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

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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:
www.lumiere.nz/work/oraking
Free Video Editing Assets:
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:
www.simonsays.ai/
⏩ Let's connect on LinkedIn:
/ joshuakirknz
⏩ & on Instagram:
/ joshuakirk.nz
========== Equipment ==========
I use this software for all of our Production Quotes and Estimates:
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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:
www.musicbed.com/invite/HEVgr
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@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Hey everyone - I have made a short follow up video answering some of your questions here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9KFraaFtqjVeYE.html

@AlysiasArtStudio 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much! This helps a beginner more than you know 🤗 So insightful and informative ❤

@CleverProgrammer Жыл бұрын

DUDE. You are a legend. Thank you. I am currently working on doing a documentary style video and I feel so overwhelmed. I have 140 hours of content and it's been a nightmare to tell a story! Thank you!!!

@ashutoch-pu1bp Жыл бұрын

hey. i need some guidence can you help me .

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

Glad it has been helpful!

@anndiego4535 11 ай бұрын

a legend indeed, thank you!

@martiiroma Жыл бұрын

This is probably one of the best workflow breakdowns I have ever watched and definitely a must-watch for every assistant editor out there. I have enjoyed it and learnt so much from you. Joshua, from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Martí - Thanks for watching!

@johnbestfather Ай бұрын

Joshua thanks so much for this video and advice. I'm new to Resolve and have some large documentaries on my horizon. I feel as if you have pointed me in the right direction to build my foundation of editing and organization. Driving the edit from the interviews/story to create themes has always been how I try to create, but I lacked the technical knowledge and skills to set up my raw footage to support that. Thank you so much!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Ай бұрын

Great to hear! Hope it has helped with your future work :-)

@mathishanke4138 2 жыл бұрын

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thank you for the detailed video - would love to see more!

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Appreciate it :-)

@eraism8749 Жыл бұрын

This video is forever pinned in my brain, to remind myself that every project, big or small, needs to be this thoroughly organized. Thank you for everything you provide the community.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Appreciate this!

@MercateerGeo 9 ай бұрын

This "tedious" stuff dealing with data management/organization is so valuable, thank you for making the effort to share your workflow!

@albeck4852 10 ай бұрын

Joshua, Thank you so much for this excellent video! You provided me with the 'big picture' necessary to produce my first documentary. Thank you for sharing your simple yet powerful method to organize and manage files! I have much to learn and look forward to viewing more of your videos. Thank you again!

@EdwardKilner 8 ай бұрын

Excellent. Subscribed. Will never need such a detailed organization myself, but the video is chock full of ideas that I will be able to use. I’m no stranger to large, formal, hierarchies so I was pleased to see yours. Huge amount of work but without that insight into what you have available it would be difficult put the documentary together. Just an amazing narration as well. Thank you.

@jacobhorton761 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most helpful resolve videos I have ever seen in my life, amazing job

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jacob, wow thanks it means a lot! Glad I could help.

@uualid 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic video... just blown away by how in-depth this goes. The marker/transcription tip is a gamechanger 🤯

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@zebyc 9 ай бұрын

This information is insanely crucial and your workflow is godly my dude! The company I work at is transitioning into Davinci from FCPX and we've been pretty stumped at coming up with a solid workflow. Huge stuff here

@digitalcatchmedia5000 Жыл бұрын

Hey Joshua, thank you for sharing your workflow. Some gold in there, it is appreciated. All the best as you continue to create

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@Wade_Adakai Жыл бұрын

Just got done watching the documentary. Beautifully shot and edited! Good job 🙌🏽 This type of workflow tutorial is valuable for people wanting to go into serious documentary production. Thanks for the content!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks Wade, and appreciate you taking the time to watch the final piece!

@robert_hanna Жыл бұрын

This was literally one of the best tutorials I've ever seen on KZfaq. About to dive in to editing my first long-form doc and will be using this as my guideline. Thank you!

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

How did it go?

@bereantrb 11 ай бұрын

I really appreciate this. I have been trying to implement best practices early on in learning Resolve. This definitely helps. Thank you.

@ericbelluche9503 2 жыл бұрын

I can't thank you enough for sharing your organizational process for documentary editing. I'm so glad that I stumbled upon your channel, as I'm working on my first documentary short. This window into your process is invaluable!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment Eric! How did the documentary go?

@Jonny2won Жыл бұрын

This is just incredible ! Can’t wait to see more content like this, breakdowns, how to set the timeline, tips. Etc. The way you explain everything is amazing !

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Hey Jonny, thanks - really appreciate the support!

@Jonny2won Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaKirkNZ Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I’ve been learning a lot from you!

@felixbub144 10 ай бұрын

oh wow you just saved my life with this one. I just came back from an 3 months expedition to Greenland beeing totally overwhelmed by the amount of footage we took. I was searching for something like this for soooo long and couldn't ind any useful tips

@abhishekmakwana235 2 жыл бұрын

I'm already feeling a bit overwhelmed. However, i really like how detailed it is. This is the kind of video i was searching for. Thanks a lot Joshua! :)

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Just take little steps and do one thing at a time you'll get there!

@JeyakanthanNitharsan2 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Joshua Kirk. I just start watching this video, I’m in the beginning. Before finish I decide to leave my comments because. This one I search for long time. You gave us a great lesson us. Thanks. Well done.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment - Appreciate it :-)

@jamesstephenroberts 2 жыл бұрын

This video deserves 10x the views, incredibly valuable 🙏🏼

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!

@JoeCastellon Жыл бұрын

The amount of work put into documentaries is impressive! Thanks for sharing!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting!

@Warfeous 2 жыл бұрын

This video has added the most value to my workflow this week, thank you for your detailed and phenomenal organization skills! I've just completed 6 interviews that will really benefit from the edit index / marker approach you've shared here. Keep up the great content!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Cheers, thanks mate.

@LeoPetri 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Joshua, not only loved your video but also watched the documentary to see what you achieved with your workflow. Amazing Job, congrats! I am trying to make the footage organisation of a personal project way better, inspired by your tips.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks so much!

@scotey Жыл бұрын

This is the video I never imagined might exist. It's such a gift to new doc filmmakers who have so many things to learn at once. I knew I needed to be doing something along these lines for my projects, but wasn't quite sure how to do it. Thanks, Joshua.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Hey glad it helped in some way! Keep going!

@kahying_ Жыл бұрын

I don't even do documentaries, but really enjoyed learning your workflow and your way of talking through things clearly. Thank you for sharing so all of us can learn!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you - You're welcome!

@CriticalDispatch 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely helpful stuff. I get overwhelmed anytime a video I produce gets above 10-12 minutes, so I can see why keeping hyper organized like this would be key. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's totally important. The hardest thing to learn with long form edits is slowing down to take big broad brushstrokes first before getting stuck in the details.

@NilesHeckman 3 ай бұрын

Very impressive. Have yet to see any other doco editorial breakdowns this well done. You deserve a cookie!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@MauFerrusca Жыл бұрын

The reasoning behind your organization and your very clear explanation absolutely amazes me. It's absolutely amazing how you can identify any place where a word is spoken and then use them as you want. My hat is definitely off, man. Stellar work.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Great to hear, thanks for the kind words.

@knuckleball Жыл бұрын

OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDD!!! I am overwhelmed just by seeing your Da Vinci Resolve Timeline. Let alone the Raw data you have.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Haha, yes it’s a lot.

@RootedandRoaming 5 ай бұрын

This has been a huge help for someone just starting out with Davinci. Overkill for my current project but I implemented some of the ideas nonetheless in preparation for larger videos in the future. Much appreciated!

@JoshuaKirkNZ 5 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Thanks for the watch.

@lorenz_paulus 3 ай бұрын

OMG! Thanks for this incredibly in-depth walkthrough!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Ай бұрын

Cheers!

@cire30a Жыл бұрын

amazing. it took me two years of experience and research to get where you just presented in 20minutes. so good.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Stoked it was helpful!

@sorendefre1674 Жыл бұрын

Also,loved your colour grade on Rapaura Springs.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

🙌

@calebkingi Жыл бұрын

Brother, just made the switch from PP to Resolve and was going mad on how to have a nice workflow. Your vid came up, wow man you've saved me a ton of time. Coffee on me when I'm down your ways or when you're up here. Much love

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! Welcome to the DaVinci club haha. Catch up soon!

@nicolaspodesta969 Жыл бұрын

Hey mate. I think this is the most valuable video I've ever watched about video editing workflow. Thank you so much. I'm taking that "transcribe technique with me. Cheers!

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! You can now transcribe automatically within Davinci 18.5.

@codyandvictoria 11 ай бұрын

Amazing video here. A bit more in-depth than what we need, but super helpful and picked up a bunch of tips. Would love to see that part 2

@JoshuaKirkNZ Ай бұрын

Cheers guys :-)

@corey_oneill 9 ай бұрын

I found this extremely helpful, thank you Joshua!

@loicleray Жыл бұрын

Holy moly! Lots of work, much appreciated Joshua! Thank you 😊

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

🙌

@BriannaRoseCinematography Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this intimate insight and sharing of knowledge...it melted my brain, but damn was it worth it! Incredibly humbled by your skill and tenacity with editing and organization. I have recently been studying Francis Coppola in film school and have watched some videos about Walter Murch talking about editing Apocalypse Now and having literally 7 Tons worth of film to sift through and edit, when you hit us with the 26 terabytes of footage that is instantly where my brain snapped to. Very impressive work, so many superstars behind the scenes when bringing a piece of film to life and you are certainly one of them!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Brianna, Glad it helped bring some insight behind the scenes!

@Vita1st 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, I cant wait for the second part. I suscribe to your channel in this moment. Keep going and congratulations for your channel. Greets from Mexico.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

That means a lot Serch - Thanks for the sub - More videos to come real soon!

@AndyKunkel Жыл бұрын

I do a lot of wedding videography and I am definitely going to utilize these tips. Just found your channel and you have a lot of great content on Davinci. SUBBED!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@andrewmason8691 Жыл бұрын

This is insanely helpful, Josh. Forever grateful. Thanks

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it, glad it was helpful.

@Sustainavore Жыл бұрын

This was so helpful for me. Especially as a self-taught editor. Thank you so much!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, glad it was helpful!

@eliasmenasse2837 9 ай бұрын

Great video, the best Ive seen organizational themed. Writing from Mexico we are starting a Docu shoot, so this helps a lot. Will see part 2 with answers see if my questions are there

@sanketkhandagale7828 Жыл бұрын

The most valuable video for editor's. Worth watching video 🤞🏻🤩🎯

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

🙌

@joyoffilming9500 2 жыл бұрын

Just having returned from a 10 days holiday trip with appr. 250 video clips from 3 different cameras I went nuts with the traditional way of having just one timeline and throwing all footage in just three bins (one for each camera). Now, with your great tutorial I will setup the whole footage structuring from scratch, making a timeline per each day or even scene per day, adding all media to it. Thanks so much for sharing your professional experience with us!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Good stuff. hope it worked out for ya!

@roanbuma Жыл бұрын

Amazing. Using your workflow for my first short documentary.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

Epic, have fun with it!

@tanyadolinari4346 Жыл бұрын

Organising everything is the tedious,boring part of the process but you have helped me so much with this lesson.Thank you very much,Joshua. Tanya.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tanya, Glad it helped :-)

@JesseSlykermanVideoProduction Жыл бұрын

Very, very helpful information. Definitely a professional way of oganising the project. Your video was straight forward and easy to follow. Well done Josh :)

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jesse. Appreciate it

@myblueplanetchannel 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Joshua, many thanks for your fantastic description how you have organized your documentary.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks very much. Appreciate it.

@pjtavera Жыл бұрын

Hi Joshua, I just landed to your channel and apparently by chance this is what I am looking for in how to organize my workflow by categorizing each and every shots and recording into specific clean folders and bins which my current sucks! Thanks for this and will be applying this tutorial to my next small editing projects. Wow, this was done a year ago ~ Subscribed!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

🙌 Glad it helped you, thanks for the sub!

@CatsDogPhotography Жыл бұрын

I'm just starting my video editing journey and oh my gosh this was insanely helpful, thank you so much. I have been using Premier for about 18 months and decided to switch to DaVinci Resolve, still at the phase where where it's very overwhelming - I'm pretty inexperienced but you have given me a great direction to start in. thanks!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks - all the best for the journey into DaVinci!

@edwardnewbins 2 жыл бұрын

Learned. a lot and I appreciate your breakdown of your process!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks Edward 🙌

@Dmytrozern 2 жыл бұрын

Was looking for something to prepare for interview edits. Great info! Thanks

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@trynthrive2187 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what a great video! Thanks for making this, very helpful!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

No worries!

@BihnDan 2 жыл бұрын

this is great -- exactly the guidance I needed. Really looking forward to a Part 2 on your detailed approach putting it all together -- and your thoughts on how you might use the new Speed Editor/Cut-Page on future projects.Thanks so much!

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dan, Thanks for the comment - I will defiantly put together a part 2 soon :-)

@BihnDan 2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaKirkNZ And please offer a way so we can show our appreciation (beer/coffee/Patreon, etc.) -- definitely want to say thanks for your generosity sharing your craft.

@Ishimuro 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful Breakdown.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@julers1000 Жыл бұрын

This video is AWESOME! I just found out about Simon Says doing Transcription in DaVinci Resolve, which I am just learning, so went searching for a video on how it works, You've shown us how to use it, along with the whole documentary organization and workflow. Exactly what I needed to know! THANK YOU!!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! I have another video talking about MacWhisper which is another option and also now with Resolve 18.5 the AI captions is another option, although not a great workflow for inputting them as markers in a timeline yet.

@RossHarrisonFilm 10 ай бұрын

@@JoshuaKirkNZ Hi Josh, Thanks for this video. I will dig into it even more as I try out Resolve. Are you changing anything about your workflow with the new AI captions in Resolve? I haven't fully learnt about any of this yet, but am curious to know what you're choosing.

@karolmikina5263 2 жыл бұрын

Joshua this is so amazing. I just watched the whole film and every aspect of it is so great. Wonderful cinematography, excellent music choice, great story (A-roll selection). Simply just wow! I don't want to mention level of organization in edit section because it's way above mine so hats off. So inspirational production. Huge fan here!

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Karol thanks so much for the love 🙌 and appreciate you taking the time to watch the whole piece! What would you like to see more of in the future?

@karolmikina5263 2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaKirkNZ This is really big project so I think you could do the whole series about that. Pre-production section (all about talking with client, location scouting, storyboarding etc. / production section - gear, crew, your vision, explenation about composition, your techniques with outdoor lightning / Post-production section exactly like this one, something about color, something about audio etc - if you hired people for specific job consider record video with them. I watch youtube alot. I am using it mostly to learn something new, looking for great creative artists and discover their technics. This video is definitly something on higher level than begginer or even intermediate so this is why I'm here and why I watched whole film. it's up to you what kind of audience you want to hit and what level of knowledge to share but if it's someghing advanced I stay ✌️

@WestRidgeFARM 11 ай бұрын

This helps a lot, and it's so clearly explained. Thank you !!

@diegomonteirobatera 10 ай бұрын

Yeaahh This is soooo helpful! Thank you for making this video.

@blankpaper1628 2 жыл бұрын

Really great tutorial, loved it! Thanks :) Looking forward for your creative editing workflow advices.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

I will definitely do a part 2 in the near future. Thanks for the comment :-)

@j2times2006 Жыл бұрын

Solid content. Thanks from America

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, from NZ!

@gaylordhenderson3568 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!!! I just stumbled upon you! Such thought on the organization of videos, interviews, etc. It has expanded my mind! Also, I subscribed and gave you a thumbs-up!.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for this! Appreciate the sub :-)

@gaylordhenderson3568 Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaKirkNZ I just want to say again, how delighted I am with finding your channel. I listened to 2 hrs of the Blackmagic tutorial and still had some editing process questions. I listened again to your earlier 5 tips, and it made sense; I believe you have found your nitch for you are an excellent communicator! I wish you the best of success!

@colbertjohnes2599 2 жыл бұрын

Joshua Kirk thanks mate. I am watching from Zimbabwe. Please elaborate more on the theme based sequences and how you build the flow how do you rearrange the interview select bites and then putting on the master timeline

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Colbert - Hello from New Zealand! Thanks for the comment. I will have to make a part two for this and expand on those items more :-)

@joaoramos32 Жыл бұрын

This is literally the most insane project that I've ever seen, jesus

@joaoramos32 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward for part 2

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Haha! Yeah it's chunky but it was built over months of gathering footage for this project.

@MattNormanFilms 2 жыл бұрын

You're a JEDI KNIGHT!!!!! Holy crap, this is awesome!!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Haha Thanks Matt!

@HH-gw5up 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much dude! This got me started in Resolve :)

@JoshuaKirkNZ 5 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@LimitlessLivingOver60 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic information! I’m working on my first long video and struggling to organize the material. Great info!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@mrtwomore Жыл бұрын

What an informative and useful video. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge 👏👏🙏

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it thanks!

@kaccess1 Жыл бұрын

This is really great. It helped me so much with editing my first feature length doc with months of footage. I did come across a Bug where Davinci stops responding when there are too many timeline markers - this bug still hasn't been fix since v16 up to the current 18.1.3, unfortunately, so just be warned. Otherwise, thanks so much again.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Hey Kirk, thanks for this. I think this has been fixed now with 18.5.

@worldpire3316 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

🙏 Thank you!

@aramzadikian Жыл бұрын

Amazing, thank you for sharing this!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Pleasure Aram!

@Maros_Mari Жыл бұрын

Hey Joshua, big thanks, this is super helpful. Im working on short documentary project and switched from fcpx to davinci - been looking for a guide like this to get basic understanding how to approach the workflow.. I would like to ask for video that would explain a bit more the actual way you organize footage and create bins with timelines etc… kind of thoughts behind the workflow… thanks again, you got a new subscriber

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

stoked it was helpful. Great suggestion for future videos!

@nnslife 2 жыл бұрын

The amount of footage you have is purely insane! How do you not get overwhelmed when selecting the moments to include? I personally find footage selection and take selection one of the hardest aspects of editing, and I have much-much less footage than you: some clips are definitely bad, but quite a lot contend to be included and it's hard to decide. Definitely waiting for part 2!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks Igor! Appreciate the comment. I think i'll release a video about this soon!

@shotbycasa 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@shotbycasa 5 ай бұрын

I really want to learn your Shortcut - System. Somehow the link to your preset doesnt work anymore. Do you think you could refresh that? You would help me a lot. I will leave a tip for sure. @@JoshuaKirkNZ

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great video. I would however love to know more about using Simon Says. I have looked at it a number of times and decided not to use it but the way you are using it I am sure would change my mind. Thanks Dave

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave - I definitely think it is worth circling back around to software after a year or so if they weren't quite right at the time because they develop so fast. I am using a range of different services now including Descript and Rev.com for captioning which have great transcription features, but importing transcripts as markers is a special feature that I was using here with Simon Says.

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaKirkNZ I have used many of the paid and unpaid transcription services including Rev and KZfaq on my Jack Hargreaves programmes due to not finding Simon Says very accurate but following seeing you video this weekend I gave SS another try and Wow it is now the best I have tried. It was as good or possibly slightly better than REV paid service. I might have just been lucky but it was picking up words I was having trouble understanding in Jack’s chatty voice. He didn’t work from notes or scripts but just talked over the film inserts. What I still need to sit down and work out is the way SS exports the markers as I was in a bit of a rush to get the programme up on Sunday and that is why being lazy I thought maybe you could help explain this a bit more in depth especially as I cannot find anyone else including SS who has really done this. By the way love your videos and would also love to see how you actually physically do the edit with all the timelines. I presume you put up the time line you are taking the shots from and then copy them into your main edit timeline.

@zahidmmalick 4 ай бұрын

Amazing tutorial on Organizing Footage and Project Workflow, please make a video on how to storyborad all the ideas for making the First Cut which will further refined to Final Video. Thanks

@marcus9610 Жыл бұрын

I really learned a lot from this. Thank you.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

Your welcome, thanks for watching.

@norendsoltra7844 2 жыл бұрын

I have been amazed by your content since this is such an outstanding tutorial from out there and therefore you earn a new subscriber. Anyways, can you please make a video about keyboard shortcuts and your workspace in Davinci? That would be really helpful for us to edit faster and save time in editing. I'm really looking forward to that.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! - Coming Soon!

@BW4EIRE 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video! I see you haven't posted a lot of tutorial videos, relatively speaking. But you should. Hope you'll be posting more.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm definitely trying to balance this KZfaq thing with real productions - Harder than I anticipated haha :-)

@BenjaminScottfromFrance 2 жыл бұрын

I've been editing for years but never really looked at any tutorials on how to attack edits, and have been inventing and improving my workflow on the go. I am currently editing a documentary with about 15 one-hour interviews, and I'm quite happy to see my workflow is very similar to yours. I still learned a lot in your video though, especially about the transcription part. I usually export the interview sequence, upload it on KZfaq and wait for it to automatically transcribe the interview. I can then export the file with timings, and then search for a specific word in that file to find in the timeline after. A bit of a longer process, but it's free! Will definitely give Simon Says a go in the future though, that Edit Index technique is amazing. Thanks for the video!

@Warfeous 2 жыл бұрын

I had a similar workflow to yours (KZfaq transcription), if you take the resulting SRT file and convert it to markers in an EDL (using the free website en.editingtools.io/) - the result will be the searchable edit index that is shown in this workflow. To speed things up I generate the SRT from Adobe Premiere (using the new transcription / caption features) instead of uploading / waiting for KZfaq. I hope this helps in some way!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Great Tip!

@rodrigo-do-carmo Жыл бұрын

This is so good! Thank you for the video

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@rvwithbob 5 ай бұрын

Impressive documentary. Overwhelming workflow. I'm just trying to make better KZfaq videos. Thanks for the workflow pointers.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, hope it helped in some way.

@ozzmanzz 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for posting! I’ve been in the game for over 30yrs and this method puts me to shame. Well done, liked and subscribed.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much! 😊

@Andisend 11 ай бұрын

I would be intrigued to know, if anything, would your process or completion of the project have changed, and how , with the improvements DaVinci 18.5 release has now provided…? Love this video as it has provided me with so much valuable information and perspective..

@jpbrochu12345 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Would love to know more about your technical workflow: proxies, memory management with so many timelines, etc. I'd like to make the jump from Avid for my next doc, but with long form I have always a bit scared to try it.

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Jumping to DaVinci was a little difficult when we moved over as well 2-3 years ago. at the time the edit page wasn't as robust as it is now. If you do it, i'd suggest just committing 100% so you can start to learn all the nuances of the interface and how it performs. If you are only editing, and passing the finishing stages to other departments then I totally see the argument to stay with Avid. For us as a commercial studio the seemless workflow between edit, colour, sound, VFX is priceless and worth a few sacrifices in the edit page :-)

@avincentphotography Жыл бұрын

watched the entire Doc. Absolutely brilliant. Curious as to the Hard Drives you are using as well as the specs on your edit machine. Thanks, Anthony NYC

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and appreciate the kind words. I’ve made this video which walks through our data setup. It’s mostly the same today with a few tweaks. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sOCHfpWrtM-Yg5c.html

@vonaudio5435 2 жыл бұрын

amazing organization. love your content. would love to see how you manage proxies / keep such a huge 4k workflow going without turning the computer into a hellfire machine

@user-kl2ss1gh4o 2 жыл бұрын

agree!

@JoshuaKirkNZ 2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion for a new video. A few pointers off the top of my head with big projects in DaVinci resolve are: - Use a PostgreSQL Database instead of a disk database (It always performs better) - Host the database on the network from a different machine. (This takes some strain off your edit machine and can focus just on editing) - Working off a fast server really helps - see my other video here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sOCHfpWrtM-Yg5c.html - Computer RAM is important with large projects. I have 128GB in the 27" iMac. I'll be sure to make a video about this in the future!

@juanjopiffa Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you for sharing and taking the time to explain. I’m just curious to know why you don’t use the smart bins with tags to organize your footage.

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Good question - smart bins and tags are great. For this project I felt more comfortable organising everything manually like this because of how I was handing off different sequences for future archive. All of these manual timelines are rendered off separately for different purposes such as stock footage and client archive so this suited me. Now 2 years later I would probably tweak my workflow to incorporate tags and more metadata.

@dwainbrowne Жыл бұрын

Very helpful thank you!!

@JoshuaKirkNZ 11 ай бұрын

🙌

@pavlovcikjan Жыл бұрын

Super helpful!!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much.

@yebeznrba4641 2 ай бұрын

excellent video ! thank you very much

@JoshuaKirkNZ Ай бұрын

You are welcome.

@CABRALCREATES 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial!!! Thanks

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@margotunger6936 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your precious information! - You just untied a monthlong knot in my head and motivated me getting instantly started with my project! Shot it in 21 and felt so lost starting the edit...! Now I can see the light...! P.S: would love more information about media storage possibilities !- can I store it on several ssds or is one big source the best? - have 4TB of material? Thank you so much!

@JoshuaKirkNZ Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for the comment. Stoked you are motivated to keep going with the project! Media storage is tricky ay! The main issue is having storage fast enough to edit directly off for the codec you are using. There’s no reason you can’t have media across multiple drives, you just have to have a way to plug everything in at once. You could always spend a day or so generating proxies from all your existing drives onto a fresh SSD so you can edit your whole project off one single drive using proxies.