With each tip Li covers he gives a few different examples of how you can apply this in your videos. In this video Li goes over five simple, yet not so obvious tips that helps tell the story of the places he visits in a quick fast-paced sequence. Thankfully he also takes some time during his travels to create a few tutorials on his techniques.
That is when I start reaching out to the photographers and videographers I admire or whose work really inspire me. Right away I had difficulty editing down into short pieces that paces quickly and still conveyed some sense of a narrative. Recently I've been going through old B-roll footage from various assignments abroad seeing if I had enough to cut together interesting clips for Instagram stories. That hasn't stopped me from continuing to improve my editing skills especially on personal projects and short clips for social media purposes. I'm a big believer in the right person for the job and I know when it's not me. For client work I always hire someone who has dedicated their time to these skill sets. Where I struggled was in the concepts and techniques that make the difference between a video and great storytelling.
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With over two decades of Photoshop editing under my belt, learning the tools and how to navigate programs like Premiere Pro and After Effects wasn't difficult.
Oddly enough for me and perhaps a lot of people it is not an issue of software.