Creative Examples from Video Genie Works
We have gathered a handful of great examples of our work across our services, to show you the type of quality you can expect when you use our video editing and creative services. Our editors have over 30,000 editing hours under their belt, and have been YouTubers for over 5 years, so the work you see below is just the tip of the iceberg!
Our YouTube Videos
For each YouTube video, we’ve written a little synopsis about the idea, theme and techniques used to create the final product. These videos have several million views combined and have proven that they catch the eye of their audience.
The goal of this YouTube video is to create an informal, fun, and crazy video within Apex Legends, using captions, memes, and graphics to engage viewers and add humour. The editing reflects this style.
The concept of this video is to use AI to improve at games, using an extended intro with voice-overs, music, and sound effects to introduce the content to the viewer. Zooms are used throughout to emphasise humorous moments.
Contradicting the style of video on this channel we wanted to go for a slow-paced video, telling the viewer a story with engaging captions, slow and relaxing music, and graphics to visualise certain points to the viewer.
This video features a unique challenge within Apex Legends. It uses an extended intro with graphics, music, sound effects, and engaging captions to capture the viewer’s attention as soon as possible and keep them engaged, increasing watch time.
The idea behind this video is to showcase the strengths of a specific character in Apex Legends and persuade people to play as them. The video has a short snappy intro, followed by gameplay footage featuring sound effects, meme references, zooms, keyframing, and transitions to make the video engaging and interesting.
Our YouTube Thumbnails
Our list of YouTube thumbnails have accompanied a lot of the YouTube videos that our editors have worked on. These thumbnails capture the essence of the videos they support and use creative techniques to draw in engagement. For each thumbnail, we’ve highlighted the click through rate each one achieved.
The thumbnail design aimed to showcase the skill of the character using a recognisable skin and a background of the “kill feed” to increase visibility, with added colour correction (CC) to make the thumbnail more eye-catching, ultimately resulting in a 10% click-through rate (CTR).
The thumbnail for this video was designed to display the educational content of the “Tier List” and follows the design principle of “the rule of 3” to avoid overcrowding. The thumbnail includes a tier list graphic, a legend graphic, and text, which resulted in a 22.6% click-through rate (CTR).
The thumbnail design for this video showcases a “challenge” using a text graphic, the creator’s image, and gameplay in the background with added effects for colour changes, colour correction and editing the creator’s face to show fatigue, which resulted in a 10.6% click-through rate (CTR)
The thumbnail design for this video is focused on showcasing the “Tier List” and making it clear to the viewer. Effects such as colour correction, overlays, and graphics like the tier list graphic, S graphic and an arrow were added. The character featured in the video also takes centre stage to make it clear to the viewers what the video is about, which resulted in an 11.3% click-through rate (CTR)
The thumbnail design showcases the skill of the character by using a recognisable skin, a headshot kill background, and adding the “kill feed” to enhance the reliability of the character’s skill. Colour correction (CC) was added to make the thumbnail more visually appealing, resulting in a 19.7% click-through rate (CTR).
Our TikTok Videos
TikToks are short, and snappy and need to be entertaining whilst clearly getting a point across. Find a few examples of the TikToks we’ve worked on below to get a feel for how we deal with these short-form edits.
The subject of this video is about Chinese stock and whether it’s worth purchasing. In order to ensure its success within the TikTok algorithm, we incorporated various elements such as captions, images, Keyframing, zooms, flashing text, graphics, transitions, SFX and cuts, all of which are designed to captivate the audience and encourage them to watch the video in its entirety.
The subject of this video is about Elon Musk’s success. In order to ensure its success within the TikTok algorithm, we incorporated various elements such as captions, images, Keyframing, zooms, flashing text, and cuts, all of which are designed to captivate the audience and encourage them to watch the video in its entirety.
The subject of this video is goal setting. In order to ensure its success within the TikTok algorithm, we incorporated various elements such as captions, images, zooms, flashing text, and cuts, all of which are designed to captivate the audience and encourage them to watch the video in its entirety.
The video is a day in my life of a travel vlogger on their way to Puerto Rico. It uses techniques such as resolution adjustments, colour correction, captions, Graphics, SFX and pop-ins to enhance the viewer’s experience.
This TikTok is a short clip from a podcast, it has been edited to include colour correction, and captions with pop-ins to engage the viewers, and removes any blank space to make the video more snappy and dynamic.
This TikTok video is about NFTs and has been edited to include colour correction, captions, graphics, overlays, and SFX to engage the viewer. The removal of blank space has enabled the video to flow more smoothly.
This TikTok video is about investments and has been edited to include colour correction, captions, graphics, overlays, and SFX to engage the viewer. The removal of blank space has enabled the video to flow more smoothly and raw audio has been edited to sound more professional.
This TikTok video is about trading and has been edited to include colour correction, captions, graphics, overlays, and SFX to engage the viewer. As well as this, we added colour-changing captions to keep the viewers on the video, and make it to the end to help boost the video into the algorithm.
Our YouTube Shorts
Similarly to the TikToks, we’ve shown above, our selection of YouTube Shorts are examples of how we edit this short-form content to make it snappy and engaging. These have been created from longer-form YouTube videos.
This YouTube clip is a condensed version of a longer video. The resolution was optimised for the shorter format and captions were added to enhance viewer engagement and zooms added for emphasis of key points.
This video has been condensed from its original longer form and includes added elements such as a masked face cam for reactions, captions highlighting comedic moments, sound effects, colour correction, and zooms to maintain viewer engagement.
This short was a YouTube video that had been converted into a YouTube Short with an introduction and captions with pop-ins to increase viewer engagement and curiosity. The face-cam was also added to the top of the screen to include reactions.
This YouTube Short is a condensed version of a longer video, which includes an introduction, captions with pop-ins to enhance viewer engagement, and a face-cam overlay to showcase reactions. Humorous memes have also been incorporated to add levity to the content.
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What Sets Us Apart?
When it comes to video editing, Video Genie Works brings a lot to the table. Here are a few of our USP’s:
Agency Built By Editors
Being built by editors, we have a deep understanding of the importance of turning raw footage into attractive content.
30,000+ Hours of Editing Hours
We have taken the 10,000 hour rule to the next level. Our editors are seasoned to perfection.
Millions of Views On Our Work
Our edited videos have received several million views across different platforms. We know how to edit content to appeal to the masses.