I recorded & edited videos in corporate for a long time (5+ years) & had similar thoughts at some point.

I arrived at the conclusion that less is more in the way of edits. The less the viewer notices that you're working your magic, the better. I had access to professionally created animations that I could overlay easily. I still felt less is more.

The more polished & produced the video feels, the less authentic it feels.

I also learnt that it's far easier to get the subject to perform better & naturally (re-record) than it is to edit it later.

My best videos were where the subject had a natural presence in front of the camera. They spoke clearly & coherently with emotion & it required few cuts. 1 take wonders were a joy.

The worst ones required me to piece hundreds of 1-5 sec snippets into a coherent stream & then hide 90% of the cuts.

My tips:

- spend more time recording, the perfect take will save you hours of editing later

- use multiple cameras with different angles - these can be used to hide cuts & keeps viewers engaged (most people have low attention spans)

- make sure your audio is awesome. Have backupaudio to use should 1 be unusable. Audio & video sequencing can be matched during editing.

- it's easier if there are 1 or 2 big files rather than many takes in seperate files. If they mess up a take, keep recording.