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Why You Need to Trust Your Video Editor (and Let Them Find the Story)
I recently worked on a project where I was called in as a video editor to recut a piece that the agency had been struggling to get right. They had tried a few versions, but nothing was landing. When I stepped in, I watched the footage, read the brief, talked to the creatives, but then I just followed the story. All of the effort that the agency had put in was super helpful, of course, but they were too close to the project. They needed fresh eyes . Why Fresh Eyes Matter in V
Star Ben
Nov 182 min read


Growing a Post Production Business
Happy Creations - On The Go! Building Happy Creations: Reliability, Friendliness, and Speed in Post-Production Since Star started her...
Star Ben
Sep 112 min read


Editing Ethics Question: Should We Manipulate Our Subject's Words?
What do you think? “My job is to make people say anything I want.” That’s something I’ve often joked about when people ask me what I do....
Star Ben
Aug 121 min read


Don’t Let AI Rewrite Your Script
What we learned when AI tried to help and made things up instead There’s a growing trend in post-production: using AI tools for more and...
Star Ben
Jul 82 min read


Welcome to the Happy Creations Blog
Hello, and welcome to our little corner of the internet. We’re Happy Creations, a post-production studio run by a small, scrappy team:...
Star Ben
Jun 41 min read
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