Free course · Module 09

Editing for retention

Cut so viewers stay to the end.

What's in this module

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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