Obvious cuts, bad audio levels, messy music replacement. I would just hate for my version to feel like that.
I get you. All I’m gonna say is - don’t forget to give yourself some credit.
I’ve found a large preponderance of fan-editors are almost entirely ABOUT giving themselves credit. Like, as in, LITERALLY giving themselves credits. Putting themselves in the credits. It frequently seems like people make edits SOLELY so they can put their names in a credit block, because THAT’S the feeling they want more than anything. The edits are just the means to that thrill.
But what I mean to say is that - just because other people aren’t as good at what they do, doesn’t mean you need to second-guess yourself (or triple-guess yourself) in response. Give yourself some credit for having a good eye and a good ear. Don’t start calling your own senses into question because you see that someone else is getting recognized for subpar work.
I think those three changes were good ones. I think you employed them well. But I also think if you seriously trust your own instincts (aside from whether or not you compare your abilities to that other TikTok cut) and you believe it’s ultimately better to leave it alone… you know what you’re doing.
Sidebar, but honestly I’m kind of pissed that guy is going viral because it puts too many eyes on the rest of us. OT and FE are super careful about piracy and are too niche for Hollywood to care too much about what we are doing. Then this dude comes along and now it’s all eyes on fanedits, even though he isn’t part of our community.
On top of that, his is probably the first fanedit many people are seeing, and it’s not particularly great. We aren’t getting new fans, we are getting more scrutiny, and all this guy is doing is promoting himself on TikTok.
He is, for lack of a better term, a clown.