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Welcome back to brand new video. My name is Danny Matthews. Now, today, somebody asked me to create a video specifically about building a portfolio for editing. This is our dear friend here. So you can thank them because they're the ones that motivated me to create this video. So I hope this video is helpful for all of you. Really quick, what is a portfolio for video editing? Well, a video editing portfolio is showcasing work that you have done editing showcasing to people, and that's how you and get clients. But how do you do this when you have no clients? How do you do this when you have no footage or any of that? I'm going to show you how waking up with the thirst of adrenaline is what I live for. I can't live a life not knowing how far I can push the boundaries, pushing myself The thirst for adrenaline, the rush I get going down the track is unlike any other. This is what I live for. All right, guys. So first things first. When you're creating a portfolio, you need to know what on earth are you trying to target? What clientele are you trying to do? Promotional? Are you trying to do weddings? Are you trying to do you know, are you trying to do, like, car videos like I just showed you? Once you find a place that where you are in the clientele that you are trying to reach or already reaching. Now, currently, what you're going to want to do is the best thing is go up on any kind of stock footage place. I went on an art grid because it is, in my opinion, very, very great for stock footage. It has high quality footage and it has like four folders. First of stuff. I went to one dude, I found all of this footage and I took the clips that I wanted and I quickly put this montage together. Now, one thing is for I created you the free version has a good watermark, as you see in the video. And if you were to download from Art Grid, you would probably pay about, I think, $40 for the month. You get that higher quality footage, which you definitely want to have, and you would just kind of cancel it out the first month, take the footage that you need, create really great portfolio pieces. Next question is how many portfolio pieces do you need to be showcasing to people? I say around three to four. Now you can get clientele with one product. I definitely suggest doing about three or four. Now, the reason I say three or four is one says, Hey, I've done it before here. I can do it again. And yes, you can get yes you can get paying clients and I've done it before. Two is like, Yeah, you know, I'm still dipping my toes in the water, getting all of that. Three is established. They have three different things to look at and they understand that you are an experienced editor, obviously, based upon your great quality of video that you've edited together. And four, again, it's kind of that same space. Once you kind of get more than four, people just don't care. They're not going to watch it, I'll be honest with you. They're going to like watch through it like a little bit from each video, get an understanding. All right. You're a great editor. You're not a great editor, and they're going to move on. So you really want to make sure that these portfolio pieces are impact As for me, I just did it. I literally created a video off our created in about 2 hours. It's not portfolio piece worthy, in my opinion right now, at least. Definitely something that you want to put time into and you want to have all the layers. I'm talking everything I'm talking, cultivating sound effects, voiceover, if applicable, great music, and then make sure that all these cuts are super thought out. Guys, look, you don't have to overthink this thing, but you do have to be but you do have to take into consideration of how you're cutting it, the whole flow of the video and how the story is presented. This is what people are going to look at and they will be engaged and they'll be understanding of this, whether they understand what you did or not and the editing, they're going to feel what you are trying to convey. So make sure that you really thoughtful about the editing. Literally, you can take footage off of anywhere. It's so easy to do and you can create any type of video you want. Video editing has the most flexibility when it comes to that. You don't need a camera and you don't need to film anything. So guys, that is how you're going to create your beautiful portfolio and make sure I'm telling you guys, take your time on these and really make it shine because this is what's going to be making the money for you when you present your pitch, when you present the video to somebody and they're looking at these videos and they're like, All right, you know what you're doing. These are well done. All right, guys, I hope that this video is helpful for you. If you have any questions about this, I know it can get confusing, but honestly, just start a step one, make sure you understand your demographic. Download that stock footage create that beautiful video and present it to them. If you got any questions about this, guy's going to leave it down below and I'll get back to you guys on it and I'll see you guys in the next video piece out.