Editing A Documentary - Workflow Organisation & Project Setup in Davinci Resolve

Learning to edit a long-form documentary is something that doesn't come overnight, but a clear workflow and great asset management will help you organise your source footage in a way that leaves your brain free from clutter, so it can focus entirely on the creative side of editing. In this video I show you how I structure my project within Davinci Resolve for long-form documentary style films.

View the final documentary here:
https://www.lumiere.nz/work/oraking

Free Video Editing Assets:
https://joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/

Chapters:
0:00 - Documentary Editing Workflow Intro
1:04 - Documentary Teaser (Ora King - Our Story)
1:40 - Dailies Management - Media Pool Folders
4:40 - B-Roll Stringouts
6:17 - B-Roll Selects
7:22 - B-Roll Themed Breakdowns
9:55 - A-Roll Stringouts (Interview Sync)
11:30 - Transcribe Interviews As Markers (Using Edit Index)
14:26 - A-Roll Selects (Interview Selects)
15:15 - A-Roll Sync Pulls (Themed Interview Selects)
16:40 - Recap & Summary
18:45 - Creative Editing & First Draft
19:41 - Wrap Up - Thanks!

Simon Says Transcription Software Mentioned:
https://www.simonsays.ai/

⏩ Let's connect on LinkedIn:
LinkedIn: joshuakirknz

⏩ & on Instagram:
Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ

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I use this software for all of our Production Quotes and Estimates:
https://qwilr.com/?r=JpKzqTlMH4s

I use Rev for all the transcriptions and captions in my videos:
Check them out here ⏩ try.rev.com/3vNsFP

I get all my music for films and videos here:
https://www.musicbed.com/invite/HEVgr

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