Let Someone Else Catch Your Good Side
This week, I present to you my first edited video. The editing was completed by an awesome friend I’ve nicknamed, “Editor One.” He has an alias because I have a fetish for pseudonyms. I’ve given him the name “Editor One” to recognize him as my first editor and to remind him that I can replace him at any moment. Keep your employees on edge. It boosts morale, I tell you what.
In reality, I’m the one hoping he never leaves and finds some other up-and-coming YouTube sensation. He may still be learning editing software just as I am learning how to be a competent adult, but he brings a skillset that I cannot match. With time, I am certain his skills will grow to the point at which I can stop pretending that I’m improving my recording skills.
Already, I’m quite taken with how much editing can improve a video. The introduction you see here is 11 minutes cut from a 48-minute torturous journey into my inner psyche. When I planned my introduction video, I had no intention of editing it. I would play Human: Fall Flat for a few minutes, talk about myself, and go on with my life. Instead, my brain promptly decided to quit, abandoned my skull, and left a mix of snot and saliva to operate my bodily functions. This mess led to me to babbling incoherently for close to an hour, trying vainly to describe the man that is Solomon Rambling.
I shipped the hellish mess to Editor One, and over the course of over four hours, he worked his magic. He waded through the minutes of moaning, cursing, missed jumps, and crying to create something that captured the strange creature that I am. He kept in parts that still make me cringe (I know it’s “inconsequential,” not “in-sequential”), but then again, I’ve got a persona to create, and a little cringe-iness creates character, right?
Well, I have a video about me, so I’m done writing about myself. Send your criticisms to Editor One, who will now also act as my scapegoat.