Music Video Editor Needed for Cinematic MMA/UFC-Style Original Song Video

Posted 5 days ago

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Summary

Title: Music Video Editor Needed for Cinematic MMA/UFC-Style Song Video I’m looking for an experienced video editor to create a professional, realistic, cinematic music video for my original 2-minute, 21-second song, “The Fight.” The song is inspired by MMA/UFC fighting. The finished video should feel intense, emotional, and fast-paced—similar to a professional fight-promotion video or movie trailer. The concept: • Follow one consistent main fighter throughout the video • Show the fighter training, preparing backstage, walking toward the arena, entering the Octagon, fighting, and acknowledging the crowd • Include realistic MMA action, dramatic lighting, arena crowds, close-ups, slow motion, and fast-cut montages • Synchronize specific visuals precisely with the lyrics and beat For example, when the song says: “The fence The gate The sweat The tape” I want each word matched with a separate one- or two-second moving video shot: • The Octagon fence • The cage gate opening • Sweat on the fighter’s face • Hands being wrapped with athletic tape This should be moving footage—not simply a slideshow of still pictures. I can provide: • The completed song • The lyrics • Reference images for the main fighter • My ideas for important scenes • Feedback during the editing process The editor should be able to: • Create a detailed timeline based on the song and lyrics • Synchronize scenes, transitions, and action with the vocals and beat • Maintain the same recognizable fighter throughout the video • Use licensed stock footage, AI-generated video, traditional editing, or a combination • Create realistic action without obvious visual mistakes or distorted faces and hands • Add cinematic color grading, soundless visual effects, and professional transitions • Deliver a finished video suitable for YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok Please include: 1. Examples of music videos, sports videos, fight promos, or cinematic videos you have created 2. An explanation of how you would maintain the same fighter throughout the video 3. Whether your price includes licensed footage and AI-generation costs 4. The number of revisions included 5. Your estimated completion time 6. Your fixed-price quote for the entire project Important: Please do not apply unless you have experience synchronizing video scenes precisely with music and lyrics. Generic templates, simple slideshows, and random fight clips are not what I’m looking for. Please begin your proposal with the words “THE FIGHT” so I know you read the entire description. The finished video must not use copyrighted UFC broadcast footage, logos, fighter likenesses, or other material that I do not have permission to publish commercially. All footage, images, effects, and other assets must be commercially licensed or originally created.

  • $100.00

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  • Intermediate
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  • Remote Job
  • One-time project
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Video Editing
Audio Editing
Activity on this job
  • Proposals:5 to 10
  • Last viewed by client:4 days ago
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About the client
Member since Jun 8, 2016
  • United States
    Las Vegas6:14 AM
  • $4.2K total spent
    8 hires, 3 active
  • 43 hours

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