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guys we are in Las Vegas Nevada for the
National Association of Broadcasters
conference nab NAB if you guys know
anything about photo or video here this
is basically the intervention where they
had like unleash the new products the
latest software updates anything that's
exciting around media we're standing in
front of the Adobe booth because
obviously this video is all about video
editing and guys if you know anything
about me I own a business we are hiring
people all the time hiring it's not
editors and these are the things that I
look for when I see an application
coming as a video editor so have some
fun at NAB and also prefer to get a job
doing
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does the editor understand story it's
great if you're a technical editor you
can work fast as obviously a plus but I
want you guys to make good creative
decisions I want to hand it end it off
to you I want you to know the pacing I
want you to know the flow I want you to
look at the script to understand this
story's so fundamental number one
understand story as an editor and
practice that that's the biggest thing
we look for when we're hiring an editor
the second biggest thing that we look
for when we're hiring a video editor is
do they have good organizational skills
I'm talking when you have an edit and I
open it our things properly put into
bins is the b-roll organize are things
labeled when I open the project files
going into all the folders are the
assets in the right area so having good
organizational skills is key also we
have a client that comes back a couple
years later they're like oh can you
update that edit this happens all the
time I should be able to open up that
project look at it and truly understand
what's in there because you've labeled
everything properly so organizational
skills is huge actually on the note of
organizational skills
Adobe's latest update for Premiere Pro
has a free-form panel window which
allows you to organize things in a more
creative way so if you're creative
thinker you want to lay things out you
can like stack clips can find the hero
shots which is good for the future if
you're opening up and edit because it
allows the person who's now re editing
that video or that photo to understand
where things are so go and check out
that latest update and also make sure
you guys have good organizational skills
organizational skills okay so this next
tip I'm gonna call being tasteful with
transitions number one I feel like it's
pretty self-explanatory because it's
very easy to add a lot of transitions to
your Clips I don't wanna just be seeing
luma fade zoom transitions do transition
for every single transition it's cool
when you guys have a bit of
understanding of speed ramping and all
these other effects but one of the
biggest things is understanding when and
where to use them sometimes a simple cut
is all that's necessary so yes know
these things understand motion graphics
so you can add little text pieces those
things are good but don't overdo it
because it actually looks bad so yes
less is more sometimes
and make sure that you're adding the
right transitions for that particular
project and what that client needs so
don't put zoom transitions in a
corporate video they're probably not
gonna like that very much okay so before
we jump into our next tip the crazy
things that exist at nab okay this is
touch sensitive there's a koi pond over
here like touch the water moves so we're
gonna do this tip by a koi pond just a
person have a good understanding of
pacing a lot of editors will just have a
voiceover and kind of back-to-back words
all smushed together it's really quick
and they're like today's the product
we're gonna be talking about this
product and we're doing this thing with
product is x y&z so it's too much you
got to leave some space so example would
be like today we're talking about the
product and then you leave some room for
it and now they show the b-roll the
product so having an understanding of
this flow is extremely important so
that's what I look for when you guys
send examples to me when I want to hire
you or when someone else wants to hire
you if you guys didn't already know this
also within Premiere Pro and audition
they have a new feature called the auto
ducking feature which essentially is
doing half of this work for you so if
there's a voiceover it's lowering it and
if you leave some breaks in some room
for b-roll it raises it out which is
also good for vloggers but nonetheless
if you have a good understanding of
pacing you're gonna get hired this is
the stuff we're looking for
and say from someone who Dyer it see I'm
scaring the fish away the digital koi
are running no come back be my friend be
my friend be my be my friend no no you
you're freaking out I like those guys I
need one of these in my place
it's like I'm part of the basketball
game one of the other things that we
really look for is somebody who has a
brief understanding of a few of the
other programs such as After Effects
audition maybe it's Photoshop Lightroom
yes he specialized in your one area for
your video editor definitely understand
premier whatever video platform that
you're using then the second one would
be like After Effects we really love
when people have like motion graphics
they can add a few effects in there the
more that you know the more value you
can add to a company and you're gonna
get hired more often because of that
okay when you're at NAB it's almost
impossible to find a place that's quiet
but vocal booth I'm gonna go and record
mother talking bits in the vocal booth
let's go there
okay guys that's better it's so quiet
it's so quiet I can I can actually hear
my own thoughts and on that note the
next tip is making sure you guys deliver
things on time oh my goodness if you
want to get hired again always always
deliver on time that's probably my
biggest pet peeve if I get a text from
the editor the night before at 11:00 I'm
sitting there watching a movie just
enjoy myself good little text it's like
editor pops up and they're like hey
Chris I'm sorry this is taking a lot
longer than I expected
can we push it back nine days no we're
not gonna do that editor we're gonna
lose that client if you end up doing
that so please make sure you guys
deliver on time and pro tip if you
really want to impress your client or
the person that you're working for or
hired by deliver it early a few hours
really that'll make them super happy
that's what's gonna get you a job okay
my last tip one of the big things here
I'll get nice and close to you guys the
carrot is shortcuts there are shortcuts
to make you a faster editor know them
understand them study them so that you
can create edits faster the faster you
can turnaround things the more into the
man that you'll be the other side of it
is that most of the time as a video
editor you're gonna get paid and a bulk
rate versus hourly so the faster that
you edit the more money that you're
gonna make per hour
also the more money that you'll make in
total so shortcuts learn those things is
impressive I don't want to see any
drag-and-drop editors or dragging click
editors I want to see that once these
shortcuts
yeah all right guys we're about to end
off the video right now but my last tip
is just care get the updates understand
different things get more knowledgeable
figure out the new trends and editing
because the more that you know the more
valuable you'll be to somebody that's
hiring you this
we're looking for we want somebody who
really cares about the job and is gonna
do a good job so on that note guys
that's the end of the video if you guys
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but we're going to celebrate in Vegas
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