How to build a repeatable video review checklist

Use the same small set of checks for every cut, then add requirements specific to the project.

Start with a clear direction

Check the opening, factual text, complete actions, framing, sound and ending. Add product colors, event details or speaker names where they matter.

Put it into your edit

Keep your footage selection, approved copy and feedback together in your project notes. Use one clear set of instructions to direct the next edit and record which version is ready for the next handoff.

An instruction to make your own

Use this direction for my video: Check the opening, factual text, complete actions, framing, sound and ending. Add product colors, event details or speaker names where they matter. Separate an optional visual preference from an error that prevents publication.

Check the detail that matters

Separate an optional visual preference from an error that prevents publication.

Keep the next change focused

Name the moment, say what should change and describe what you want to keep. For a title, supply the replacement words. For pacing, identify the shot that needs more or less time. Play the surrounding sequence after the revision to hear and see how the change fits.

Questions, answered.

How do I apply this in Shorty?

Keep your footage selection, approved copy and feedback together in your project notes. Use one clear set of instructions to direct the next edit and record which version is ready for the next handoff.

What should I look for in the result?

Separate an optional visual preference from an error that prevents publication.

Your next video starts here.

Bring the footage. Tell us the idea. Shape the edit.

Start editing