> Connect performance and detail shots around the musical phrasing and keep the strongest moment intact. Source: https://shortyedit.com/guides/music-video-editor-workflow --- # How to make music video clips from your footage Connect performance and detail shots around the musical phrasing and keep the strongest moment intact. [The Shorty team](https://shortyedit.com/about#editorial-team) · Updated 15 September 2026 ## Key takeaways - Bring your performance footage and the music already attached to or supplied with the source. - Connect performance and detail shots around the musical phrasing and keep the strongest moment intact. - Keep visible performance in sync with the relevant music passage. ## Start with the moments that tell the story Bring your performance footage and the music already attached to or supplied with the source. Pick the takes that make the subject clear, including a strong opening and a complete ending. These choices give Shorty a useful starting point for the edit. ## Give Shorty the creative direction Connect performance and detail shots around the musical phrasing and keep the strongest moment intact. Try a 30-second 9:16 edit as a starting point. Include the exact title or closing message you want on screen. Add a reference when you want to show the pace, captions or mood. ## Try this editing prompt Create a 30-second 9:16 video from my your performance footage and the music already attached to or supplied with the source. Connect performance and detail shots around the musical phrasing and keep the strongest moment intact. Use my supplied wording for titles. Keep visible performance in sync with the relevant music passage. ## Make the next version more specific Keep visible performance in sync with the relevant music passage. Play the first cut and pick the change that would help the story most. Name the moment, describe the result you want and tell Shorty what to keep. A note such as “hold the final product shot longer” gives the revision a clear direction. ## Keep the ideas coming ### Start this edit Explore this editing workflow in Shorty. ### Write a stronger prompt Describe the source footage, audience, format, story order and constraints. Tell Shorty what must remain accurate, which shot should lead and what the viewer should understand at the end. A reference video is optional; a clear written brief can supply the direction. ### Explore revisions Shorty is an AI video editor you can revise by chat. Open an existing edit and describe the change in plain language, such as a new opening, different shot timing or corrected title text, or select an editable title or graphic in the preview and say what should change. Shorty renders a new version to compare with the previous cut. ### Can AI add speed ramps and velocity edits to my clips automatically? Yes. In Shorty you describe the edit, such as “a hype reel of my snowboard trip”, and the director decides which shots ramp and how: fast into a moment, deep into slow motion and back out. It picks from the curves editors use, including Montage, Hero, Bullet, Jump cut, Flash in and Flash out, fills slow stretches with new optical-flow frames and adds motion blur to every speed-up. For music montages it can build a velocity edit that lands each key moment on a beat. You do not set keyframes, and speech never ramps. ### Can AI edit my video clips to the beat of a song I choose? Yes. Add the song as an MP3, WAV or M4A file with your clips in Shorty’s composer, confirm you have the rights to use it, and describe the video. It becomes the edit’s soundtrack and Shorty cuts the shots to it; for music montages the director can build a velocity edit that lands each key moment on a beat. Shorty cannot fetch a song by its name: attach the audio file, or ask for music and Shorty finds a library track or creates an original instrumental in that mood. ## Questions, answered. ### What footage should I use? Your performance footage and the music already attached to or supplied with the source. Choose the takes that support the sequence you want. ### Can I use a different duration or format? Yes. The 30-second 9:16 prompt is a starting point. Describe the length and canvas your video needs, then check the rendered result. ## 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/guides/music-video-editor-workflow