Thank you for the link from your video on the DaVinci Resolve Studio update! I can now send this to the person I told you I would give the second DaVinci Resolve Studio license to, so we can use the BM Cloud to work from opposite sides of the ocean. Thank you!
Thank you for this tip! I am very shy so asking to shoot a video for someone has always kept me from becoming an editor. You’ve changed my perspective and given me hope! Thank you!
You could be an editor of so much stuff without shooting, Lyric Videos, Audio Visulizers, RU-vid Shorts/Tiktoks, Infographics, Green Screen editor, Vfx Artist, Gaming videos and so much more!
A friend recommended this video to me because I'm in that spot where I will need to branch out for clients, but have no idea where to start with a portfolio. Thank you so much, this gave me hope. I just have one problem that I'll still need to get past, and that's the fact I can't afford any of these stock sites' subscriptions just yet
Thanks SO much for this video. Man I'm excited. Felt like so many channels would discuss everything but how to create your own portfolio without also being a videographer.
I think if you are using stock footage to market to the music biz, the most important focus is the person singing or soloing and unfortunately that would be pretty hard to pull off. A good idea would be to get a friend or even yourself to lip sync - the lack of nobody actually singing, makes the music video a little bit unnatural and gives away the illusion. You could however wear a mask, or put tons of kiss like makeup on, and/or throw a really heavy effect on the clips - but seeing someone sing in a music video is really important, unless you have a really strong story. But in most cases it will be a band choosing you to do their video. Most of my work in the 15 years has come from the music business, I was hired because of my past experience in the music business and thinking and interacting with musicians. But your good advice for people there, to target different businesses or even categories of businesses. It is my experience that if you have a bunch of commercials for lawyers - other lawyers think you are the one they should choose etc. . Even though there is nothing different to know, the inference is you would be better for them. That is great advice Jay. You have to draw a map for some people to see by them visualising themselves in your video. Congrats again on the 40k.
Thanks Jim! I agree that having a singer in the video would have helped a lot, and believe me, I searched for one that would have worked in the video, but eventually I just had to say "Done is better than perfect," especially since the goal is more to show off your editing skills, and part of that is working with the footage you're given. Thanks so much for watching Jim!
Thank you for this video. I was thinking to learn how to edit videos. RU-vid served this video up as the very first video that I should watch. And, while I don't have anything to compare it to, as it's the first video editing video that I watched, I learned a lot. Thank you again.
Well I think the story was there, and a few of the drum solos and guitar solos fit, the couple fighting was a great match to the song and how it escalated through the story, however no one singing up close in that natural emo emotion with the crazy hair the dim light and the wild makeup it fell through on those parts. that being said I think from stock footage it was great!.
Crazy how you had this idea a year before me. I did the same thing on my channel with my music video called "Back In Love". I also have a short film on my film channel titled "Before I Beat Her" all made completely out of stock footage.
Completely out of stock footage!!! I was just shocked when you first said that it is possible to do that, and I definitely think Artlist will help me out a lot! Great video as always, Jay!
For the last day or so, we've been chatting on Twitter. I found this video just by googling video editing portfolio, unintentionally. 😁 Thank you for being so helpful! ~Everytingshakes
Cool video. Definitely turned out pretty well with the resources you used. Would have loved to see some footage of a singer in there to make it more cohesive but again great job with the materials you had!
I walked through most of that in the video, but a lot of it is paying attention to the beat of the music and the movement of the clips. After that it’s just a matter of trusting your gut.
I need help I don't know how to get music for my videos. Do I need to buy the music or is it free? if so where do I download it from and is it safe downloading audio files?
There are lots of places to get music from. My personal favorite is Artlist (link in the description). It’s not free, but it is 100% safe. If you’re looking for a free option, the RU-vid music library is where you want to look. There are some songs you have to pay for, but a lot of it is free.
Hey, I want to build a portfolio website using html css and js. How can I add my video editing portfolio from artgrid to the portfolio section of my website🤔😕?
I'm glad I clicked on this video and sat through the whole thing because if I hadn't.... I wouldn't have gotten the motivation to actually be serious about this!
hi, thank you. this is amazing. Would help a lot to practice different editing formulas and also need not spend much time on filming. Just one question thought, the music or any audio we use, we would need to make it royalty free/clear the credits? please advice.
Because that part doesn’t really matter as much. You can have it stored on your computer and just send it out, you can have it on your website, RU-vid, Vimeo…that part isn’t as important.
If you have no experience, you should focus on that before trying to build a portfolio. Grab some stock footage and start practicing. If you have a friend who likes making videos, ask if you can try editing a few. Just find ways to get ahold of stuff to edit.
get something with atleast 16 gigs of ram, or 8 gig and add a ram stick yourself; atleast ryzen 5000 series or intel 12th gen processors, and a dedicated nvidia gpu. Make sure it's an Nvidia GPU and not AMD. Something like a 1650 atleast, but 3050 and above preferably. Cheers!
@@adarshchoudhary1900 Thank you very much for your reply. I appreciate your time. Just out of curiosity, why do you say no AMD? I've heard some people don't like them because they run hot.
@@bullheadedgideon1673 You can have AMD CPUs but not GPUs because Nvidia's GPU's have much better drivers for prefessional use cases. For example, they'll run smoothly with lesser chances of programs crashing. AMD GPUs have caught up to Nvidia for gaming, but they stll have a long way to go for professional applications :)
@@adarshchoudhary1900 Oh ok. Awesome. Again, thank you very much. I really appreciate it. I started considering video-editing about a week ago, so I thought I'd start figuring out how much a decent beginner laptop would cost.
this video is so helpful! a question, are clients and companies okay with using stock footage in a portfolio as long as you express its not your own work? i’m not sure if some would prefer own videos, just really wanting to have a great portfolio!
An editor is supposed to mix pieces together, like a puzzle, that’s the job, taking pictures and filming is something else, so don’t worry about using any content tbh.
Depends on the size of the projects and the amount of projects you do, but if you make a name for yourself, a lot. And I don’t do much freelance anymore. RU-vid pays the bills so I can spend more time working on writing my own short films, which is what my ultimate goal was in the first place.
@@JayLippman I would like to replace my $80,000 a year job along with paying for healthcare etc. that is my goal and didn't want to go down this route if this was not possible. Still doing my research. Thank you
I've graduated from University for a few months now and have had no luck in finding a job, it really is a Catch 22. This video is really what I needed right now, hoping I can get actual clients soon. Thanks.
Not gonna lie..this was fire! just bought Resolve 18 and I was looking at ways to practice editing videos so I can learn how to really learn the program. Thanks for the great advice!
Dude, so glad I found you!! I’ve been scouring the Internet to find something about video editing that doesn’t require the use of knowledge of a camera. Thank you!!
pretty fcking cool !!❤🔥🔥 Where would you advise to store portfolio like this? I think IG is not suitable for longer videos? Or would it depends from what sort of videos I'm into? ex, ads, music videos, etc, therefore I would either do portfolio on YT, or IG? Hope I'm making my question clear lol. Thanx :)
the music video was perfect, I have always wanted to make money so I can rely on myself besides my parents and I was scared because I didn't know how to start but your video helped me a lot, thanks a million 🔥🔥🙃🙃
I’m a video editor who just wants to build a portfolio website in order to find clients that will employ me. What are the things I need to do in order for them to trust me through my portfolio website😕?
I’m saying and asking you this because I just want to get started. What are those videos or projects I can showcase on my portfolio website in order to get jobs done for them?
i dont know man , i think the video that you make or same as your music video is so simple , i mean evry guy that know cutting can do that , and there is no somthing special , you think this level of work is enugh for a portfolio ?
Oh god no, that was just an example for the purposes of this video. If I was making it for my portfolio I would spend a lot longer on it. I allocate a specific amount of time to work on RU-vid videos, and this music video, along with the main video all had to get done in that time.
There is a free version, which is impressively full featured, and a paid version (one-time payment of $299). You can download it here: www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Well made If you have a name that you get attention to do things without much work. If you are a not known editor it will bring you all but no clients. Maybe the First year 500 Views but no client.
Do you realize the training potential if more than one instructor and several students could watch /comment / make changes to the same Davinci Resolve Project/page at the Instructors discreation. Like a Zoom meeting but fully interactive.
Hy I got a request I made a job portfolio looking at the comment section I assume you reply to your viewers , is there any way I could send you the portfolio Icreated so you could rate it and rate it out of 10 and tell me flaws in it and tell me how to improve it (I will be really thank full
So I’m 17, I’ve been editing for a round 4 years and I’ve had so much experience with different clients and different types of videos. My problem is that I’m too diverse in my editing and I don’t know how to organize all the stuff into that portfolio. Like I manager social medias while editing tiktoks and reels for them, but I’ve also done music videos, highlight reels, twitch intros, and a bunch of other fun edits. Should I make a website or something? This video is really helpful for like one specific thing yk
It really depends on where you’re putting your portfolio. If it’s a website, than you can have one page for each type of work that you do. If it’s a RU-vid channel that you’re using as a portfolio, you can use playlists.
Clients will always prefer to see actual projects you’ve worked on, but if you’ve never worked on a project before, they will understand the use of stock footage.
Hey Jay, very cool vid. Have a question though: would you suggest having a website where you have a portfolio section that links directly to your youtube\vimeo channel to see the videos? If so, should you upload every single work you do for your clients on your yt\vimeo? Thxx
If you’re going to use RU-vid or Vimeo as your portfolio, I would make sure that that’s all you use it for. As far as what to put on there, I would tailor it to the types of projects you want to work on.
