Editing Brief
Briefs an editor on pace and what to cut ruthlessly, since an unbriefed editor optimises for completeness.
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Running it, start to finish
- Write the one-sentence brief and attach reference videos.
- State pace in concrete terms and give explicit permission to cut.
- Review the structural cut before anyone grades or mixes.
What you get back
The output this produces, every time.
- States pace concretely rather than as an adjective, which is what editors actually need.
- Gives explicit permission to cut the parts you were fond of, which editors are reluctant to touch.
- Asks for a structural first cut before any polish, so grading is not thrown away.
Getting better results
Where this usually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.
- Send reference videos. Pace is nearly impossible to describe and trivial to demonstrate. Two references communicate more than a page of notes.
- Say the cold open is theirs to find. The strongest moment is rarely what was shot first. Section 4 makes it a post-production decision rather than a shooting one.
- Give notes about effect. 'This drags' lets an editor solve it three ways. 'Cut four seconds' gets you exactly that and nothing better.
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