Postjamm

AI native video review and feedback management

[Postjamm @postjamm]

The client CC'd:
Their assistant
Their partner
Their investor
Someone called 'Brian' (no one knows who Brian is)

Now you have 5 conflicting sets of feedback and one email chain with 34 replies.

Who has final say? Great question. Nobody knows.

This is modern post-production.

[Postjamm @postjamm]

Friday 5pm: Send the final edit. Log off. Breathe.

Friday 6pm: Client watched it with their spouse.

Friday 6:04pm: 11 new comments.

Friday 6:05pm: You open your laptop.

Friday 11pm: Still editing.

Saturday: What is a weekend.

#EditorLife

[Postjamm @postjamm]

Received this feedback on the video I sent today:

Cool. Very helpful. Thanks.😑😒

What's the worst feedback you've ever gotten?

#videoeditinglife #videoeditors

[Postjamm @postjamm]

Act 1: You send the final edit. Client says 'Love it!'

Act 2: You invoice.

Act 3: Client watches it again with their boss.

Act 4: 'Actually we want to go in a completely different direction.'

Every. Single. Time.

#VideoEditing #AgencyLife

[Postjamm @postjamm]

"Just one small change."

Translation:

→ Re-cut the entire second half
→ Replace all the music
→ Add a whole new section with footage you don't have
→ Also can you do it by tomorrow morning?

'Small' is the most dangerous word in a video editor creative brief.

[Postjamm @postjamm]

It's 11pm.

You sent the edit 3 hours ago.

The client just replied:

"Looks great! Can you make the logo pop more? Also my wife thinks the music is too sad. And can we try a version without the voiceover?"

This is why editors drink.

#VideoEditing

[Postjamm @postjamm]

You a f****io link with the video to a client.

Client opens it on their phone.

Doesn't understand how to add comments.

Emails you a 400-word paragraph of notes instead.

We're tired of it too.

P.S. Something is coming. 👀

#VideoEditing #PostProduction

[Postjamm @postjamm]

Feedback from WhatsApp
Feedback from Email
Feedback from Slack
Feedback from calls

And somehow none of them match!

[Postjamm @postjamm]

Reason for death: Drowned in too much Final.mp4
Poor guy, could've done better version management.

[Postjamm @postjamm]

Client budget: $30/edit
Client expectation: $500 edit

[Postjamm @postjamm]

Regret to ifnorm that we have lost another editor to vague feedback with no timestamp😐

[Postjamm @postjamm]

When 5 stakeholders say 5 different things, how do you generally handle it?

[Postjamm @postjamm]

What client says: "one small change"
What they mean: Change music, change the texts fonts, add more brolls, add animations...

[Postjamm @postjamm]

Ever had a client who gave comments on an old version (v2) while you were already on v6?

[Postjamm @postjamm]

We regret to inform you that we have lost another video editor🥲