If you’ve ever spent weeks perfecting your editing showreel only to have it land with a thud—no callbacks, no gigs—you’re not alone. I’ve been there. When I first started, I thought the secret was to show everything I could do. But after years (and plenty of trial and error), I learned six lesson...
Have you ever lost hours digging through music libraries trying to find the “perfect” track for your video? I’ve been there too. After more than 20 years editing broadcast TV commercials, I developed a simple five-step system to find music that hits the right emotion—fast. In this video, I break ...
Ever notice how Oppenheimer pulls you in—even in its quietest moments? Most people think it’s all about fancy technical effects, but after 20 years of editing TV commercials, I’ve learned that great cinematic sound design comes down to simple, emotional steps.
The first—and most overlooked—step ...
Becoming a high-end video editor isn’t easy—I learned that the hard way. Over the years, I’ve cut more than $10 million worth of broadcast TV commercials, but it took me a long time (and a lot of mistakes) to figure out what really moves your career forward. To save you some of that pain, I put t...
If you’ve ever struggled to create real tension in your edits, I’ve got a simple pro trick for you: cross-cutting. This is one of the most effective ways to make your scenes feel more intense and keep your audience locked in.
Here’s the idea. Imagine a forest fire—flames spreading, smoke filling...
If you want to hook your audience from frame one, there’s one story beat you absolutely need to get right: the inciting incident. It’s the moment that breaks up the “ordinary world” and kicks your story—or your edit—into motion. And where you place it makes all the difference.
To explain it, I l...
Ever feel like your edits fall flat, but you can’t quite figure out why? In this video, I break down one of the simplest but most powerful tools pro editors use: changing tempo to match emotion.
Most beginner editors run at a constant pace, like a commuter driving with cruise control. But pro ed...
When we’re editing, it’s easy to fall into the habit of dropping one long ambience track under a sequence of shots. It works, it creates flow, and honestly, it’s a totally valid approach. But if you’ve ever felt like your sound design is stuck in a rut, there’s a simple trick that can make a huge...
Ever run into the problem of trying to switch music tracks in the middle of a scene without it feeling jarring? In this video, I walk you through a pro-level trick I’ve used for years in broadcast TV editing—and it’s surprisingly simple once you see it in action.
The key is interruption. Instead...
When I first started editing, some of my biggest breakthroughs came from simply sitting behind pro editors and watching them work. With so many people working from home these days, this can be harder to come by, so I’m recreating that experience by inviting you into my edit suite. In this session...
I’ve been editing professionally for over 20 years—mostly high-end TV commercials—and I finally decided to tackle the question I’ve avoided since starting this channel: How much should you charge as a video editor?
The truth is, it’s less about an exact number and more about understanding budget...
Ever wish you could sit behind a pro editor and just watch them work? That’s exactly what this video is—a real-time editing session where I narrate my process as I build a simple scene using stunning sailing footage from Artlist (affiliate link).
In this edit, I’m assembling a short sequence for...