How to edit a video for small business team interview

Turn staff interviews and permissioned work footage into a story for employer-brand teams. 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 employer-brand teams 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. A complete staff statement
  2. The work that person describes
  3. A relevant equipment or process detail
  4. Another staff member speaking
  5. A complete closing thought

Put the moments in order

Open with another staff member speaking. Connect it to a complete staff statement and the work that person describes, then use a relevant equipment or process detail to add detail. Finish with a complete closing thought.

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

Try this editing prompt

Create a 35-second vertical video from my staff interviews and permissioned work footage. Open with another staff member speaking, follow with a complete staff statement, the work that person describes, a relevant equipment or process detail, and finish with a complete closing thought. Use only that participant's actual words and supplied identification.

Polish the details

Use authentic employee statements and do not invent salary, hiring or lifestyle claims.

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?

Staff interviews and permissioned work footage. Use the shot list as a starting point and adapt the sequence to your footage.

What details should I check?

Use authentic employee statements and do not invent salary, hiring or lifestyle claims.

Your next video starts here.

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

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