Elevate EditsEditing time isn't only determined by editing skill, it's heavily shaped by how the footage was filmed in the first place. A few small habits at the point of filming can save hours of work later, and they cost almost nothing to build in.
Slate or clap at the start of each take
Even a simple hand clap in frame at the start of a take makes syncing audio and finding specific clips dramatically faster when there's a lot of footage to sort through. It feels like an unnecessary extra step in the moment, but it pays for itself many times over during editing.
Leave a beat of silence before and after speaking
Starting to talk the instant the camera rolls, with zero pause beforehand, makes clean cuts harder to find. A second of silence at the start and end of each take gives an editor room to trim precisely without cutting into the first or last word.
Restart a flubbed line instead of just continuing
Stumbling over a line and immediately continuing forward, rather than pausing and restarting the sentence cleanly, means an editor has to either keep the stumble or attempt an awkward splice. A brief pause and a clean restart takes two extra seconds while filming and saves much more than that in post.
None of these habits require new equipment or extra time on set. They're small adjustments to how you film, and they compound into real hours saved by the time footage reaches an editor's timeline.
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