Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch
Editing the Footage 4
A course by Chloe White , Documentary Filmmaker and Director
About the video: Editing the Footage 4
Overview
“At this point, it could be a good idea to export a cut of your film and show it to people. I'll share with you some questions you can ask them to get some feedback. Then, I'll explain some of the decisions I made in the first cut and will continue editing the film.”
In this video lesson Chloe White addresses the topic: Editing the Footage 4, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch. Learn how to make a documentary by creating a short film on a subject of your choice, from the initial research to the post-production process.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Editing the Footage I've gone through now and I have made the first cut. This is still ungraded and unmixed. This is my first cut or my rough cut. At this point in your editing journey, you might want to export a cut of your film and show it to people. I usually have a few questions that I ask them. These questions often include, what did you think of the film? Were there any parts that were unclear? Were there any parts that felt slow to you or boring? What do you think the film was about? What were its major themes? I also ask them, what did you end up knowing? You can then decide wheth...”
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Course summary for: Cinematic Documentary Filmmaking: Shoot, Edit, Launch
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Premiere -
Areas
Audiovisual Post-production, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Video

Chloe White
A course by Chloe White
Chloe White is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer and director of Whalebone Films. Her films are intimate, considered portraits, focusing mainly on the female experience. Chloe lectures in Documentary Film at the University College London and London College of Communications, and lives in Hastings, UK.
Her clients and partners include the Guardian, Topic, Al Jazeera, Nowness, BBC, Channel 4, Oxfam, Save the Children and the BFI. She has had films screen at festivals internationally including at Camden International Film Festival, Open City, and Sheffield Doc Fest and is a winner of the prestigious Macdowell fellowship.
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