Can AI help me edit rehearsal and full-body dance clips?

Start with rehearsal and full-body performance clips. Introduce one recorded moment and end on its actual musical, visual or spoken conclusion. In Shorty, supply those clips and a written brief, optionally add an editing reference, and review the rendered first cut. This is an editing workflow using supplied material; it does not create scenes you did not film.

What to upload

• The dancers in starting position
• A complete phrase of choreography
• A movement detail
• The dancers reacting after the phrase
• The final pose

Suggested source sequence

• 1. A complete phrase of choreography.
• 2. A movement detail.
• 3. The dancers in starting position.
• 4. The dancers reacting after the phrase.
• 5. The final pose.

Aim for 20 seconds in 9:16, keeping the necessary actions and complete spoken thoughts readable.

Text and sound direction

Use a supplied title and approved next step only.

Supply the exact approved wording. Preserve original speech when it carries the story and choose audio you have permission to publish.

Complete example brief

Create a 20-second 9:16 first cut from my rehearsal and full-body dance clips. Editing task: Short Teaser. Introduce one recorded moment and end on its actual musical, visual or spoken conclusion.

Use only the source material I upload. My source selection should include rehearsal and full-body performance clips. 

Suggested source sequence:
1. A complete phrase of choreography.
2. A movement detail.
3. The dancers in starting position.
4. The dancers reacting after the phrase.
5. The final pose.

Text direction: Use a supplied title and approved next step only.

Factual and visual constraints: Keep full-body movement readable and do not splice different dancers into a false continuous performance. Keep the original people, products, locations and meaning of speech. Do not generate missing scenes or invent facts, quotes, offers or outcomes. If the source selection cannot support a requested scene, identify the gap instead of substituting unrelated material.

Use an optional reference only for the editing traits I specify, such as pacing or title treatment. Do not copy its brand identity. Keep important subjects visible in the 9:16 crop. Use audio I have permission to publish; preserve original speech when it carries the story. Aim for the requested duration without cutting off a necessary action or qualification. Render an MP4 first cut for review; I will check the source sequence, facts, text, framing and sound before delivery.

Choose “Use this brief” above to put it in the editor, then adapt it to your selected footage.

From footage to a first cut

• Select rehearsal and full-body performance clips.
• Introduce one recorded moment and end on its actual musical, visual or spoken conclusion.
• Request 9:16 and about 20 seconds, then supply the exact text.
• Review the first render against the uploaded sources. Name a specific change in the existing edit’s revision chat, then review the next version.

Three revision requests

• Remove a misleading teaser line and retain the actual recorded payoff.
• Keep the main editing direction: Introduce one recorded moment and end on its actual musical, visual or spoken conclusion. Replace the weakest source moment with an uploaded alternative showing the dancers in starting position; preserve the factual sequence.
• Review the 9:16 framing around a complete phrase of choreography. Keep the important subject visible and preserve the approved wording.

Before sharing

• Keep full-body movement readable and do not splice different dancers into a false continuous performance.
• Introduce one recorded moment and end on its actual musical, visual or spoken conclusion.
• Use a supplied title and approved next step only.
• Inspect a movement detail at phone size and check that framing or titles do not cover it.
• Watch the full MP4 with sound. A ready render still needs your review before client delivery or publication.

Related edits

Review and revise the next version

Use the revision chat to explain what should change and what should stay. Select an editable element when available; objects inside a flattened clip may not be separate layers. Check the next render before delivery.

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Updated 15 September 2026. Pricing · Product documentation