In the last few weeks I had come across ‘Unsplice’ on Spotify. I had been on the hunt for new creative podcasts to listen to and was so amazed to discover this podcast! It’s a lot easier to find design podcasts, so I was thrilled to find a video editing one – and it turns out to be a great one.
Usually I don’t often subscribe to newsletters and the ones that I am subscribed to I don’t read. But Shiny’s newsletters are good. Like so gooood. Concise, to the point and not spammy at all. Signing an account on his website also allows access to a short free course on ‘How to go pro’ in video editing.
The other day I stumbled across the YouTube channel Plainly Simple and absolutely fell in love with their content! The first video I watched wasn’t the one above, but it was actually ‘Motion Design: Where To Start?’ (the video below). The reason why I clicked on it was because the Thumbnail I thought was beautifully eye-catching! Of course the topic also intrigued me, although I’m interested in video editing the most, I find myself going down the rabbit hole of all areas of the creative sphere and motion design is one of them. I thought ‘It couldn’t hurt to go back to basics and see what someone else’s thoughts are!’.
I found the graphics cute and the host Marvin Te spoke in a clear and concise way. That led me to check out his channel. I watched a couple other videos of his and took away some pointers that truly resonated with me.
*Sneaky screenshot from video*
“Always make sure what you are creating is not for you or what only looks good on your portfolio, but that it is actually in the best interest for your client and that it solves their problem.”
This one was huge for me. I often want to create something awesome, sleek and something like Daniel Schiffer who began creating product videos at home that had the quality and standard of a high end and high budget commerical! Yet all the while I was juggling between time and pay and quality… then also thinking if the quality isn’t to my liking that I wouldn’t have the chance to put it in my portfolio. But this quote here from Marvin Te’s video has been quite freeing and a great reminder of why I love video editing and this creative field – that is seeing my clients thrilled and saying ‘nailed it!’.
Moving forward, this is something I want to remind myself when I’m losing focus and not serving my clients right. After all, as I apparently wrote on my Upwork:
“I enjoy producing work that accurately represents the vision of the client.”
As well as getting my client’s ideas realized. That is what I hope to strive to achieve!
