r/Filmmakers • u/nadir7379 • Jun 20 '25
Question What do you call this video editing style?
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u/jylehr Jun 20 '25
Yeah, idk if there's an official style name for this, but it's frequently used for car hype videos. Outside of the masking the biggest technique they're using is speed ramping their slow motion footage, easily done in premiere
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u/ratocx Jun 20 '25
TikTok casually misusing the term POV.
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u/ptolani Jun 21 '25
POV doesn't mean anything anymore.
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u/ratocx Jun 23 '25
I get what you mean, but if that is really true: What do we call it when we actually have a POV shot then?
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u/stay_hungry_dr_ew Jun 20 '25
Is it though? Looks like the videographer’s POV of the couple watching their edit.
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u/GanondalfTheWhite Jun 21 '25
Everything ever recorded has been the camera man's POV.
It has to mean something other than "what the camera is watching."
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u/stay_hungry_dr_ew Jun 21 '25
In this instance, it’s the videographer who was hired to make a “cool” video of the couple, capturing their reaction of seeing the video from his point of view.
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Jun 21 '25
And that’s not what was said. POV doesn’t make any sense here.
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u/stay_hungry_dr_ew Jun 21 '25
The videographer posted the original to their social media. How does that not make sense? It’s the videographer’s POV of seeing a happy client react to what they requested. That’s the top video. Even still, the bottom video is the POV of everyone watching the video for the first time. How does none of this make sense?
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u/ratocx Jun 23 '25
The bottom part isn’t a POV either. It’s a Picture in Picture (PiP) shot. But it could easily become a POV shot of the couple IF the bottom shot was an actual recording of the screen, and also showing the setting that the screen was in. For something to truly be a POV shot it has to be the subjective experience of being in a situation/moment. Even if the video is the main focus of the couple in that situation, they also see things around them. And based on the reaction shot above they would also move their head around to look at the reactions of others in the room.
Add that head movement and the surrounding environment to the bottom shot and then that bottom shot would be a POV from the couples perspective.
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u/ratocx Jun 23 '25
Does the videographer actually sitting on the floor watching them from that angle when they see the video for the first time? Seems like a weirdly low angle to be seeing something through the videographers eyes.
The point of a POV shot is to make you the viewer feel like you are a person in the situation. Not a camera in the situation, a person. If this was a POC shot I would feel more like a baby in a car seat on the floor looking up at my parents.
If this is actually meant to be the POV of the videographer, then it is a really bad POV, since it doesn’t grasp the feeling of being that videographer.
To make it more of a videographer POV the angle would need to more straight on, to match the height of the average adult videographer, sitting on another seat of the same size as the couple. It would likely include head movement. And it would include the couple looking into the camera (the videographers eyes), recognizing them in the situation. That would make it a POV.
Currently this much more like a reaction shot, not a POV.
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u/Avalanche_Debris Post Production Supervisor Jun 21 '25
Ah yes, the point of view of the audience.
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u/stay_hungry_dr_ew Jun 21 '25
The bottom part is the audience point of view… In this instance, it’s the videographer who was hired to make a “cool” video of the couple, capturing their reaction of seeing the video from his point of view, which is the top video.
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u/Vietfunk Jun 21 '25
It's not the couple's point of view; it's their reactions. A point of view (POV) involves seeing things through the couple's eyes in a literal sense, allowing the audience to experience their viewpoint.
In gaming, a first-person view represents POV, while a third-person view does not—hence the term "third person." The cameraman doesn't count as POV unless the narrative is centered around him, which is not the case here. By your logic, every movie is a POV of the camera operator, see how absurb that sounds?
Are we really debating this in 2025? Lol.
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u/stay_hungry_dr_ew Jun 21 '25
It’s the videographer’s point of view! It is their point of view, watching and filming the couple’s reaction to the video they created. That’s what I said.
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u/ratocx Jun 23 '25
If you were the videographer, would you sit in the floor below them like that during the presentation? I doubt it. Ignoring the bottom part, it would be more like a pov of a baby watching its parents from the babyseat of the floor, but unable to look around to see what they see. Or perhaps the pov of an unnatural still cat on the floor.
Otherwise this is a reaction shot, not a POV. The videographer is not the camera it is a person. The videographer is likely an adult and would just place a camera on a small tripod. But even if it was the POV of the videographer the angle is so low and the shot so static that it doesn’t make you feel like you are looking out of the eyes of the videographer.
This whole thing would look a lot more like POV if it included head-movement, and perhaps looked around at the screen that they were watching, and perhaps if it ended with the couple looking into the camera/videographers eyes, and thanking them. Essentially acting as if the camera was a person.
If the bottom part was a recording of the screen with surrounding elements, then that bottom part could have been the POV of the couple watching the screen. But currently the bottom part is just a PiP (Picture in Picture) shot to make it more clear what the couple is reacting to.
POV is never the point of view of the camera, because that would make every single image and video in the world a POV, and it would literally be a useless term.
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u/ExcellentNail3251 Jun 20 '25
We're doing car edits for weddings now? Jesus H Christ. It's speed ramping essentially but has become the brainrot of filmmaking. This isn't the right sub I'm afraid. More so r/videography
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u/artur_ditu Jun 21 '25
I agree. Im baffled by the other comment with "accomplishing client needs" that's not filmmaking. That's videography.
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u/SarahWagenfuerst Jun 21 '25
I would've called this brainrot-style too lol. Although tbh it's really IS cool and fun (+short lol) for a wedding, where u usually just get a photo slideshow with corny music
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u/bestatbeingmodest Jun 21 '25
lmao classic reddit gatekeeping moment so cringe
just because you don't like a certain editing trend doesn't mean there isn't filmmaking techniques involved
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u/Chiorydax Jun 21 '25
But to say it has more to do with videography is a way of saying "hey OP, you might get better information from these guys. This isn't exactly our field."
Not everything is antisocial.
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u/OneMoreTime998 Jun 21 '25
Why does everyone use the term "gatekeeping" whenever someone doesn't like the same shit they like?
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u/Mistheart Jun 20 '25
Speed racer with it's constant movement. Although Speed racer also had no depth of field which this does.
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u/MoviesFilmCinema Jun 20 '25
There’s some John Woo in there (when he went Hollywood). Just a tad bit.
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u/Acceptable_Remote_71 Jun 20 '25
I call this video editing style accomplishing your clients goals for the project. And it looks like it was a success.
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u/artur_ditu Jun 21 '25
And that has nothing to do with filmmaking sorry.
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u/Jaywalker616 Jun 21 '25
why not? what do you define as filmmaking? it's a just a technique nobody in the business seems to enjoy but still a technique
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u/Snoo_51276 Jun 20 '25
Lol weirdly always so many haters on this sub for this style but let’s be real this is badass
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u/OrderedAnXboxCard Jun 20 '25
Redditors are weird.
Filmmakers are weird.
Filmmakers on Reddit (so basically a bunch of wannabes and beginners who gatekeep something they aren't even pros at but think they are because they've seen a couple YouTube videos and impulse bought an FX3) are mega weird.
I don't know if I'd call it badass, and it probably fits more into /r/videography, but yeah, people on niche subs can be miserable assholes.
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u/canadianmatt Jun 21 '25
I've worked in film/tv for 14 years, have an emmy. Not sure I'm a wannabe, but you decide.
I don't like this style, it's overly show-y but isn't well executed enough to be "cool".
Perfectly great for a wedding video, but this sub is called filmmakers :)
It's like putting kareoke in r/musicians
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u/jontttu Jun 21 '25
"the project I worked in won emmy and I'm using this to get ethos over my opinions on internet"
You are snob.
Bashing other's taste because it's general isn't helpful. The customer was clearly happy and maybe this is what they asked. I think it was cool, even though I wouldn't want same for my wedding. If you have nothing to add, why add hate?
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u/canadianmatt Jun 21 '25
Correction: The work I did (as the head of my department) won an Emmy where I walked on stage and accepted it. (Don’t fire shots if you don’t have the information)
Bashing/hating is not the same as critiquing/disliking.
We are in a public forum - if you post something in the “filmmakers Internet forum” you are looking for feedback. I’m a professional saying “it’s not that good”, …that’s my opinion. You are free to disagree and love it!!!
The author can take accept the accolades of people outside the industry and continue doing wedding videos, or they can listen to the opinion of professionals and try to improve.
But I can tell you: getting good at something means learning to accept criticism, and realizing it’s not Hate, it’s help!
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u/jontttu Jun 21 '25
But I can tell you: getting good at something means learning to accept criticism, and realizing it’s not Hate, it’s help!
Truth. I just failed to find criticism in you comment.
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u/canadianmatt Jun 21 '25
I don't like this style, it's overly show-y but isn't well executed enough to be "cool".
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u/Gorn_Lord Jun 22 '25
Shut your regional Emmy ass up. Dumbass paid 60 dollars for a local broadcast little league trophy.
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u/canadianmatt Jun 22 '25
I love that your only response is to try to denigrate my achievements (in hopes of invalidating my comment)
You tell yourself whatever you need to to make your life okay but It’s a “real” Emmy.
In fact: I know lots of people with Emmy’s, they’re not that hard to win if you take criticism, and keep working hard. Oscars are tougher! I’ve only worked with a few Oscar’s winners.
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u/perpetualmotionmachi Jun 21 '25
Filmmakers are weird.
Woody Allen in his weird neurotic voice Really, that's what you think of me?
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u/paulchauwn Jun 21 '25
I’m not sure if this is a specific style but it’s just speed ramping with fade transitions
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u/Trynottobeacunt Jun 20 '25
Cringe
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u/JohnnyBoy11 Jun 20 '25
Looks like the clients and the guests loved it.
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u/Trynottobeacunt Jun 21 '25
I'd honestly sell my daughter to Weinstein as long as the clients and guests love it.
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u/Maestronomi Jun 21 '25
If you mean the bottom video it’s called “velocity” bc of a preset on CapCut that lets you do this pretty easily
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u/DanteTrd Jun 21 '25
"Wedding" video. Pfffft. What even is a wedding video these days if everyone is just making music videos? Lol
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u/qoheletheremita Jun 21 '25
Hip hop inelegant bop yet slick and swag. This style is common in hip hop videos with big bling and expensive cars, a stereotypical hiphop style music video.
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u/Different_Average_76 Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25
Just my 2c - but it will age like milk in the desert. This is the kind of video you watch again and again over the years, and show to your children and grandchildren - and remember how you were, and how your world was at the time - you won't care about your watch, you'll want more of your close friends, your family - your life at the time - both good and bad... years ago was shown a pre-wedding clip from Australia, shot on a cheap camcorder even for the time - just the bride, groom, family and close friends reenacting a cheesy film, but the focus, framing and edit was firmly on the people - the film just an excuse to draw them out ,often including funny outtakes in a seamless way. A few years had already passed by when I watched it, with family members having passed away and close friends moving to their birth countries (most were 2nd generation migrants) and the pure joy in their faces, the streams of memories coming back and even a tear or two as they watched the video were so real... doubt they'd have a similar reaction with this.
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u/vanilla_naomi76 Jun 21 '25
I've seen some 'found footage' vibes here, but I'm more familiar with the documentary style. Anyone else notice the interviews feel staged?
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u/ModernManuh_ Jun 20 '25
"viral car edit"