Spaz, my suggestion is this: Look at your local university or CC and see if they have video related courses. Here in Montreal Concordia has a full certificate video program that I am about 60% through now. At this point, our group of three are writing, producing, filming, editing, and doign music for an approximate 15 minute "entertainment" story.
Editing in fact is the LAST part of a good video production, not the first. You can create great videos with nothing more than a camera to camera edit - but the material as shot has to be of best quality, otherwise you are going to drive yourself bonkers! Spend the time, effort, and money to improve your camera work, lighting, and image framing and you will get MUCH better results.
I look at some of the stuff I filmed a year ago, and compare it to things I am working on now, and it just isn't anywhere near the same. The clip Gonzo put up is a good example of nice lighting, interesting and stable camera angles, and fairly fluid editing techniques to get a pleasing result... but VERY simple straight cuts on good material would look reasonable.
Alex
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