How to edit a video for street interview about visiting a place

Turn one question and several recorded answers into a story for street interview creators. Follow one person's complete reaction from the question through a clear final opinion.

Give the video a clear purpose

Follow one person's complete reaction from the question through a clear final opinion.

Think about what street interview creators need the viewer to understand first. Use the opening to establish that idea, then let the next shots add detail.

Build your shot list

  1. The interviewer asking the actual question
  2. A participant answering
  3. A relevant location detail
  4. The next participant reacting
  5. A final complete answer

Put the moments in order

Open with the next participant reacting. Connect it to the interviewer asking the actual question and a participant answering, then use a relevant location detail to add detail. Finish with a final complete answer.

Use only that participant's actual words and supplied identification.

Try this editing prompt

Create a 35-second vertical video from my one question and several recorded answers. Open with the next participant reacting, follow with the interviewer asking the actual question, a participant answering, a relevant location detail, and finish with a final complete answer. Use only that participant's actual words and supplied identification.

Polish the details

Keep answers tied to the question actually asked and use only permissioned participant footage.

Give the next version a clear direction

Restore the rest of the participant's sentence before the closing reaction.

Find another story in the same shoot

Your next brief could focus on a three-perspective interview montage or a question-and-fast-answers interview Short. Choose a different opening and source selection to give each video its own purpose.

Questions, answered.

What should I upload?

One question and several recorded answers. Use the shot list as a starting point and adapt the sequence to your footage.

What details should I check?

Keep answers tied to the question actually asked and use only permissioned participant footage.

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

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