✂️ The Core Editing Workflow 1️⃣ Watch Everything Get a full overview of your footage first. No cutting yet. Just understand what you have. 2️⃣ Eliminate Aggressively Remove everything you don’t need. Editing is mostly removing, not adding. Be ruthless. 3️⃣ Play With the Gold Once only the best clips remain: Add music Add voiceover (great for documentary/vlog style) Combine clips Explore rhythm & pacing There are no strict rules here. This is where art begins.

Today’s theme: Start now. No excuses. Whether it’s an iPhone or a cinema camera—the tool isn’t the barrier. 💡 1. The Director’s Mindset Inspired by voices like Quentin Tarantino and David Fincher, we focused on action over perfection. Technical overwhelm often leads to procrastination—clarity comes through doing. 📸 2. Mastering the Basics (Exposure & Control) We simplified manual control: - Aperture → depth of field - Shutter Speed → motion & flicker control - ISO → avoid noisy footage - White Balance → control warmth and mood The goal: move beyond Auto Mode and take creative ownership. 📐 3. Composition Using student gym footage, we covered: - Rule of Thirds for stronger framing - Cleaning the frame (remove distractions) - Switching perspectives: close-ups for emotion, wide shots for context 🛠️ 4. Tools - Final Cut Camera app for manual control on iPhone - Gimbal modes (Follow, Tilt Lock, FPV) for intentional movement 🚀 Action Step - Film one scene twice: Close-Up + Wide Shot - Record a short “Commitment” voiceover Next session: Less theory. More results. Editing begins.

@Marco Slavik @Njabulo Mpungose Tomorrow we start with the second part at 10:00 Berlin Time! Marco, could you recover from your cold? Happy to see you!

https://www.skool.com/videomaking-4834/module-1-pre-production?p=cb1a1bd8 Thanks guys and thanks @Jonas Marcel for your time ☺️ I learned a lot of stuff. My brain smoked after the workshop, and i got so many new ideas. My beginning-questions: How can gain more fun with filmmaking and youtube? - The answer, to create and start with my personal watchlist and work on my personal brand and ask me sentences like - what do i really enjoy of the movies, which i love and why. It's more about psychology like, why do i really enjoy the sczene "xyz" in the movie "xyz". Through this learning i think more creative about my future brand and my future-behavior. How can filmmaking feel more natural to me? - Its the process to trust it, perfectionism is not so much important. Try to get 1% better everytime and ask questions about, what content do i really enjoy and do i really want to publish, also out of the perspective of my 10 year old future-self. (is he proud about the content, if i upload it know?) How can i think more creative about it? - I like the tools, like the notion template, the visulize planing tools and also the thinking "how we can use ai in this workflow". I found a lot of inspiration by jonas, and im really grateful that he's sharing his knowledge to me/ us. Thats awesome. My goal is to build my brand up, enjoy the process and learn more about filmmaking. So this is an absolutly recommendation for everyone, whos interested at and in filmmaking. Best wishes Marco 🙏

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