Trends come and go; some become mainstays, some become clichés. Video is certainly no stranger to trendy effects that become overused or outstay their welcome. Here are five such effects to consider before you drop them in your next video.
Of course, effects choices are simply a manifestation of your personal vision and style, and there's nothing inherently wrong with any of them. It's more the fact that by virtue of their frequency of usage or their association with certain things, they'll inadvertently cause your audience to think certain thoughts, have a reaction you didn't intend, or simply prevent you from standing out from the crowd, no matter how technically facile their implementations are, as Justin Odisho points out. The point I most agreed with is that music choices seem to have largely fallen into a few specific genres, so much so that when I hear them in a video, I can feel my brain calling up a set of expectations for what I'm about to watch. If you're looking to stand out a bit, I've written a complete guide to choosing music for your videos. Similarly, many of the effects he mentions are often seen simply for their own sake, which can undermine their effectiveness. You do you, and if it makes you happy, go for it; just be sure to consider how your audience might react given where your work sits amongst the content we all consume on a daily basis.