Tutorial on making short videos for movies and TV shows: How to edit movies into videos?

I believe that everyone likes to watch movies and TV series, but a movie can easily last two hours (a TV series can be thousands of minutes), and in recent years, there have been an endless stream of fantastic dramas, commercial films, and even bad films, which can inevitably make people discouraged. Therefore, it is very necessary to use fragmented time to have a brief understanding of the plots of movies and TV shows in advance. Movie commentary can allow you to understand the essence of the movie in just a few minutes. What about the film and television short video production tutorial, how to edit TV series into videos? Let’s follow Jimifeng Feng Chao to find out together!

Tutorial on making short videos for movies and TV series: how to edit TV series into videos?

Film and TV short video editing

If we talk about which account is the most popular on Douyin, "Poisonous Tongue Movies" is a topic that cannot be avoided in any way. Among all the vertical accounts, Poisonous Tongue Movies can be said to be the best ("Sichuan Observation" disagrees). 2020 can be said to be the first year of Poison Tongue Movie's entrepreneurship. From April to July, in just three months, the number of fans soared to tens of millions.

The success of Poisonous Tongue Movies is inseparable from his account positioning of firing at bad movies and daring to be a leader. The most prominent feature of his account is his complaints about bad movies. His tone is sharp and aggressive. He loves movies and spares no effort to recommend good niche movies everywhere. At the same time, he has zero tolerance for bad movies. Spicy, sharp, and venomous are everyone's first impression of venomous movies. There will be complaints, but they will not be mindless attacks. Instead, they will point out the points of complaint with reason and evidence. Before reading a movie review, you just feel that a movie is bad, without any deeper understanding. After reading the analysis of the movie by Satanic Tongue, you suddenly realize that these are the reasons why the movie is so bad.

1. Getting Started

Getting started with short video editing

The entry threshold for film and television short video editing is extremely low. Since you don’t have to shoot short videos yourself, you save a lot of video shooting time and can focus more on video editing and copywriting.

Tutorial on making short videos for movies and TV series: how to edit TV series into videos?

01. Account positioning

Through the case of "Poisonous Tongue Movie", we can find that account positioning is very important for long-term development. Of course, we don't necessarily need to set such ambitious goals.

Movies can be divided into many types according to their subject matter: science fiction, action films, comedies, horror films, romance films, documentaries, etc.

According to the scene, it can also be divided into many types: crime films, historical films, science fiction films, war films and so on.

If you choose a niche field and specialize in it, you will still gain a large number of fans.

02. Material collection

1. Record the screen with your phone

All smartphones have built-in screen recording functions (if you don’t have one, download one from the app store). Select a video you want to edit on any major video software, turn on screen recording, and collect footage while watching. Remember to select a picture quality of 1080p or above. Once you’ve recorded it, save it and you’re done.

2. Find materials on the computer

You can also record the screen directly on your computer. When you open the video in 360 Browser (LMRJ), a small window will appear with the screen recording function. Click on the small video button to start recording the video. Once the recording is complete, save it.

Of course, in addition to screen recording, you can also search for video resource websites on Baidu, download them directly, and save the video resources to your local computer for editing and creation.

03. Video watermark removal

Many times, the videos we download have watermarks. There are many types of watermarks, some are account names, some are station logos, and some are texts such as copyright statements. Although the watermark will not block the main content of the video, it will have a very bad impact on both the user’s browsing experience and the platform’s review mechanism (videos with watermarks from other platforms will most likely not pass the review).

There are many tools for removing watermarks from videos. Experienced students recommend using professional tools such as PR and PS, but these professional tools are not necessary for general video watermarks. Most video watermarks are fixed in one position (usually in the upper right corner of the video). There are many fool-proof software on the market that can remove watermarks with one click. Importing videos, removing watermarks, and exporting videos can basically solve the problem of video watermarks easily.

04. Editing software

Mobile phone: Jianying, Kuaiying, etc.

Computer: PR

Many times, the editing software is not important, the editing ideas are more important. The same material, the same editing software, but the resulting works are completely different. This is a problem of editing ideas, understanding of the material, and the entry point of editing. This will be explained in detail in the sixth point of this article.

05. Prevent being convicted of carrying

If you are found guilty of copying, there is a risk of your account being demoted or even blocked, so you must pay attention to this issue when editing videos.

1. The continuous part of the edited work cannot exceed 20% of the original material (e.g. for a 60-second video material, the continuous part of the edited video cannot exceed 12 seconds)

2. It is not recommended to simply splice multiple short clips into a long video (e.g. 5 20-second clips, simply spliced ​​into a 1-minute work)

3. The longer the work is, the more materials and scenes are needed.

In short, the material must be cut into as small pieces as possible. The finished work should not be the same as the material. There must be a division in the middle to remove redundant parts. This will effectively avoid the problem of transfer.

06. Editing ideas

Editing ideas are the focus of this article and the core of video editing.

Take the love story for example. The first half tells that the hero is very outstanding, successful in his career, and surrounded by beautiful women, and he abuses the heroine so much that she is covered in bruises. The second half tells that the heroine's heart has turned cold, and no matter how the hero tries to reconcile, she will not forgive the past hurt.

This type of video usually shows the problems between the man and the woman. At the beginning of the video, both men and women are particularly cruel and hurt each other. However, when we edit it, we can deliberately edit the shots of the male protagonist, making him particularly ruthless, and try to edit the shots of the female protagonist to make her seem weak and helpless. In terms of emotional entanglements, we only edit the problems of the male protagonist. Even if it is the female protagonist's fault, we do not include her in the editing.

The user group of this type of video is mostly women, and it is easy to hit the pain points, resonate with them, and leave comments.

Key point: The beginning of the video must be a relatively intense conflict clip to attract users to continue browsing.

07. Short video copywriting

Popular videos are bound to have popular copywriting, and excellent copywriting can often serve as the finishing touch. There are two very important texts in short videos, one is the title of the video, and the other is the text within the video. The title copy usually has 15-20 words, occupies 1-2 lines, and has a maximum of 55 words.

Good copywriting does not necessarily require outstanding writing skills, but it must be combined with the content of the video and take into account the feelings of the audience. It is best to combine hot topics to induce users to leave messages and comments. There are many copywriting techniques, and I will not go into too much detail here. I will compile a separate article later to explain them in detail.

The above is a tutorial on making short videos for film and television. How to edit TV dramas into videos? That’s all I’m going to share in this issue. The content is relatively dry, so you can collect it and study it slowly. If there is anything else you need to add, you can raise it in the comment section and I will answer them one by one.