Have you ever heard someone in the video editing industry say "Its not what you know its who you know"? It's a tale as old as the industry itself, but talented editors are being ignored and leaving the industry as a result. We need get rid of this idea that 'its not what you know its who you know' if we want to encourage diversity in our workforce. This is my letter to the industry of how we can get rid of this idea that 'its not what you know its who you know' and reduce it to simply 'Its what you know'. 00:00 - Introduction 01:50 - The Current State of the Industry 04:25 - The Problem with the Current System 05:38 - The Impact of Elitism in the Industry 08:17 - The Challenges for Beginners 09:08 - The Issue of Trust and Rates 09:41 - Proposed Solution: Standardized Qualifications 12:54 - The Vision for Unsplice 14:24 - The Future: Freelance Editing Agencies 15:26 - The Problem with the Post-production Industry 16:06 - Solution: Standardized Rates 16:31 - The Role of Unions 17:31 - The Freelancing Advantage 17:54 - The Issue with Salaries 19:52 - Anonymity and Equality in Editing Agencies 21:31 - The Power of Unity 22:56 - The Importance of Seeing Peers as Friends, Not Competitors 24:23 - Conclusion and Call to Action - - - Don't know what video editing skill to learn next? Just answer about 20 questions and you’ll get a personalised recommendation of what skill to work on next. And best of all it’s completely FREE. To take the Video Editing Skills Assessment head to https://www.unsplice.com/quiz - - - Don’t forget to… Join Unsplice Pro - Online Video Editing Community: https://www.unsplice.com/pro Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Unsplice?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Shiny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shinythegreat/ Follow Unsplice on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsplice2 Connect with Shiny on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiny-perkins-2b9485a9/ Follow Unsplice on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unsplice/ Get free library music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/?referral=shiny-m834x - - - Thank you for listening! Shiny Request a sponsorship: Email [email protected] and include “Sponsorship” in the title of the email Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-video-editing-podcast/donations