🧠 5 Visuals for Your Next Video

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Rickie Ho
April 21, 2024

Happy Sunday everyone,

Hope you’re doing well! Another busy week for me but we made it through! I hope you did too - I mean, you wouldn’t be reading the newsletter if you didn’t make it!

Nothing to really update you guys on today… I started shooting some stuff for some future videos. A project that I’m hoping to bring to you real soon. Aside from that, nothing much else - just work for me.

Enjoy today’s edition!

- Rickie

5 Visuals I Loved This Week

1. This Creative Use of VFX

  • This is some of the coolest VFX I’ve seen on the platform. I feel like it’s pretty rare to see this kind of editing on YouTube (or at least the kind of YouTube that I normally watch).

  • Colt Kirwan’s videos have a really playful aspect to them which is really fun to watch when paired with his VFX skills.

    • He experiments with different focal lengths, camera angles, storytelling techniques, etc.

  • In terms of production, this is one of the best videos I’ve watched this week.

  • The combination of the visuals and the topic of the video itself is also a really interesting pairing.

    • I usually see these beginner guide type videos done very informatively but Colt takes good information and delivers it in a fun format!

2. This 3D Tri-Fold

  • Ali Abdaal’s editing team always delivers when it comes to motion design. It’s a very consistent style - I feel like I know what to expect. I can click on any of his videos and the motion design is consistent throughout.

  • Ali Abdaal always seems to prioritize motion design at the beginning of his videos which is where this tri-fold animation is.

    • What I especially like is the 3D movement of the visual and the transition from A-roll into the tri-fold.

  • I also wanted to include this visual because I thought the app animation at the beginning was different.

    • The ones at the back were a little out of focus which is a good detail that gives the apps some depth.

3. These Animations + Chart Details

  • Bloomberg Originals is kind of hit-or-miss for me in terms of motion design but whoever made this video did a good job here!

  • I found the Bitcoins popping up from behind the 21,000,000 really cool and easily replicable!

    • I feel like you could do this effect for any kind of video where you need to pop something up behind text.

      • For example, if I was talking about Coca-Cola, you could pop up some cans behind the text.

      • To do this, all you need is the text, the cans, and a mask with some feathering on it.

  • I also wanted to include this because of the chart details: the shapes, the lines, the shading.

    • I’m always trying to find ways to make my charts a little more visually dynamic and I think that’s what these details bring.

    • This is something I want to work on more in my own editing. It takes quite of bit of effort to come up with the concept, but I feel like it adds enough to the visual to make it worth it.

4. This Chat-GPT Animation

  • You guys know I love taking inspiration from the tech industry. The design is already well thought out and you have a clear template to follow. It’s also a well known design language that viewers can easily follow along with.

  • Taking a look at this visual, this is clearly a replication of what GPT-2 looked like.

    • They were able to animate the text bar, the text popping up, the press of the “send” button.

    • But it’s done so well that it made me do a double take of like “is this a screen recording or is this an asset made in post?”

5. This Slideshow Effect

  • Popping up images is something every editor has to do so I’m always looking for new and cool ways to do it.

  • For this, it’s the details that make this visual.

    • The opening animation, the slightly faded copies on either side of the image, the texturing on the image.

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