Editing
For me, the joy of editing is allowing anything to be repurposed and seeing what surprising connections might present themselves. I’m delighted when someone appreciates me as a storyteller because it really is what elevates an edit, regardless of the format.
For most of these projects, I was hired by a production company and worked to their brief.
RIBA
I edited this Progress Films project for the Royal Institute of British Architects in conjunction with the BBC. Although it has the feel of a documentary, it’s effectively a promo for the Kingston University London's student Town House outlining why it deserved to win the Riba Stirling Prize. Incidentally, it did.
Microsoft WE Together M&O Summit
I’ve edited a lot of conference videos, sometimes on-site during the event.
Hyundai ASMR
I love a project that allows me to really focus on one part of the editing process - in this case sound. This cut was made using moments from a much longer edit I did for Superlative Films and Hyundai. The full edit followed the construction of a car from start to finish - this cutdown plunges into the sound design to create an ASMR experience.
Danielle Children's Fund (Spanish)
This was one of a series of films I edited for This Is Spoken. The footage was provided by a production team in Quito, and was cut to a series of interviews with service users of a children’s charity. I’m a Spanish speaker and am happy to translate and edit in Spanish, even when dialects are involved.
Making Dreamland: Documentary Sizzler
I’m a big fan of documentary, and really enjoying filming and editing. I was a camera operator throughout the 17-day shoot for this sizzler. Very hard to cut down to three minutes!
BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT
Branded entertainment is one of my favourite genres: Placing a brand somewhere in an episode of a web series or promo spot that borrows from Factual Entertainment TV shows, but has to deliver the pace and visual flair of a YouTube video or Insta reel. It's a really fun way to leverage storytelling, narrative arcs, dialogue scenes and sub-plots.
A Big Brother-style format emphasising the long-term romantic potential of Tinder.
Off Grid: Episode Four - Tandem Drift
The shoot involved five camera operators, an FPV drone and about 20 Go Pros. When you have a lot of material it’s important not to get overwhelmed with all the options, find a storyline and stick to it. Loads of drone footage doesn’t hurt either.
Off Grid: Episode Two - Bosozoku
A presenter-led series shot in Japan. Until the car ride at the end, a lot of the action in this episode was quite static, so I leant into the transitions from one scene to another.
Art itself can be quite static, but the artistic process makes for a great visual through-line.
MUSIC VIDEOS
Music videos are great fun to edit. They don’t need a narrative thread but it’s nice when there’s time and budget to incorporate a story that fits around the track.
