Video Editing

Hey everyone,

Im looking to get more experience making videos of SUP, whether it be surfing or just paddling. If you have a bunch of footage that you don't have the time to edit yourself, feel free to send it my way! here are some examples of what I can do (every video is different, and my skills are only getting better!)

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DavidJohn said..
Great vids..

I especially liked the bit with the Naish Jav flying along in front of the pack.. .. and it's always good to see and hear Justin..

Great idea with the edit offer.. It's the editing that put most people off making a vid.. Just wondering how expensive it is to get you to make a short vid out of someone else video files?

Yeah, guys you are doing great Job. I would like to share some videos with you. I need your personal mail.

Hey All,

Could you please take a look at my video link below, I am trying to improve, I know I shot this a little high but wanted some feedback if you can provide some it would be much appreciated, please share it around and like and subscribe to my Youtube channel as well if you like.

Cheers

Laith

Hey Laith

That video looked alright to me. As you mentioned, a bit high but other than that ok. Cool mellow tunes for the mellow long board style of surfing. Maybe could mix it up a bit with a bit of lower ground shots and/or shots from the water/boards
Looks like a good spot too. Would have been good to be there that afternoon

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laithstevens said..
Could you please take a look at my video link below, I am trying to improve, I know I shot this a little high but wanted some feedback if you can provide some it would be much appreciated, please share it around and like and subscribe to my Youtube channel as well if you like.

Hi, as other said, a "chase cam view" is quite nice, such as the views in
at 1:44 in


I guess you could train by flying your drone like seagulls: gliding along the wave face, to train and also this could provide some interesting clips.

What I do for my videos:
- I look at all the clips I get, and classify them in 4 categories: nice rides / average rides / crappy rides but some parts could be interesting / things usable for cutscenes (scenery, animals, ...) + trashcan
- In my video editor (kdenlive), I select all the parts I want to use, and make a video draft by using all of them
- I then look for some music about the same length as the total length of the video draft
- then, and this is the hard part, that I often do not do properly because it is so time-consuming, I move around the clips so that transitions happen in sync with the music rhythm or changes. For this I can resize a bit the clips to match the music. Plus I try to spread cutscenes in all the videos. And try to put the best rides at the start, to keep people interested. Not a lot of people watch youtube videos till the end.
- If I had the talent for it, I would add fancy transitions (but my attempts were a failure)

Note that my videos try to be didactic, by showing the whole ride, so it restrains how much creative I could be on editing. But the main advice is:
[1] sort your material [2] choose your music [3] adapt the clips to the music