Editing Interviews: Techniques for Filmmakers
https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Editing-Interviews-Techniques-for-Filmmakers/2047954871
In this class, you will learn how to take a long interview and cut it
down so it tells a good, well-structured story that captures the essence
of your subject.
So you went out, interviewed someone important to
your story and officially got your piece off-the-ground. Sadly — as
satisfying as this moment is — it is also the point in which many
documentary projects die. Sifting over and over through hours-long
interviews is a daunting task.
So how do you tackle that?
In the next few minutes, I will walk you, step-by-step, through a simple, straightforward method to find the gems and magic moments hiding in your subject’s stream of words. I will show you my own personal workflow that you can adapt and make your own and walk you through real-life examples from my professional work. By the end of this class, you will be able to quickly extract the essence of your story out of a long interview and turn it into a coherent, structured piece.
We will be going through specific techniques to transcribe, tag, consolidate and structure an interview.
This class is meant for all levels — whether you are a beginner and just recorded an interview for the first time or you are already a professional interested in comparing and contrasting your workflow.
The point of this class is not to dive into the theory of non-fiction storytelling, although I will touch on that briefly. It is also not about learning software although I will briefly touch on that as well. The main goal is for you to come out of this with a practical recipe that will get you started quickly and help you tell the story you want to tell with the tools available to you — even if those are just pen and paper.
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