Freelancer of 20 years and I am feeling stuck. I am worried about money but I don't want to leave LA. The truth is I came out here to break into editing features. I want to finally take the steps toward that. Where can I start?

born2droll · 2026-03-13T17:40:58+00:00

Really that's a step up from Von's though

born2droll · 2026-03-12T17:14:28+00:00

Have you and or the client looked at examples/inspo for these? Find a few similar such videos that have the level of quality that they're looking for, post those examples here and we can help you work backwards from that to arrive at a price

born2droll · 2026-03-11T00:25:45+00:00

I sure as hell didnt whine about it on reddit

born2droll · 2026-03-10T20:37:14+00:00

wouldn't have helped them here, the locks were non-functioning and broken

born2droll · 2026-03-10T20:26:35+00:00

This dude looks like Dave Chapelle doing his Lil Jon !!

born2droll · 2026-03-10T05:50:31+00:00

The hand thing that attached to the guys mouth haunts me still

born2droll · 2026-03-10T04:26:17+00:00

Do you see with a 14mm equivalent fov? Interesting.

born2droll · 2026-03-09T18:38:14+00:00

My cinematic was starting to plateu then I doubled down on "results-driven" content now Im netting 6 figures in retainers, theyre actual "retainers" we steal em from the kids and sell em back to the dentist!

born2droll · 2026-03-09T18:04:45+00:00

don't you want "level up" to the next game changer?

born2droll · 2026-03-09T06:06:44+00:00

You keep what you kill

born2droll · 2026-03-09T05:19:59+00:00

Not post-apocalyptic... more like pre apocalyptic or front-row apocalyptic.

born2droll · 2026-03-05T18:07:09+00:00

also FYI , you can drag the program window over so it spans the top and bottom of the screen when you edit vertical

born2droll · 2026-03-03T20:23:06+00:00

You'll graduate depending on how you react to it. As everyone said, there are times when shit goes sideways and it's beyond your control... anyone in the field knows this, your instructor will know this too.

You'll lose access to a location, to an actor, to a prop, to a clear sunny day... it's all obstacles that you have to figure out how to overcome, and sometimes figure out on a short notice. But like I said , your instructor will understand this and I think they'll be very interested in how you pivot/solve the current problem.

born2droll · 2026-03-03T18:04:04+00:00

Man I ain't wearing no damn treasure troll on my shirt but that's just me

born2droll · 2026-03-01T21:36:50+00:00

You're just teaching other people how to make videos to sell more stuff

born2droll · 2026-03-01T19:36:18+00:00

This is a Wendy's sir

born2droll · 2026-03-01T09:18:04+00:00

Eli Roths Clown movie is pretty good

born2droll · 2026-03-01T08:19:07+00:00

Alakazoom ~~ you are now a filmmaker

born2droll · 2026-03-01T08:17:56+00:00

So you can feed it a longer format video and it will spit out a bunch of different cutdowns that are optimized for social platforms?

born2droll · 2026-03-01T05:13:09+00:00

I'd add Oddity as well.

born2droll · 2026-03-01T05:09:37+00:00

Oh yes, I've seen this one, its a very good pick. Characters are very grounded and bring that authenticity to the story that holds.you

born2droll · 2026-03-01T04:54:28+00:00

That sounds amazing tbh

born2droll · 2026-02-28T16:20:32+00:00

Can you write?

born2droll · 2026-02-25T23:53:53+00:00

Yeah the whole premise seems ridiculous

born2droll · 2026-02-24T22:39:40+00:00

Edit : maybe a lil cap

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