So you're wondering how do you edit a video with no b-roll? I'm gonna go over
all of this, also what is b-roll what is a-roll
where did the name come from. I'm even gonna go over what a jump cut is and how
you can combine all of these cool very easy edits in order to create a
video that's not boring, but actually engaging and will perform
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let's get into the rest of the video what is b-roll and a-roll they're
actually named that because there used to be
two sets of 16-millimeter film an a-roll and a b-roll one was the main shots and
one was additional this is the a-roll this is the main action
this is the main talking head stuff that basically tells the story
of the main video the b-roll is not as important
but does help illustrate maybe what i'm talking about you know that saying
show don't tell well that is exactly what b-roll does.
B-roll allows you not just to tell the story through the a-roll
but to actually show it through the b-roll I would say there are three main
functions of b-roll. Number one to visually show what you
were talking about. If I say I love pasta bolognese
I'm gonna show some b-roll while i'm saying that of the beautiful
bolognese sauce dripping on top of the pasta
that is what b-roll does it shows what's happening.
Number two make a video less boring and more engaging
if you just have an entire video of me talking to camera
all about b-roll without any b-roll that would be
really really boring (said in a boring voice) even if you have just an
interview it's almost always completely boring to the person watching because
they're not listening to a podcast they're listening
and WATCHING a video so they want some visual stimulation to keep the video
interesting and that is where the b-roll of the company of the person you're
you're interviewing or maybe they're an olympic skier and you want to see what
is that like that shot of them going down this really cool
course insert the b-roll because that's what's going to show you
and keep you engaged and get you excited to learn more about that skier.
Number three if you want to cover up a jump cut or a mistake
I will say something and then realize that i messed it up
go back edit it and a jump cut will be if i edit one chunk of me saying
something and maybe my head's like this and then the other edit in the middle in
my head's like this - it looks like this - jump cuts should not
be between every single word you might want to do it
every once in a while if you have to um and whenever it becomes too much maybe
it's after a sentence or a chunk a large chunk
maybe it's in interviews after full answer you cover it up sometimes
with b-roll. What are the different types of
b-roll we've got aerial or drone - oftentimes an establishing shot in the
very beginning if you want to know where is this place
you show a great ariel of New York City and since you can't do that
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b-roll and boom you're done gorgeous. So how do you edit with no b-roll i would
say there are three ways to do it: Number one if you have an epic
personality i'm not just talking about like
any type of personality like unless you're a celebrity you need b-roll
and number two story if you have like the breakup of the century
I don't know why youtube breakups or TikTok breakups they all just like
get so much attention if you want to air that laundry and
share a story about it people will sit there and listen to you
sitting down talking about it for an hour if that's
if that's that good of a story okay sure those have millions of views
they don't need b-roll that's fine but for the most part almost
every video you make will benefit from b-roll so that is why
the number three way to edit without b-roll and you don't
actually have to film any b-roll is to get stock footage
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You know what i'm talking about that was i hope the quickest and easiest way to
explain a-roll b-roll jump cuts and what to do
if you don't have b-roll especially right now this is a great solution i
hope it helped i want to do more videos like this all
about youtube so let me know what you want to see
next and with that say yes to new adventures
at home as well as in your backyard because that's where i will be sorry um
super cheesy i know okay ciao for now bye