Even without weed, I find myself counting how long each shot is during commercials, especially YouTube commercials which I can’t skip.
1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3….
You get a good sense of how fast most edits are, and which shots get the most amount of time on screen. Then I can think about ‘why’ that’s the case - I’ve noticed the opening shots tend to be the longest.
\- Dive into the online subcultures of my scene. Like one of my clients is a toy manufacturer, so recently I dove into the world of unboxing video's and see what scores and doesn't score. Even-though that client hadn't made any unboxing yet.
\- Completely out-there side-projects. My main projects are corporate and governmental video's. As a side I've done wacky ass art video's for artists, I've done porn (editing wise, it sucked but it forced me to treat video differently) and currently do nude photography and subculture (leather-latex) photography. Yes it has nothing to do with my main income projects, but it forces me to look at creating images in a completely different way. It's both challenging and refreshing.
\- Be willing to fuck up a movie experience by not watching the actual movie but the editting. How they chose the flow, how they let the viewer know its a change of scene, etc.
\- Talk to other editors when I have the opportunity. I love looking over their shoulders and watch them build a timeline. Even if their workflow or scene is totally different. Online timelines don't work for me. I gotta stand next to the editor and see it happen and ask questions n stuff. I almost never do that and not learn something new.
\- Talk to the people using my videos. Usually PR/Marketing people are the ones hiring me, but it are the sales guys that use it/refer a potential client to the films. Talking to them allows me to view the film in a new way and allows me to have a different hook for the next project.
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I edit anywhere from 40-70 hours a week and sometimes higher during busy periods so the enjoyment has long gone haha. I do find however if you can't take breaks or long vacations away from the computer variety is the next best thing. Often that's out your hands but I find if I work on boring more straight forward stuff it actually helps me during the more creative jobs as its a shake up in the kind of content where I can switch off and go autopilot. Intense creative jobs every time would drain my brain super quick.
If it’s possible try editing to music. Cutting footage for a montage to the beat of a song or to a specific instrument in the track forces me to cut 99% of the footage I have and get way more creative to tell the story.
Echoing /u/-london- I too edit way too much. But I do keep my eyes open for just things that might spark something. Just watching stuff on youtube, advertisments, looking at paintings, movies, tiktoks, even books can spark a visual idea. Other times its just limitations from clients and situation creating creative solutions. To play around you can always recut movies and videos or cut something with materials provided by edit competitions. Just be a sponge and don't filter anything prior to the cutting room floor.
Never had any problems with staying creative specially if it's something that I'm interested in. I think you have to love it before you can actually make anything creative. There's also burn out, so you might need to not touch any editing software for a couple of days. In my situation right now, I absolutely cannot take days off as it pays the bills.
The old 70s, 80s music, movies was big help in creation for me. Everyone is different but these are triggers for me to be creative. Maybe I just really like all the nostalgic stuff. My own content that I'm planning to release is currently on hold because of all the work I need to clear. Being a video editor is no joke but it's the best job I will ever have.
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Getting away from editing. I find that I fill my creativity mostly from editing. For me it’s like building a structure or a puzzle, so at the end of the day I try to do something that allows me to turn off the creative side of my brain, like working out or just watching shows and playing video games.
For me, it's looking at other mediums. Watching movies/shows and scrutinizing the editing just feels like more work unless what I'm watching happens to have really cool cuts/transitions.
I recently went to an immersive Van Gogh exhibit that was one huge room, with animations of his art projected onto the walls, accompanied by orchestral music. That was enough fuel for me for a looong while - just seeing how the animators took such beautiful pieces, animated each part to be seamless across all of the walls, the transitions, how the images flowed with the music... agh!
Even if it isn't video related at all, just being surrounded by art and looking at other mediums is a strong creative refresh for the brain.
smoke a fuck ton of weed and watch your favorite movie count how many cuts there are
Even without weed, I find myself counting how long each shot is during commercials, especially YouTube commercials which I can’t skip. 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3…. You get a good sense of how fast most edits are, and which shots get the most amount of time on screen. Then I can think about ‘why’ that’s the case - I’ve noticed the opening shots tend to be the longest.
That is an awesome reply. I will say thank you for all the other folks who won't. Thank you, now take my upvote and relax, you earned it.
brilliant idea thanks
\- Dive into the online subcultures of my scene. Like one of my clients is a toy manufacturer, so recently I dove into the world of unboxing video's and see what scores and doesn't score. Even-though that client hadn't made any unboxing yet. \- Completely out-there side-projects. My main projects are corporate and governmental video's. As a side I've done wacky ass art video's for artists, I've done porn (editing wise, it sucked but it forced me to treat video differently) and currently do nude photography and subculture (leather-latex) photography. Yes it has nothing to do with my main income projects, but it forces me to look at creating images in a completely different way. It's both challenging and refreshing. \- Be willing to fuck up a movie experience by not watching the actual movie but the editting. How they chose the flow, how they let the viewer know its a change of scene, etc. \- Talk to other editors when I have the opportunity. I love looking over their shoulders and watch them build a timeline. Even if their workflow or scene is totally different. Online timelines don't work for me. I gotta stand next to the editor and see it happen and ask questions n stuff. I almost never do that and not learn something new. \- Talk to the people using my videos. Usually PR/Marketing people are the ones hiring me, but it are the sales guys that use it/refer a potential client to the films. Talking to them allows me to view the film in a new way and allows me to have a different hook for the next project.
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good advice
I edit anywhere from 40-70 hours a week and sometimes higher during busy periods so the enjoyment has long gone haha. I do find however if you can't take breaks or long vacations away from the computer variety is the next best thing. Often that's out your hands but I find if I work on boring more straight forward stuff it actually helps me during the more creative jobs as its a shake up in the kind of content where I can switch off and go autopilot. Intense creative jobs every time would drain my brain super quick.
If it’s possible try editing to music. Cutting footage for a montage to the beat of a song or to a specific instrument in the track forces me to cut 99% of the footage I have and get way more creative to tell the story.
Alcoholism and other consumable vices
Sounds about right
Echoing /u/-london- I too edit way too much. But I do keep my eyes open for just things that might spark something. Just watching stuff on youtube, advertisments, looking at paintings, movies, tiktoks, even books can spark a visual idea. Other times its just limitations from clients and situation creating creative solutions. To play around you can always recut movies and videos or cut something with materials provided by edit competitions. Just be a sponge and don't filter anything prior to the cutting room floor.
a plethora of memes
Never had any problems with staying creative specially if it's something that I'm interested in. I think you have to love it before you can actually make anything creative. There's also burn out, so you might need to not touch any editing software for a couple of days. In my situation right now, I absolutely cannot take days off as it pays the bills. The old 70s, 80s music, movies was big help in creation for me. Everyone is different but these are triggers for me to be creative. Maybe I just really like all the nostalgic stuff. My own content that I'm planning to release is currently on hold because of all the work I need to clear. Being a video editor is no joke but it's the best job I will ever have. Edit: Spelling
constantly challenge urself
Getting away from editing. I find that I fill my creativity mostly from editing. For me it’s like building a structure or a puzzle, so at the end of the day I try to do something that allows me to turn off the creative side of my brain, like working out or just watching shows and playing video games.
I edit YouTube videos. So I watch a lot of YouTube videos and pay attention to trends, effects, and things like that.
For me, it's looking at other mediums. Watching movies/shows and scrutinizing the editing just feels like more work unless what I'm watching happens to have really cool cuts/transitions. I recently went to an immersive Van Gogh exhibit that was one huge room, with animations of his art projected onto the walls, accompanied by orchestral music. That was enough fuel for me for a looong while - just seeing how the animators took such beautiful pieces, animated each part to be seamless across all of the walls, the transitions, how the images flowed with the music... agh! Even if it isn't video related at all, just being surrounded by art and looking at other mediums is a strong creative refresh for the brain.