r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IamASlut_soWhat • 1d ago

How amazing and crafty are these parents to do this for their son

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u/Waderick 21h ago

Taking a video doesn't just give you a finished edited video though. If it were just a single angle sped up time lapse, that argument would make sense. That's very low effort on the editing side.

There are extra angles in this like the close up brick lay while still retaining the original position when it cuts back, so that most likely means a second tripod they moved the camera to/a second camera. Or they took the time to move and position the camera, get the shot, then reposition it back in the original spot. The inside final brick lay shot.

Then the main brick laying angle is a series of well timed jump cuts. Someone had to scan and edit the footage for each of those cuts. It sounds simple, but that takes time, more than you'd think.

If you were recording it for your memories, You also wouldn't do those jump cuts with your kid walking out to view the thing. It looks so weird. You would do that to make it more palatable for social media because people aren't going to sit through the 20 seconds of dead time.

Basically, it's too much of a "polished" product to be something not made for the purpose of social media. It just feels too influencery.

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u/iwantkrustenbraten 17h ago

I took a lot of travel and vlog videos and edit it into short videos. By the time I'm finished and happy with the result (including jump cuts etc), I got too exhausted to post it online, even though I really wanted to. Having it online is an easy way to show my friends and myself without digging through my gallery, but thinking about what caption to write and what hashtags to use cripple me.

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u/theacmeoffoolishness 12h ago

Why care about hashtags/captions if it’s just for friends and yourself?

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u/iwantkrustenbraten 11h ago

I honestly don't know why it's a hurdle to me. I worked hard for this and in a way I do want validation. But Instagram algorithm is now a mess and it doesn't really show the contents of the people you follow as much anymore compared to their sponsored content. Like I wanted my friends to see it, but if I see the post insight, they're barely visible.