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Edit your footage to tell a story

Edit your footage to tell a story

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Edit your footage to tell a story

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- So in episode two of chapter three we're going to talk about how do you edit to tell a story? And it's a lot more simple than you might think. A lot of people get really concerned or upset that there's too much footage or it's going to be too technical but we're going to simplify this and use some key concepts to help you make decisions. The first important key concept is which images should I use, which takes should I use? You've already done that work, right, you've selected and made notes on the first time you watched your footage, what grabbed you, what you thought was interesting. And now a lot of people have questions about well how long should I hold on a particular image or when do I actually cut? And the answer is very simple, when you feel like it. Imagine you're a viewer and you're watching this, you have to view your own footage as a viewer. So let's start with something very simple, you've selected your…

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