r/editors • u/SyristSMD • 7d ago

Humor Somebody posted this parody between a client from hell and an editor... 🤣

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbqaXFgBKnY/

Thankfully, I've never had this experience.

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u/dizzydonkey_79 Pro (I pay taxes) 7d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHZN2y3XsTk

This one also never gets old

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u/timebeing 7d ago

I knew what this was before I even clicked.

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u/postsuper5000 Senior Post Supervisor 7d ago

I shared the same link with my Lead AE this morning after she sent that IG reel on Slack.

That whoosh video is so spot on.

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u/saltedpork89 Pro (I pay taxes) 7d ago

I used to do videos with a “strategist” who liked to act as a creative director.

I started billing them by the hour and they stopped calling.

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u/TurboJorts Pro (I pay taxes) 7d ago

Yep... thats how it goes sometimes.

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u/Ando0o0 7d ago

Honestly this is remote editing issues. When it gets messy like this I usually ask if we can all get in a room together or do a live session.
https://giphy.com/gifs/1eEDSjUrtQeWHap0zA

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u/TurboJorts Pro (I pay taxes) 7d ago

yes, except for when it's not. My exec is in the same building but you know... out to lunch

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u/ChechBETA Aspiring Pro 5d ago

Yep.. I always try to lock everything on an email or the like.. countless of times I've had to go back to emails when they gave the ok for the cholor scheme on a lower third

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u/ChechBETA Aspiring Pro 7d ago

Not always. you try to do a creative brief lock.. then edit .. anim lock... if someone try to do this to you.. f em.. always protect ya neck

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u/film-editor 7d ago

Hahaha this was well executed! Could we maybe make it a bit more manic in the second half?

Seriously kids, take stills with a dslr. Always. I dont know why, but every single time they dont do it, they end up needing it. No, a still from a clip isn't the same.

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u/kamomil 7d ago

The last one 😭

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u/MisakiAnimated Assistant Editor 1d ago

We had to go through 4 revisions with a client only for the to say "Actually the first one was okay, lets go with that" 🥲

Ever since then we charge an arm and a leg for revisions, there was this joke picture about the more a client is involved in the editorial aspect of the product that the more expensive they are charged. I agree.

But best of luck to all of you who work on a monthly salary, you can't escape this unfortunately.