Hot Ones is one of the most successful recurring talk shows on youtube hey
what's going on everybody for first week feast i'm shawn evans and you're watching hot ones
it's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings it was created by christopher schoenberger
and shawn evans the show's host understanding why this show has become so popular has a lot
to do with its unique approach of asking celebrities great questions while serving
them these increasingly hotter hot wings "Hold on man hold on brother yo i'm hot"
"oh he's sitting here like ain't * going on
i'm over here breaking down!" but it also has a lot to do with the way these videos are built
and edited but as i've said before a great edit begins with great production first of all their
set is incredibly simple but it's really well lit really well filmed and it works speaking of
filming hot ones uses a three camera shoot with one camera capturing both sean and his guests
facing each other a second camera looking over sean's shoulder to capture the guest and a third
camera looking over the guest shoulder to capture sean but they do a lot of things in the edit to
help keep the pace moving and the viewer engaged from the start they lead off not with an intro
but with a great hook the hot ones hook is always a really powerful moment from somewhere later on
in the interview that they bring forward right to the beginning of the video to help set up the tone
of what's about to come what's less noticeable here is that they always edit in the sound of a
sub bass explosion underneath that opening hook i'm sorry i can't i can't i can't oh mate that is
wow that helps establish that something crazy is gonna happen later on in this video another subtle
editing trick that they use is they tend to change the color grading for this opening scene if you
look at these hooks from the beginning as opposed to where they happen later on in the episode
they've clearly added a red hue to this footage in post to help sell the idea of the heat level of
some of these extreme sauces after the hook that's when they use an actual intro this intro includes
branded animation elements the introduction of a music bed or music underneath that portion
this music changes from video to video but each helps set the mood for that particular guest
newer episodes also have an animated text overlay on a single color screen featuring
the sponsor for that particular episode speaking of which today's video was sponsored by me we've
got an extremely limited run of my handcrafted hot sauce summer simmer available to purchase in the
u.s if you're interested i'll drop a link down below here the music bed continues that's when
they cut to sean welcoming the audience there's a neon-esque lower third graphic that spells out the
host's full name but there's another graphic overlay that you may not notice right away
it's the little first we feast viking dude kind of a cool way to sell the branding of the actual
channel because surprisingly hot ones isn't the name of the channel hot ones is actually the most
popular show on the first we feast youtube channel now notice the intentional placement
of that animated graphic overlay specifically for youtube it's just inside to the left of the lower
right corner the reason they set it inside a bit is so that when they apply the built-in youtube
watermark after upload those two elements won't interfere with each other very intentional from
the beginning we start seeing the visual power of that three-camera shoot in action in the edit they
intentionally use those camera angles in different ways and combinations to keep the visual look of
that video constantly moving and changing visual change-ups are something we saw mr beast take huge
advantage of in a previous video breakdown now the host sean is keenly aware of all of this during
filming and he even knows during filming at which points he needs to address which cameras what's
also interesting is that in the edit we see right from the start those multiple cameras allow for
l cuts and j cuts that are used really effectively to capture the other person's reaction when the
guest or the host is speaking quick explanation for anyone who doesn't know what these cuts are
if you have two pieces of footage with audio let's say one of shawn and one of his guests
just cutting back and forth between them would be what we call a standard cut but if you switch
to the video portion of the guest while sean is still speaking that would be an example of an
elk because if you looked at that video editing in your timeline it actually looks like an
owl now if you switch to the video portion of sean listening while the guest is still speaking that
would be an example of a j cut as they move on to introduce the hot sauces they like to feature
each individual bottle but they've definitely worked on how to present the bottles better
what used to be a single bottle is now a featured bottle presented in focus using the depth of field
in camera to keep the other bottles in frame but out of focus in the background one change
they have made is they've started to light the tops of the featured bottle on fire for
anyone interested in replicating this production effect a little hand sanitizer is all you need
another really cool branding play that's done in the edit is whenever they feature an image
on screen they don't just present that picture in full they actually reduce its screen size
and drop it over a background image that has hot ones branding elements built right into
it this is a very subtle editing technique that's constantly working to turn hot ones branded images
into triggers for the viewer in the future another thing that they do that you may not notice is they
change up the music during the episode when we get to the point where guests start reacting to the
heat of what they're eating you'll start hearing very different and intentional audio layers
it's time to reach for that jug you lied to me oh guess what got me
god the music bed choices suddenly start becoming more intense as the situation
becomes more intense you'll hear things like that sonic boom from the beginning reintroduced
you'll also hear it when the hot sauces have um shall we say unforeseen bodily reactions
did something just happen
they also aren't afraid of using b-roll or stock footage to help create a visual change-up from
just the two main characters on set but this kid came back and he said i've got it we're both in
a handstand it's the upside down nut kick the videos always end with either a guest giving
up on the hot wings or a triumphant on-screen victory now here's where you'll see the end
credits introduced but they'll do it underneath the visual table line of the single camera shot
so they don't interrupt what's happening on screen another really smart editing choice once the story
arc is finished they introduce what could be described as like an after the fact outtake
you're drunk even sean evans has worked noticeably harder to become a better host with every episode
he even times out when he's eating his own wings so that he isn't chewing or coughing
when he really wants to be throwing questions to the guest while they're reacting to the hot
sauces shack didn't cool it's undeniable what are the greens you said it was now that's what
i call planning out your video ahead of time really well if you want to learn more about
how to make better video content upload it to youtube and grow your own youtube
channel click on the video that's on screen now or the one that i'll link down below peace