A Tip to Help You Edit Better

When you're getting into the edit, do you have a process that you go through?

If not, you're probably just doing whatever feels right in the moment. But did you know that in traditional media they have set up a process that helps make sure that edits go smoothly?

Here aer the 9 stages of post-production and what they mean:

1. Acquire footage: This is getting all the footage and materials for the video from yourself or a client.

2. Organize footage: Putting all of the materials into files for easy finding later.

3. Review and Selection: Watch and listen to all the materials. Note what might be the best elements for your project.

4. Assembly: Put together all the clips from stage 3 into a skeleton of the whole story.

5. Rough Cut: Cutting clip "fat" and starting to create a better flow for the story

6. Fine Cut: Pacing is dialed in and maybe a few glitches in sound and visuals, but now you're going to make some final tweaks

7. Picture Lock: You have locked the visual elements and now you're onto mixing audio.

8. Finishing: Put color correction on the clips and make final tweaks to the audio

9. Mastering and Delivery: The finished product is rendered out and distributed.

Now not all projects you work on will go through all of these stages, but most will. This could also sereve as a starting point for setting up your own post production process if you don't already have one.

A Video with Great Editing

This Casey Neistat video was great! Kept me engaged for the whole video and made me feel like I was there with him in New York for halloween. Check it out!

A Resource to Make You A Better Creator

This podcast episode from The Editing Podcast with Hayden Hillier-Smith and Jordan Orme is something every creator should watch. Hayden and Jordan interview Michelle Khare and her team about the editing in the Michelle Khare videos. It's incredibly insightful look at storytelling on YouTube.