Lessons Learned from Editing the "Weekly ApparelX" YouTube Videos

About three weeks ago, the company started filming the Weekly ApparelX series videos on YouTube. On the Weekly ApparelX channel, Yamayoshi and Kayaba serve as the YouTubers and introduce information about textiles and accessories every week. I sometimes make vlogs about my daily life, so I only know the basics, but I was assigned video editing. Editing turned out to be more fun than I expected, so I would like to share what I learned as part of my day-to-day work.

What I Learned from Editing

To put editing simply, it involves cutting unnecessary parts from the original video, adding BGM, adding Japanese subtitles, and so on. Aside from cutting and BGM, I think adding subtitles is a big challenge. I only add subtitles for keywords and key points, but because there are so many technical terms, even grasping the main points of the conversation is difficult for me. Therefore, in order to understand the overall meaning, I need to listen to the parts I don't understand many times. Editing is a little complicated, but I think there are many benefits as well.

I Learned Specialized Knowledge

First, I can learn the features and specialized knowledge of the products introduced in this project. ApparelX has thousands of products right now, as shown in the red box below.

For a beginner like me, I think it would be impossible to memorize the features of the products, but I hope to start by learning one or two items a day.

Yesterday, I introduced broadcloth processed with FLUTECT®, so I learned that FLUTECT is an antiviral treatment. It is also useful against coronavirus. To be precise, since viruses are living organisms, it is difficult to resist them physically, but looking at the results of experiments on textiles treated with FLUTECT, it certainly reduces the number of specific viruses on fibers.

I Can Learn Chemistry Too!

Next, I picked up not only apparel-specific knowledge but also knowledge from other fields. For example, when I first introduced the deodorizing tape, I felt a little uneasy, but I learned about odor components, such as acetic acid as a main component of sweat odor and isovaleric acid as a main component of foot odor.

Deodorizing? Shushu?

Also, needless to say, I think video editing is helpful for learning Japanese as well. I have lived in Japan for one year and nine months, but if I don't understand even one word, there is a risk that I may misunderstand the entire meaning of a sentence. My feelings when I encounter unfamiliar vocabulary and still don't understand it no matter how many times I listen are as follows.

For example, when I first heard deodorizing tape, I thought, "Shushu tape? Sho-sho tape????" What kind of deodorizing is it? Is it this one?

I was a little flustered. In yesterday's video, I said, "the new coronavirus, a variant of the coronavirus," so I learned the vocabulary for "variant."

Lastly

As for video editing, I wanted to neatly add the company logo and so on at the beginning and end of the video, so I practiced while watching videos that teach video editing. In them, I learned how to use a green screen. If you're interested, please take a look.

Since I am a beginner, I think there are many shortcomings in both my Japanese and my videos. I would be very happy if you could give me some feedback.

That is all for today's share. Thank you for reading to the end.