Stop Ruining Your Videos 🛑 #videoediting #shortformvideo #contentcreation — David Mansilla | Video Editing | Transcript

Stop Ruining Your Videos 🛑 #videoediting #shortformvideo #contentcreation — David Mansilla | Video Editing | Transcript

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You are ruining your videos if you are not in the Davidson. The Davidson is an overlay that makes sure that everything on your video is optimal place for social media. And this Davidson consists on five different things. First, the Nono square. Nothing should ever be placed in the Nono square. This is where all the social media buttons

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ever be placed in the Nono square. This is where all the social media buttons are and you don't want to overlay them. Second, the speaker square. This area is reserved for the creator. And in this square, you always want the eyes to be centered in the middle of it. This is called the upper thirds and it's where the viewer will naturally rest their eyes. If you pay attention to movies, then you

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the viewer will naturally rest their eyes. If you pay attention to movies, then you will notice that all of them use this rule. Number three is your caption square. You never want the captions anywhere but below the creator's chin. If you put the captions down here, then you're making the viewer choose between looking at you or the captions. Putting them below the chin allows the viewer to look at both.

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the captions. Putting them below the chin allows the viewer to look at both. Number four, the graphic square. Any cool graphic or animations that you want to add to your video, but not to be the main point of focus, you put them into the graphic zone. But if you want your graphic to be the main point of focus, then you put it into number five, the focal dot. The

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main point of focus, then you put it into number five, the focal dot. The focal dot is always where you want to direct the viewers' attention. You see, your viewers are lazy and they don't have to constantly have to look left, , up and down. For example, I paid you $100 that you didn't notice this early in the video. And that is only because you were focused on the focal dot. If

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the video. And that is only because you were focused on the focal dot. If you want the Davidson, I just posted on my story for $4.99. I'm fucking with you. It's free. Just comment Davidson and I'll send it to you. Now that.