BRODIE NORMANDIN
MAKES COOL STUFF
With nearly 10 years of experience editing a variety of longform content for various YouTubers, my work has accumulated over 200 million views, spanning more than 200 videos across 20 different channels!
During this, I have edited dozens of brand-approved sponsor segments for companies such as Opera GX, Genshin Impact, NordVPN, Displate, Raycon, SimpliSafe, and more.
As an employee of HMV, I have also won generous prizes from company-wide
social media incentives by making short form promotional content for the likes of
Magic The Gathering, Tubbz, Skullcandy, House of Marley, and Takara TOMY!
DEDICATION TO THE BIT
I LOVE GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO BRING A VISUAL GAG TO LIFE - THEY'RE NOT ONLY FUN TO MAKE, BUT ALSO GREAT EXAMPLES OF MY EDITING SKILLS!
THESE SKILLS INCLUDE ROTOSCOPING, MOTION TRACKING, COLOUR MATCHING, ASSET CREATION, KEYFRAME ANIMATION, AND MUCH MORE
TONGUE AND CHIN EXTENSION PAINTED IN PHOTOSHOP AND ANIMATED IN PREMIER PRO
(FLASHGITZ / TOM AND DON)
TRACKING AND MASKING ELEMENTS TO PUT THE
CLIENT IN A SCENE FROM SAW 3... OBVIOUSLY
(ELVIS THE ALIEN)
STARTING EACH VIDEO OFF WITH AN OVER THE
TOP TITLE ANIMATION TO HOOK VIEWERS IN
(FLASHGITZ / TOM AND DON)
WIDESCREEN -> PHONESCREEN
TURNING ELVISTHEALIEN'S 40K FOLLOWERS INTO 52K IN 30 DAYS!
HELPING A SMALL YOUTUBER REACH MILLIONS BY USING SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE CAPTIONS WHILE HIGHLIGHTING HIS HORROR MOVIE VIDEOS
TURNING PRE-EDITED WIDESCREEN INTERVIEWS
INTO PHONE FRIENDLY CLIPS BY DISECTING
BAKED-IN GRAPHICS, TRIMMING ANY DEAD AIR,
ADDING SUBTITLES, ETC
CURATED STREAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR GTA ROLEPLAYER, SSAABSTER
THE SCREEN IS ALWAYS GREENER...
NO MATTER HOW AWKWARD THE SET-UP, I'M ALWAYS DEDICATED TO THE GREEN SCREEN BITr
THE VIEWER KNOWS BEST... RIGHT?
Just a few of the lovely YouTube comments I've spotted over the years
(They're real, I swear!)
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
Bringing A Horror Comic To Life - Editing / Sound Design
Jexx approached me with a dilemma - they had written a short horror story that had been gorgeously drawn to life as a gritty
comic, but their attempts to turn it into a video were proving difficult. Despite a fully voiced cast, the early drafts lacked the suspense or depth it deserved, so I agreed to give it a shot.
I love getting to experiment with different types of content as this is completely different to anything I had done before. By combining subtle visual effects, panel transitions, and horror-themed SFX, the comic came to life in a way both Jexx and the comic artist were very happy with!
My work with Jexx also includes a multi-part series following D&D-style roleplay sessions combining the lore of both The SCP Foundation and Lobotomy Corp. These sessions were partially animated using PNG stills of characters, custom made backgrounds, and more, working to a small production budget.
Flashgitz 'Space King' QNA - Editing / SFX
This is just one of the 10+ long form videos I've fully edited for the Flashgitz side channel, Tom and Don. Often discussing their viral cartoon 'Space King' or anything Warhammer 40k related, these half hour videos are full of visual gags, sound effects, sourced assets, custom made graphics, and backing music. Despite having absolutely no knowledge of their work or hobbies before starting work together in 2025, they are an example of a client I have dedicated lots of extra time to by researching specific lore and information alongside delivering videos within their schedule.
In this particular video, I worked around scheduling issues which meant the video was filmed in two separate countries, as opposed to their normal studio. Frequently adjusting for international latency and working with varying video/audio sources, we've covered up Tom's absence by editing the boys into their cartoon's
'Psycho-Warrior' armour, allowing both to appear on screen as normal.
Any AI generated imagery in the backdrop was provided by the client, and unfortunately must be used in my edits for continuity - I do not use generative AI in my work.
Low Budget Music Video - Filming / Directing / Editing
This was a really fun project to bring to life, working around a low budget greenscreen/lighting set up and playing into super cheesy TV tropes. I'm proud of how this came together, especially given that the band couldn't be together in the room at the same time. By running the video through an old CRT TV, I managed to achieve shots with a genuine VHS-look too, adding another interesting layer to the video.
This project required a lot of custom background assets and logo
parodies that I manipulated or fully created in Adobe Photoshop!
I have edited every music video to date for The Losing Score, including lyric videos, more skit-based videos, compilations of live clips and studio recordings, highlight compilations, and even a full-length documentary on the creation of their first album that was screened at a local cinema.
Creating
My passion for creating cool stuff was pretty much born the same day I was... or at least the day I became sentient, spending much of my childhood making
embarrassing skits, gaming videos, homemade animations, and even hosting my own radio shows as a teenager.
As I got older, it seemed like a no-brainer to turn my lifelong passion of creating fun and interesting media into a full-time job. I love bringing ideas to life, working with a large range of formats and styles, embracing variety and finding new ways to overcome any hurdles along the way. From making documentaries and editing music videos, to designing album sleeves and launching clothing lines, I just love to make stuff!
If you're looking for someone to be passionate about your project, you need someone who has a true desire to create cool things no matter what. That's the type of person I am and have always been!
Editing
Whoever created the split screen plugin for Windows Movie Maker in 2007 has NO idea the beast they awoke in me.
Despite upgrading to Sony Vegas during teenage years of cringeworthy gaming videos, it was the big step up to Adobe's Premier Pro that opened many doors for my editing journey ahead. Determined to climb the steep learning curve, I soon began skilled enough to jump from editing my own projects to working for others.
During the last 8+ years, I've learned that editing isn't just chopping up content; it's also sourcing hundreds of assets, creating custom graphics, proofing info, responding to feedback, making difficult decisions, working to important deadlines, overcoming obstacles, fixing things outside of your control, learning new techniques,
following platform rules, adapting to
different formats, implementing your
own creative direction, and SO much more.
Planning
Knowing what sort of content is worth pouring hours of hard work and effort into can make a huge difference. While it can sometimes be fun to throw things at the forever ambiguous algorithm and see what sticks, time is often money, and a string of misses can hurt you down the line too!
Understanding the platforms my work is released onto is a huge help towards a successful project. Being up to date with fun references a specific YouTube audience would appreciate can help boost engagement such as likes and comments - e.g. 90s nostalgia for a millennial crowd. Reading feedback from viewers and seeing what recent content did better than others has nothing to do with editing, but inspires what choices I make next!
Reading the room is also important. TikTok usually has to be fast paced and engaging with lots of subtitling and quick hooks, but the same sort of editing would go down like a chocolate kettle on a 2-hour podcast...
Posting
After working behind the scenes on longform YouTube videos for years, I began dipping my foot into short form content for my own projects. Learning what did and didn't work well, I was inspired to help my YouTube clients breakthrough to both new and different audiences without having to change a thing. Being in charge of several TikTok and YT Shorts accounts, I soon learned the importance of timing, context, captioning, scheduling, analytics, and even keeping up to date with trends and viewer habits from my own scrolling time.
Growing pre-existing accounts by over 30% in the first month of planning, editing, and posting content for them, I'm now able to take something that already exists in other formats (podcasts, concerts, physical media) and turn them into engaging, snappy highlights for a whole other type of audience and platform.
A good editor knows how to make engaging content, but a great editor knows why, when and how to make it.
TL;DR
I have and always will love making cool stuff, editing cool stuff, planning cool stuff, and posting cool stuff. So maybe we should work together on some cool stuff...?