Free course · Module 09

Editing for retention

Cut so viewers stay to the end.

1. Edit the story before the timeline The edit starts on paper, or it never really starts. 6 min →
2. The first cut is a structure cut Stop polishing scenes that shouldn't exist. 6 min →
3. Cut silence, keep breath Some pauses are dead air. Some are the point. 6 min →
4. Visual variety without noise Change the screen when the meaning changes. Not before. 6 min →
5. Color grading with a LUT Same LUT, two outcomes. The difference is everything around it. 7 min →
6. When to stop polishing Hour twenty of polish buys what hour six already bought. 6 min →

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