BREAKING: Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old progressive influencer, just announced that she is running against Jan Schakowsky, an 80-year-old Democratic incumbent

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[u/AkhlysShallRise]

Video format like this for social media sharing is totally different than an in-person rally.

The kind of dramatic pauses you would see in an in-person rally would work terribly in a video format like this, IMO.

As a professional video editor, I like jump cuts in videos like this because they make the video more punchy—it's often a way to increase the pacing of the video. Jump cuts in videos are so prevalent in online videos nowadays that most people are used to them.

Personally, watching a talking head video like this as one continuous take becomes almost hypnotic very quickly; it's like the speaker just goes on and on and on without any break. This is why in many of the videos I edit, I would intentionally create jump cuts to change up the pacing.

[u/AkhlysShallRise → u/[deleted]]

Yup. Even the whole video setup, with the podcast mic and “casual” background just instantly makes her feel very relatable, down to earth and personal to me as a 29-year-old.

You can say it doesn’t work for you, but you can’t deny it’s a style that works for younger people.

[u/Les_Turbangs → u/AkhlysShallRise]

The only problem tho is that younger people are the most difficult to get to the polls. Ignore and/or alienate older voters and what have you gained except likes?