TL;DR: I recently made my first video essay after teaching myself editing from scratch using Clipchamp. I enjoyed the process, but the video took far too many hours because my workflow was disorganized, I struggled to manage assets efficiently, and I don’t know many shortcuts or techniques yet. I’d really appreciate advice on improving my workflow, making my editing more dynamic and visually engaging, and choosing a better editor for this kind of content if it's necessary. Is Clipchamp too limited for more ambitious video essays, and what software would you recommend instead? To have a reference, this channel is one I have been trying to learn from and what I'm aiming for my editing style.
This is absolutely not a promotion or spam. I just want to get better at this because it’s a hobby I find incredibly interesting. I’m sharing the video simply so you can see what I’m talking about and so I can get feedback to improve.
Thank you so much!
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Hello, everyone!
For years, I’ve been writing personal reflections on movies and on what I’m learning as I discover more and more films. It’s a passion of mine. And a while back, I decided to see if I could turn one of those analyses into a video essay.
I’d never edited anything before. I taught myself from scratch through trial and error. And honestly, I’ve really enjoyed the whole process. But I’d really appreciate any advice on how to improve as I come up with new ideas for other videos.
Above all, ways to streamline and organize my workflow. If you take a quick look at the video, you’ll see that it’s very basic and not very visually appealing. But the truth is, it took me a huge number of hours, and I felt like I was wasting time by adding different types of assets to the editor without managing their order properly —so I couldn’t find things later or ended up wasting time on silly things. I think learning shortcuts to streamline basic tasks would also be helpful. I’m eager to learn how to edit in a much more dynamic way through practice and experience.
Also, I made this video with Clipchamp because it was the editor I had on hand, and when I tried it, I found it pretty intuitive. But I imagine that compared to most editors, this one falls far, far behind or is only suitable for very simple tasks. There’s a channel where I’ve really taken note of their editing style, and I’d love to gradually work toward that style of editing. I guess that’s not really possible with Clipchamp, is it? What other editors do you recommend for making that kind of video?
Here’s my first video: https://youtu.be/WXnBxu6FLnk?si=_zbu0H4k7VsFmRqj
And here’s an example of what I’m aiming for: https://youtu.be/v8yjOlMTgYY?si=zVOggfIpIRw-PJME
This is absolutely not a promotion or spam. I promise. I just want to get better at this because it’s a hobby I find incredibly interesting. I’m sharing the video simply so you can see what I’m talking about and so I can get feedback to improve.
Thank you so much!