> Turn an event folder into a short story: establish the place, show the main activity and finish with a genuine reaction. This worked brief helps you select footage and direct the first cut. Source: https://shortyedit.com/examples/event-recap --- # A 30-second event recap Turn an event folder into a short story: establish the place, show the main activity and finish with a genuine reaction. This worked brief helps you select footage and direct the first cut. [The Shorty team](https://shortyedit.com/about#editorial-team) · Updated 15 September 2026 ## Key takeaways - This is an editorial brief to adapt, not a completed customer project. - Open the brief in Shorty, replace any details with your actual requirements and select your footage. - Shorty supports follow-up revision requests. - Check event names, speaker context and people’s permissions. ## Start with these source clips This is an editorial brief to adapt, not a completed customer project. The result depends on the footage and instructions you provide. - An establishing shot of the venue. - Two or three clips of the activity people came for. - A clear reaction or closing moment, plus any approved event wording. ## Plan the story | Part | Intended action | Review question | | --- | --- | --- | | Opening | Establish the venue | Is the location and scale clear? | | Middle | Show the main activity | Does the sequence represent what actually happened? | | Ending | Use a real reaction | Does the ending feel complete without inventing an endorsement? | ## Use this editing brief Open the brief in Shorty, replace any details with your actual requirements and select your footage. Starting from the brief fills in the instruction; you choose when to submit the edit. Make a 30-second vertical event recap. Open with a wide venue shot, build through the main activity and end on a genuine audience reaction. Keep the event name exactly as provided. Preserve complete spoken thoughts, keep music below speech and avoid repeating similar crowd shots. Use only the supplied event footage. ## Make the next revision specific Shorty supports follow-up revision requests. In supported editable compositions, you can select an editable element and describe a targeted change. Review the new version before sharing. Objects flattened into source footage are not automatically separate editable layers; the timeline is for playback and inspection rather than full manual frame-by-frame authoring. Shorten repeated crowd shots and give the main demonstration more time. Keep the opening venue shot and the event name unchanged. ## Check the finished MP4 Check event names, speaker context and people’s permissions. Confirm that the sequence does not imply an activity or reaction that the footage does not support. Watch the downloaded file with sound and once without sound. Confirm captions, framing and the ending before publishing. Record actual time or credits only after completing your own edit. ## Keep the ideas coming ### AI wedding video editor for highlight films and Reels Upload ceremony and reception clips, from a videographer’s cards or guests’ phones, say the length, format, song and moments to include (vows, first kiss, first dance, speeches) and Shorty cuts a highlight film or Reel and renders an MP4. Music dips under spoken lines, and you revise by message. It suits highlights and teasers from selected clips; a full-day documentary edit from hours of multicam footage needs a dedicated wedding tool or a timeline editor. ### Prepare event footage Start with a small set of source clips that can tell the whole story. Remove irrelevant takes before you ask for an edit. ### Open the event editor Explore this editing workflow in Shorty. ### All examples Adapt a worked brief for your footage, explore three product-ad openings, or watch the public Revisions launch demo. Each example explains its inputs, direction, and review steps. ### Measure your own editing cost Compare the cost of an approved video: processing, retries, revisions and human review. A subscription price alone does not tell you what one usable result costs. Use the same brief and source material for a fair evaluation. ### Make your first edit Add your clips or photos, describe the edit, and optionally add a reference video. Review the canvas and credit estimate before submitting. Shorty prepares the cut; you can review the result, request changes, and download the MP4. ### Download and review Open the completed result in Edits and use its download action to save the MP4. If playback or downloading fails, reopen the existing result and try again before starting another render. Review the saved file before publishing. ## Your next video starts here. Bring the footage. Tell us the idea. Shape the edit. --- Published by Tools Products FZ-LLC. Canonical HTML: https://shortyedit.com/examples/event-recap