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I can't make the quick video anymore: newsletter week of 12/15 (Patreon)

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2025-12-22 17:44:19
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2025-12

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Last month, I had a crazy idea to make a video every day for two weeks, but as soon as I started the first one (which ended up being my Z Fold7 video), I realized I can't the quick video.

You see, I've gotten into this really bad habit of filming for the edit. As in, I record my voice-over or me talking to the camera for maybe three lines, then I edit those three lines into the video, re-filming over and over if they aren't perfect (which they never are on the first go). Then, once I like what I have, I do the next three lines or so.

It's like an inchworm, and it is 110% not efficient, but it's this style that allows me to get super creative with every cut, as I did here:

The problem? It takes forever! I'm literally obsessing over every last line. But since I started working this way, I am way more in love with my videos- they feel better produced, more thought-out, and more interesting to watch.

It will be interesting to see how CES, a tech trade show next month, goes, though, because I won't be able to go back and refilm things there...

I'm nervous already.

My favorite thread this week:

📖 What I read:

Top Photography and Videography Rentals for 2025Another year of the Canon 5D IV is still being in the top ten.

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves."The camera’s resolution was good enough that we were able to see that, when he stopped beneath one of the cameras, he was watching rollerblading videos on his phone."

Humanoid robots are coming. Eventually?I can say with great certainty that CES will be full of 'em.

📺 What I watched:

Video of Saskatchewan hockey rink's staircase goes viralCount me OUT. Literally, I would be on the ground.The Verge staff predicts the next year in techAndru's prediction about podcasts no longer being called podcasts and replacing late-night TV... 🤯

Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua FULL Highlights3 minutes of Jake Paul's soul leaving his body

DO IT ANYWAYOne of my favorite Casey videos this year. Great storytelling, but also simply a great story.

Cycling The Friendliest Country in AsiaBernardo's bike trip was my favorite series on YouTube, maybe ever, and it was a huge inspiration for my own bike video. It's sad to see it come to an end, but what a great video to go out on.

🎶 What I listened to:

https://intertapes.net/This website takes found cassette tapes submitted by folks around the world and digitizes them. Not to mention it's simply a great-looking site.

scratched that indie/folk itch with:Hudson Freeman - If You Know MeS.G. Goodman - Tender KindNora Brown <3

Alright folks! That is all I have for this week. And sorry for getting this to ya late~ between Christmas shopping, enjoying all the holiday goodness of Brooklyn, and CES prep, it has been absolutely bonkers 'round here.

Happy holidays, bud! I appreacite ya so much <3-Becca

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Write Here Right Now TV

I totally understand recording for the edit. There are YouTubers whose channels are all about the edit (Casey Neistat popularized this). There are others whose videos are all about the idea (Hank Green, etc). I think there is room to have both, though they require different skills. Personally I like your videos because of your fun personality. It’s not about the edit for me, though your edits are killer! So the question is whether your audience likes your videos because of the edits or because it’s you. ——sidebar —— I talk without a script in my channel. I make an outline and rehearse once or thrice. Then it’s one take for 90% of videos. Of course they have a lot of umms and aahs and pauses that I don’t cut out. Also for the love of god I can’t make them less than 10 mins long! YouTubers like Alexander The Create talk about how to do this. My edits take 5 mins tops on Premier Rush app on my phone. 10 years ago I used to do 20 min videos that took twenty hours to edit on my now defunct woodworking channel. I like this format so much better.

Write Here Right Now TV

Dave2D videos seem like they are one take with some B roll thrown in. I’m sure a lot goes on behind the scenes. But that could be a format that allows you to do more quick gear videos between high-edit review videos.

Jaime Crowe

I'd say it's the evergreen "Quality over quantity". The quality of your videos way out weighs any quantity of them so I personally wouldn't want you delivering videos of lower quality than what you want just to make more. For something like CES though I'm assuming the quantity is a bigger driver because there is more to make videos of so that would outweigh the quality side. I wouldn't expect those videos to match your videos that are more singularly focused in terms of the editing out of necessity.

Alex Limi

Regarding “Cycling the Friendliest Country in Asia” — I visited about two years ago, and they really have the most wonderful, kind, beautiful, pure, caring culture. Best people in the world. I couldn’t leave. So now, I live here.

Phil Knall

There's no one size fits all. When you're talking about tech product where you're going to need product shots and sample footage etc there's inherently going to be more B-Roll and editing involved. Not as much as Becca is describing here necessarily 😅 I got angry comments when I had too much talking head without showing the phone at all times. Tech watchers are a testy crowd. 😂

Phil Knall

That style of editing sounds incredibly exhausting. I could never 😅 But I do enjoy your clever edits like the vision pro clip you posted!

Write Here Right Now TV

I should note that I have 171 subscribers as of writing this comment. I am not YouTubing at the level Becca is.