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Editing Vlogs 101 - The Best Video Editing Tips for Vloggers
Dec 3, 2021
Hey everyone, welcome to FilterGrade. Today we’re talking about video editing, and specifically editing vlog-style content for YouTube. Vlogs are slices of life, where you film your day or a specific adventure you went on, or perhaps talk about a specific topic. They’re narrative and can often feel a bit raw. But that being said, there are many conscious editing decisions that go into a vlog that feels natural and draws viewers in. Here are some of our top tips for editing a successful vlog. Read the full article here: https://filtergrade.com/top-tips-for-editing-vlogs/ View all video editing tools here: https://filtergrade.com/product-category/video/ View all color grading LUTs here: https://filtergrade.com/product-category/video/luts/ View all Premiere Pro Transitions here: https://filtergrade.com/product-category/video/premiere-pro-transitions/ View all Final Cut Pro Plugins here: https://filtergrade.com/product-category/video/final-cut-pro/ MORE to Watch! * LumaFusion Mobile Video Editing Basics: https://youtu.be/XPl_AzGncXM * Four Tips for WAY Better Travel Videos: https://youtu.be/SFzvaPVSvII * Free Cinematic LUTs Pack: https://youtu.be/ScvZ1kud9kE * Add CINEMATIC Photoshop Effects: https://youtu.be/a9Ac01V1ifY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Follow FilterGrade!
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hey everyone welcome to filtergrid today
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we're talking about video editing and
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specifically editing vlog style content
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for youtube
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vlogs are like slices of life where you
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film your day or specific adventure that
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you went on or perhaps you talk about a
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specific topic they're narrative and can
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often feel a bit raw but that being said
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there are many conscious editing
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decisions that go into a vlog that feels
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natural and draws viewers in
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here are some of our top tips for
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editing a successful and entertaining
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vlog
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maintain a story
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a good vlog doesn't just compile
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everything that happened in a day if you
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want to make a good vlog keep your
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storyline in mind ideally you should
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have some sort of story planned out
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before you start filming but this isn't
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always possible
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if you can present viewers with a
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conflict early on what struggle are you
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going to have during this adventure what
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are they anticipating what is the point
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of tension here after this introduction
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spend time leading up to the resolution
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of the conflict with various activities
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and milestones along the way finally
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reaching the climax of the story where
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the conflict gets resolved and
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reflecting on the results of the
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conflict at the end of the vlog this
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means you'll have to pick and choose the
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contents of the video and edit out
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content that is irrelevant to the main
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story or doesn't add anything
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substantial to it even if you really
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liked what you filmed
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[Music]
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don't go overboard with transitions a
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lot of vloggers become well known for
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their energetic intros and awesome
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transitions when imitating them some new
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vloggers might go overboard and create
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an insane transition between every
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single section
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while these transitions can be very cool
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less is often more one or two cool or
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creative transitions can make a big
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impact but with 5 or 10 or even over a
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dozen of them none of them will feel
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particularly impressive focus on a few
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big ones then use basic cuts like cross
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dissolves or hard cuts for the remainder
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of the vlog
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learn how to edit audio
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when it comes to most content the audio
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is actually a lot more important than
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the video
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this is true for vlogs as well good
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audio starts with utilizing a good
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microphone
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if you're vlogging out in public you
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should try to use an external microphone
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instead of your built-in camera mic this
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mic will be low quality and pick up a
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lot of unwanted noise
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but you can also enhance your audio in
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editing
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software like premiere pro has extensive
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audio processing options you can use the
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effects rack in the audio track mixer
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tab to add effects to your audio tracks
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depending on your filming environment
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you may have some unwanted noise or
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reverb consistent background noise like
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traffic or fans can be removed with the
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noise removal tool you can adjust the
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slider to find the perfect point at
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which the noise is removed without
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degrading the quality of your voice to
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remove reverb you can do the same thing
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with the remove reverb tool just adjust
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the slider until your voice quality
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starts to degrade
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if your audio is lacking some punch
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compression can help a lot
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there are a few ways to do this but the
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easiest way if you don't know what
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you're doing is to use one of the
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presets under multi-band compression i
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find that the internet delivery preset
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is great for punchy youtube content
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if you don't mind learning more about
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audio then applying an equalizer can
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really enhance the experience this lets
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you adjust frequency ranges so you can
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remove distracting bass rumbles or
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annoying highs
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use background music properly
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background music can really affect the
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mood of your vlog just like the choice
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of music in a movie shapes the way you
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think about a scene
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there are so many great copyright free
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tracks available for vloggers to use
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including from youtube's own audio
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library but you can't just drop in a
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music track and call it good you'll need
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to adjust the volume low enough so that
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your voice can still be heard clearly
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the focus of the video probably won't be
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the music it will be whatever the people
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in the vlog are talking about
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the easy option is just to lower the
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volume of the music throughout the
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entire video somewhere around -30 db
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will probably be a good starting point
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you can also use ducking this will lower
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the volume of the music track when audio
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is playing on your main audio track in
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premiere pro click on the audio
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workspace select the entirety of your
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main audio track and click on the dialog
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button to assign it as dialog
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now select your entire music track and
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assign it as music
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next enable ducking on the music track
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and make sure to duck your music track
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against your voice track then click
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generate keyframes and the audio will be
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automatically adjusted
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play back your audio to see how it
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sounds because you'll probably need to
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adjust the parameters such as
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sensitivity then generate keyframes
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again
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cut aggressively
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vlogs have earned a reputation over the
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years for their usage of the jump cut
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jump cuts are harsh sudden cuts in a
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video that are often used to speed up
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sentences if the original spoken
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sentence had an um or an uh or an
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awkward pause then you could just use a
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jump cut to remove that
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it makes the sentence quicker and more
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concise at the cost of a cut that might
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look a little weird and make a sentence
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feel choppy but like we said before
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audio is more important than visual
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quality yes i am wearing my cheetah
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snuggie it makes me feel safe that makes
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the lighting better had to put a
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flashlight on my face because it's that
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dark out so far
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i mean getting up
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this morning hurt pretty bad but i think
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the reason for that is
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is that i went to bed a little bit
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earlier than normal i went to bed at 9
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30 and i normally go to bed at like 10
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10 30
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11 9 30 is pretty early for me my
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anxiety was terrible last night that
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hasn't happened to me in a while but i
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think it's what happens when you try to
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go to bed with too much pent-up energy
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is that your brain just starts getting
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anxious so i didn't fall asleep probably
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until like 11 30 because my brain just
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could not shut off so waking up this
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morning was a little bit harder than i
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expected but we're here
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you should use the concept of jump cuts
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throughout your entire video just like
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you can remove awkward pauses from
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sentences you should also aggressively
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remove dead space from a video for
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example if someone is walking toward you
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from a distance ask yourself if you
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really need to show that entire action
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more than likely you can show them
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approaching from a distance then show
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them coming right up to you the seconds
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in between are pointless and viewers
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will be able to create a mental image of
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what happens in the middle if you only
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give them the beginning and end of this
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predictable action
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many vloggers aim for a 5 to 10 minute
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video so as not to lose the attention of
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their viewers if you still want to fit
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an entire day into 5-10 minutes you'll
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need to cut out everything you possibly
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can
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use text images and b-roll
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sometimes your words and the action in
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the video aren't enough you can bring
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focus to your points by putting text on
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the screen
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when something is shown in text the
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viewer knows it must be important so put
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major concepts locations or statistics
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in text
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images are also helpful talking about
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something is great but a picture really
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is worth a thousand words if you're
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describing something you should show a
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picture of it in the video so that
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viewers have a better understanding of
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what you're talking about
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b-roll serves a similar function while
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a-roll is going to be the footage of you
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or your adventures b-roll is going to be
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close-up detail shots establishing
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landscape shots and other artistic
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angles this can be used in place of
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images to illustrate something that
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you're talking about and can also be
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used to break up and edit and make it
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more interesting and then of course for
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montages as well
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rather than just being a long clip of
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you as a talking head interspersing
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b-roll can create a more varied viewing
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experience
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these are our top tips for editing a
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good vlog although there are plenty more
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essential tactics to creating a great
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video if you have a favorite strategy
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that we didn't cover leave it in the
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comments below or if you learned
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something here let us know which tip was
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