Stuck in editing
Dear Editors,
I would like to ask your professional advice which I desperately need! I am editing a short documentary style video and I am stuck. I feel like I don't know what to do with this video, I can't focus and I start to feel I hate it. I guess a lot of people might have similar experience. How do you deal with these situations?
Thank you!
One of the best things to do sometimes with projects is to step away from them, if only for a few hours or a day depending on time constraints, and then approach the edit with a fresh mind and renewed perspective.
Also getting another professional opinion to look over the work can sometimes help depending on how comfortable you feel with that as they may point out things you didn't see before in your work and enlighten you with things you previously didn't think of adding to it.
If it's my own project with no one else above me, I always make sure I have clear goals in mind for the project however big or small so that if the edit gets too much, I can always maybe focus my time on the smaller things such as credits/titles or things that don't need as much attention as complex visual cuts or sound mixing/design.
I hope any of this helps and good luck with your work!
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