Just a quiet pattern I’ve been noticing while scrolling through the noise.
For a long time, most videos felt loud. Fast cuts. Big captions. Constant zooms. Sound effects everywhere. Every edit seemed to be doing a lot, all the time. It felt like the only way to keep attention was to keep adding more.
As a viewer, I watched a lot of that content. It was exciting at first. Easy to binge. Everything moved so fast that you barely had time to think. But after a point, it stopped feeling exciting and started feeling tiring.
Scrolling through social media now feels exhausting sometimes. Not because the content is bad, but because everything is loud at the same time. Every video feels like it wants something from you immediately. I catch myself skipping past the flashiest edits, not because they are poorly made, but because they feel overwhelming before the story even begins.
"These thoughts come from the other side of the screen as a viewer, not a creator."
These reactions came way before I ever touched an editing timeline. Lately, I’ve noticed more videos slowing down. Cuts staying a little longer. Pauses being left in. Less stuff happening every second. Flashy edits are still around, but they don’t feel as dominant as before.
It feels like some creators are choosing to relax the pace instead of pushing it harder. As a viewer, those slower videos feel easier to watch. They give you time to listen. Time to notice expressions. Time to sit with what’s being said. When the edit stops calling attention to itself, the video feels more natural. Almost calmer.
Since I’m still new to editing, this shift feels comforting. I don’t feel like I need to add effects just to prove that I worked hard on something. I don’t feel guilty letting a shot stay for a second longer. Keeping things simple feels less scary now.
I’m not trying to explain trends or predict where editing is going. This is just what I’m experiencing while watching videos every day and slowly learning how to make them. The loud phase made sense for its time. Right now, things feel quieter.
And honestly, I’m enjoying that.
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