyday man 😭
@JohnBradford14
6 ай бұрын
"How much of your creativity are you willing to abandon to get more views?" It's the Faustian pact of KZitem.
@simarock
6 ай бұрын
you are the clickbait-man. i mean the whole talking to camera bit feels like yellow page clickbaity article titles being voiced and thrown at you; backed by the dramatic music. Felt like i've started another clibkbaity video multiple times, youtuber overdose with imposed drama. I'm 31 and prolly you know what you are going for and it's not aimed directly at me but all i was thinking: chill, you're not explaining nuances of nuclear fission, it's just afterthought of editing podcasts summerized.
@Dinmaogueme
6 ай бұрын
Got a notification about this video just as I was about to start editing my video. Now my editing is about to get better!!!
@HillierSmith
6 ай бұрын
Nothing better in procrastinating editing than watching a video in editing to justify to ourselves that we're editing.
@AkaWyx
6 ай бұрын
@@HillierSmithhahahaha saaaaame xd
@CreativeIsolation
6 ай бұрын
Step 5: the reason I don’t watch Mr. Beast or any “creators” like him. I respect the guy, but he’s running a business. He’s not an artist. I’m bet he would say the same. I come to KZitem to be inspired by artists, learn from other creatives and scientists, and to be entertained. But I’m not entertained if the video I’m watching is designed purely to keep me engaged. Maybe it’s counter intuitive, but it’s puts me off instantly. I think this is a maturity thing. Im closer to the age of elder KZitemrs than I am the average KZitem viewer. Give me a Vlogbrothers, well written video with hardly any significant editing over an in your face fast-paced video any day… I must say, your editing is impressive, but it’s over the top for me. But in your case I think that’s just taste, you do artful editing.
@smartduck904
6 ай бұрын
I like your creativity with mrbeast's blindness video showing everything is blurry is really unique
@jamgotkicks
6 ай бұрын
This is a banger of a video wow bro, I'm a editor full time doing it at a big sport brand, this has gave me mad inspiration! appreciate you sharing the tips, writing notes.
@Keyodo
6 ай бұрын
This was one of your best videos man, proud of you and well done 👏 stoked to take this into action
@wyattdobson
6 ай бұрын
Such great secrets!! Thanks for the shout out Hayden, it means a lot coming from you! 🙏
@the_allens_
5 ай бұрын
Am I the only one who likes the alternate opening for Mr beasts video a lot more? Not even as a filmmaker, it just grabs me more as a viewer, the stakes feel more real.
@thebobbymisner
6 ай бұрын
My videos
@ocdandanxiety
6 ай бұрын
CAT!!
@elpedroosky
6 ай бұрын
OMG
@Gabearne
6 ай бұрын
The question made me so much goosebumps, insane thing i have think of since i started. Insane video!
@docteurmurielmartinyporras
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, very interesting and well-made video. I was captivated 💡this inspires me!!! I'm subscribing 😘🌺🩺 much the final! you are an artist!!!
@lilshredda6117
6 ай бұрын
I can't believe I wasn't already subscribed. Absolutely beautiful, insightful, and engaging. Notifications turned on!
@gavin_luis
Ай бұрын
this guy has honestly been such a big impact in the storytelling and editing industry and I'm all for it
@NarcissisticAbuseHealing
6 ай бұрын
I have watched a number of your videos and they are all highly informational. This video is packed with information as well. But the style was hard for me. I get that you tried to appear more casual or personal. But for me personally. It felt like I was watching a drunk guy making a video. And moving the big mic around annoyed me. I know some KZitems hold their mics. But often those are lavier mics and they are moving. Still the video was packed with information and had me watching. But as I hate alcohol. It was hard to watch you, especially when you kept swirling your glass. Just my take on it.
@SooDamGood
6 ай бұрын
Oppenheimer is a great movie - It's very long but when watching it, it didn't take long time to expand on one particular subject. It showed the beginning and smoothly skipped to the main point without dragging it out and yet it still is an incredibly long film but it captivated the audience's attention because it never felt like it went on for too long.
@MrFredsDIY
6 ай бұрын
(How much can I trim and still till the story)… My number one youtube rule, “make videos people want to watch”. This rule leaves me with the perpetual struggle to balance watch time, creativity and video length.
@WayneTheBoatGuy
6 ай бұрын
I DO NOT consider myself an editor (I stink at it) but an editor is like the drummer or bass player in a band. It's usually not about doing an amazing bass or drum part - it's best when they play what is correct for a particular song. And that's not always easy to do.
@coloradomallcrawlers
6 ай бұрын
My job finally gave me days off so I don’t need to recoup any costs from laying off of work to make videos. If there’s any editors here that want to make great off-road/overland vids, get in touch. I’ll give you most of the Adsense a video makes.
@luisshaddad
4 ай бұрын
you mean having a script? "Advanced"
@billyjesus5442
6 ай бұрын
retention editing killed youtube my man.
@EC-oj4ji
6 ай бұрын
Facts
@ParadiseBiker
6 ай бұрын
Knowledge is power... but this was Pure GOLD👌🏿
@Scuttlist
6 ай бұрын
I'm here early so.... "Insert Banned Sound Effects and Music Here"
@HillierSmith
6 ай бұрын
You know, I actually can ban you in watching the channel. Don't tempt me 😉
@JayHelms
6 ай бұрын
Jimmy is wrong about Number 5. And YOU are still right. No one can convince me otherwise. Your version is simply a better story...a much better story. And I don't agree that you need to dumb it down for general audiences. Jimmy's just wrong.
@Wertys
6 ай бұрын
100% agree
@dacallp
2 ай бұрын
This is SO insightful! Thank you a LOT for this video, you're a champ!
@KRXOVRmedia
6 ай бұрын
"How much of your creativity are you willing to abandon for more views"...sheesh
@SaroDogTraining
6 ай бұрын
This is a great question to answer as you ended the video. How about we make a video that showcases our art and then make another video that is just for the audience? When we try to make a video that pleases a few, it won't be pleasing to anyone.
@beautyandthesavage
6 ай бұрын
I'm taking and practicing action sequence with purpose, character, intention.
@GioZilke
6 ай бұрын
Those blue light make very hard to watch you! (You are amazing and your content have a ton of value)
@PremiereGal
6 ай бұрын
I also always preach to write an audiovisual script, 2 columns, what you hear 👂and what you see 👀 👏
@Clisare
6 ай бұрын
Music is the bit I find absolutely impossible. I knew it was going to be a Lickd ad as soon as you started but even searching Lickd is overwhelming and I don’t even know where to start. Would love a detailed video on it - your sound scape video changed how I look at editing forever!
@FirstPhilWhisky
3 ай бұрын
Just a editor here commenting that has learnt a lot from your content, but also appreciating the scotch!
@Trink001
6 ай бұрын
Great video man, I aspire to make long form videos like yours.
@PelvicGaming
6 ай бұрын
Damn the abandonment comment really hit...and I feel the difficulty of that balance.
@MarkandSandieInMotion
4 ай бұрын
I think you need an Award for this Thumbnail:)
@sendmurk
6 ай бұрын
soon i will need to hire him as my mentor.
@redd3n362
6 ай бұрын
0:49 Is that a Cat or a dog?
@MartinAug-t1h
8 күн бұрын
kitty
@TomWhoASMR
6 ай бұрын
I want to take a lint roller to the mic and Hillier's shirt, omg, I can't with all the cat hair
@huntercreatesthings
6 ай бұрын
Adding pre production to your post production. Holy shit.
@TausifHussain
6 ай бұрын
bro so freaking good. absolutely love this. educational and entertaining. well done sir.
@persvanstrom
6 ай бұрын
2 out of 5 and still I feel that I don't know anything. As I often feel, but full of joy and inspiration after watching a Hillier Smith video. Thank you for the amazing insights and artsy take on hard facts. Love it. And that last point is really mindboggling.
@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies
4 ай бұрын
Let me give you another editing technique. Drink Single Malt Scotch Whisky WITHOUT the ice. The ice can diminish a lot of the flavor . Slainte!
@ErikWaitWhiskyStudies
4 ай бұрын
The principle of “no nice” applies to all beverages.
@AshGriff1
6 ай бұрын
Thankyou this was very helpful especially the tip about the eye tracing
@BostonRobb
3 ай бұрын
How much creativity to abandon - it’s the price of your soul. Mr beast also make ADHD content for kids. It’s the Frosted Flakes of KZitem
@SeanDoll
Ай бұрын
i've had this channel for a decade. it got a lot of popularity back in the gaming days and got up to 8k subs. i quit for a while and the channel died. i'm trying to get back into youtube as i started to make car content with some life advice at the end of my videos. but i feel like my video's is not getting the outreach. should i just start a new channel? it's very demotivating :(
@Vynelox
3 ай бұрын
1. write the edit before you make the edit 2. edit action sequences from the perspective of characters instead of as an event itself 3. use eye tracing 4. **lickd plug** 5. balance artistic style with a practical style (I disagree with this one, good artistic editing can be interpreted in many ways so in a way more artsy = wider audience)
@C-Vite
6 ай бұрын
#2 got my brain cell like 😯
@matfresco
6 ай бұрын
Do me, do me, do me.... you do gotta roast your subscribers. Do me, do me, do me...roast me, destroy me, hang me out to dry. I would love some real feedback. People in the comments are really lovely but they don't do constructive criticism. So do me. Tear me a new one. Please!! Love the videos yadda yadda yadda - but isn't this video all about learning from your mistakes? Do me!!
@vrguytokyo
6 ай бұрын
Love your channel… but.. I have a random question about an annoying trend I’m seeing everyone doing these days… holding their microphone! Lav mics, phone cabled mics… etc and you’re doing with what looks like sm7b…. (Not that that specific maters other than I don’t think anyone has that mic without at least one or 2 mounts) I could understand getting into the mic more but… there has to be some other reason that’s outside “technical” because it just seems crazy to me to tie up a hand with a completely unnecessary and even distractive task.
@Jensen-C
6 ай бұрын
I’m so excited Kelly is finally getting the attention he deserves I’ve been watching him since he was in high school, watching his evolution has been so awesome
@_cosully
5 ай бұрын
Same here dude!! I've also been watching Kelly since his Waka-fruit snacks merch era in high school. I just recently had the honor of meeting him, Luke, Wyatt, Colt, Ashley, and Amber in Coney Island for the end of his bucket list series. Such a fun group of creative minds!
@DoughnutDragon
6 ай бұрын
10:47 This is something i wrestled with a while back. I've decided that i want to make what i want to make regardless of popularity. To me that means, no over the top fancy editing, no background music unless i feel like it (I'm not just using music to fill dead air. I like the dead air. It gives time to really reflect on what I've said like in a normal conversation.) It also isn't sustainable for me (someone who singlehandedly does all the work on my videos) to be adding music for all moments of the video or doing a lot of intricate cuts that ultimately will not change the essence of what my video is. (Plus it makes editing take 3 or more times longer which isn't sustainable when editing is already my bottleneck for making videos.) I don't script stuff but i do keep an idea in my head of what I'm wanting to make. For me it's more about being genuine than creating any sort of spectacle. I just want to share what i like or share fun experiences with friends. It doesn't need to be a cinematic masterpiece or even cinematic at all. And i think it all stems from the videos i grew up watching never had any fancy editing. It was mostly just raw footage of friends hanging out in a video game or irl just chillin goofing off or whatever.
@LeviSpangler
6 ай бұрын
As a KZitem editor, I have to say that as much as i love editing. It's not everything. I've put in so much work on a video, and its dosnt preform anywhere near as good as a video where I didn't do much of any editing. I think value is the most important thing on youtube. If you can't bring value, it doesn't matter how much editing you do. It's not going to hit.
@-austinsmith
6 ай бұрын
You can be as creative as you want as long as you respect the tropes and weird things that have caught on for retention. Establish that structure of what KZitem and general viewer likes and expects to see, then add in your creativity within that. Filmmakers have been doing that for decades with whatever medium. People can be so quick to blame lack of interest in creativity when it could’ve just been your story just wasn’t interesting enough or your plot was too easy or there’s not really solid content that’s educational or entertaining.
@Ludvix
6 ай бұрын
ty for giving this golden info to us for free!
@rangeman
6 ай бұрын
Number 5 is a true revelation for me.
@brindlebucker4741
6 ай бұрын
Tell me you did NOT put ice in good Scotch whisky? They spend all that time distilling and ageing the flavour in, and the ice kills the flavour on your tongue.
@curbyvids
6 ай бұрын
I prefer the alternate edit, if more of Mr. Beasts videos were edited that way, I might tune in, but I really can't stand the editing on his videos, and never watch them. So, I guess it works both ways.
@TheHappyImbecile
4 ай бұрын
I loved the last point, because... as a newbie... I can say this one I knew as a Club/Wedding Dj. I learned the hard way earlier in my career that this principle applies. I remember going to another dj's set about 20 years ago, (Before all the software we have now) who did his set, in key. To a discerning ear at the time, was completely brilliant, to the mainstream crowd... their reaction was ... meh. Play for your audience. = "who are you making your video for"? LOVE IT!!
@Ask22
6 ай бұрын
I love you totally love you !!!
@masscreationbroadcasts
2 ай бұрын
1:07 HAHAHA! I DO THAT! I literally have in Obsidian, in my script links interlaced with "use this image that you downloaded, use this video, use this clip from this video, put this link on screen", haha! I kind of used that when making LIPM 0, but in LIPM 1, it's A LOT more complex. I even have chapter order.
@SimonRaistrick
3 ай бұрын
ok so heres an interesting dimension on your "How much of your creativity are you willing to abandon for more views?" .. its a dynamic Ive worked with for a lot of my career becuase I work in customer centricity. Creatives work from ego centricity, when push comes to shove. Great creatives have an ego that is close to what users need. That lasts for a while but truly scalable, adaptable creatives understand the fundamental tradeoff between creative vision and the fundamentals of what people need. It's a delicate balance - your Beast vid took it too far, but the "money machine vids" dont work either. Why? Because clicks are a crap metric. Anyway interview me, Ill explain it all and I think itd be an interesting chat :)
@mskogly
4 ай бұрын
Wakasa probably centers because 9:16. (I do) Loved #5. It is what makes editing a mix of fun and/ horror for me. I know that the little quirks I like must die to get things snappy enough for the target audience, and it is rare that I get to keep the gold, as I see it. But I also know that most viewers won’t be into my 4 minute version, or even 2 minute version, they will bail after 10 seconds unless there is a hook and a progression. Editing (and shooting) for social media anno 2024 is really frickin hard.
@angeloisern
6 ай бұрын
Bro you remind me so much of Austin Powers. Yeahhh Babyyy yeahh😂😂😂. Love your channel !! Subscribed. Great stuff!!!💯💯💯
@BobMcGowan-NotTheChairCircle
6 ай бұрын
Hello. I make KZitem videos for fun and have no interest in making it a career. I watch you because I find you helpful and engaging. I was a bit surprised when you mentioned a KZitem podcast. Surely you doing this is a contradiction in terms? I always think that people who just film themselves making their podcasts are lazy and greedy people trying to squeeze anther quid out of their podcast. You are a film editor, obviously a very successful one. Why do you put your podcast on the screen? It surely goes against your professional ethics? Regards, Bob McGowan
@bepowerification
6 ай бұрын
I guess some people really overthink and overtheorize things because for an absolute beginner it seems kind of obvious to put the most and only important thing in the center..
@Sagar-w7d6x
6 ай бұрын
How do you find the background music? I've been searching for this type of music for a while, but I can't seem to find anything that matches what I have in mind. Could you please tell me the genre, mood, and BPM of the music you used? Just to let you know, I use Epidemic. I would greatly appreciate it if you could reply to this comment. Thanks! By the way, great video!
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