How To Edit Talking Head Videos

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How do you edit a talking head video to be entertaining? It’s a massive industry, but extremely hard to stand out in. We know the secret to doing so is in the editing, and Amy, who edited for @LegalEagle (studio.youtube.com/channel/UCpa-Zb0ZcQjTCPP1Dx…) knows it intimately. So we asked Amy how to edit talking head videos amazingly.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Riverside is the best video podcasting tool
01:48 Breaking down a talking head edit for Legal Eagle
03:47 Call and response editing
05:09 How to have great retention in talking head videos
07:26 How to fix boredom
08:17 Get funding with Creative Juice
09:30 Trackclub has bloody good music
10:19 How to edit a seemingly boring topic
13:39 How to make anything funny with editing
15:47 How to overcome the intimidation of After Effects
17:24 Templates are game-changers
18:21 Amy’s top 3 talking head tips

Hosts: @JordanOrme (studio.youtube.com/channel/UCJW5UDaDqN66Iw1sbt…) and @HillierSmith (studio.youtube.com/channel/UCjRCWxEBiqV8yqwxX7…)
Editor: @TysonPellegrini (studio.youtube.com/channel/UCOitMu9Mrna1DSNAGm…)
Intro Editor: @HillierSmith (studio.youtube.com/channel/UCjRCWxEBiqV8yqwxX7…)
Producer: @AshleyJWoods (studio.youtube.com/channel/UCrMJWjxcYvTRq2-81C…)​