Power of Editing

This is a video published by one of the most successful content creators on YouTube, NigaHiga, who is very well known for his fantastic editing ability. This is a short segment of his video "How to be  Ninja 2.0".

This video is very basic, but really showcases what editing can do. The video shows Ryan (NigaHiga) moving around the kitchen. He keeps the camera in the same place for the whole of it, which is very important for the edits to look smooth. In one shot he walks to the right of the screen and goes off camera. Ryan would then walk around to the left of the screen and walk in. When editing, he cuts it so that when he leaves the screen on the right, he enters it on the left. Another good shot was where Ryan ducked behind the island in the middle of the kitchen and then fell from the top of the screen. This again, with a simple cut, shows Ryan disappearing behind the island and then instantly coming back. They key to these shots are fluid movements. For example, NigaHiga was moving down behind the island and then fell down from the ceiling, making the video look smoother to the audience. Editing has allowed him to create a video where he 'teleports' across the screen.

At the end of the video, NigaHiga overlapped multiple videos, which is where the same camera position becomes key. He filmed himself screaming from multiple different positions in the kitchen and then edited them together so all 10 of him were screaming at the same time. Editing allows him to be in multiple places at once which of course is not possible.

This video is very simple, and yet looks very professional. Nigahiga showcases very basic and easy editing, but makes it look very good. This editing is something that anyone could replicate with quite a bit of ease if they know what they're doing. We are using this video as a guide incase we need to film some shots using the golliwog in a similar way.