Wow, thank you! Those are huge compliments! I'm stoked to hear the film left you inspired. Sometimes the subject matter, the characters and the resources all happen to align which was true for this documentary. Couldn't have made without the generosity from so many different people including Erik's family, turk members, local film crews, the production company I was working for which kindly let me borrow their gear... It takes a village to make a documentary!

That's where the timestamps on Rev come into play. You can even go through rev, highlight the various paragraphs and export an "EDL" file which you can then pull into resolve. Otherwise if you don't want to pay to use REV and you're a Davinci resolve user, you can take advantage of the transcribing feature to convert your interview timeline into text. Now you can search for the paragraphs you have in your text edit within your timeline. I hope that makes sense?

Stuck in an edit?

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Thank you!

Amazing! Good luck on your project and thanks for watching!

@@johanssonfilms thanks, also because of your videos, i just finished my first short documentary today, feel free to check it out. Its only 4 minutes long 😉

Thanks for subscribing! I'm stoked you found the video helpful! Let me know if there's any burning questions you have about making documentaries! Would love to help answer them as best as I can!

We've alllllll been there and it sucks! I'm glad you found a little bit of comfort in it! haha. Good luck with the project!

Yeah that has been a gamechanger for me!

Wicked! Glad you found something in there that resonated with you! Good luck with that project!

The "why" is where all the juice is! Selfishly when you pursue the why as a filmmaker it becomes such a deep and fulfilling experience. You feel like you get a backdoor entrance into people's lives that you never would be able to otherwise. Good luck on the journey! It'll be tough at times. You'll want to give up, but keep going, it's always so worth it in the end!

I hear ya. And I think that's a totally valid point. I just hate bins to be honest. Even if there's slight inefficiencies in this process of using timelines, it just gels better with my brain. I wish I could embrace smart bins more but every time I've tried I've just gotten frustrated. You've convinced me to at least give it another go though!

Thanks for the kind words 🙂

Hmmm not sure I understand?

Glad you found it useful!

Happy to help!! Thanks for watching!

Interesting ! Never thought about how this applies to other art forms, but it makes sense! “Why” is at the heart of everything human.

that is so interesting, also i suppose it's kind of the same with architecture in 3d modeling, understanding why does the wall have to go that way, or the way light reflects , and why..

Thanks Umberto!

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E-paper edit 😏

That’s a great question. I always find it’s easier to tackle the intro as the final step in the edit, that way you already know exactly what the film is about. For the opening shot you want something that’s both going to grab your attention but also is relevant to the overall subject of the film. There’s no perfect answer since it also depends on what medium people plan on watching it. If it’s a film that’s going to only exist online, then you have a lot of work to do to catch people’s attention early on, so you might lean towards a faster paced intro. Whereas if your film is going to be shown at festivals in theatres where the audience is somewhat forced to sit through your intro, you can get away with a slower, more evolving shot. It also hinges a lot of the topic of your film. Some films have beautiful cinematography to tell the story, others may rely more on the narrative/interviews/archival footage. I hope that somewhat helps? It’s hard to give direct advice without knowing the subject of your film. Good luck!

Thanks! Happy you found it useful!

cheers dude! Plenty more to come!

Wow, thanks Kedar! That means a lot! I take it you're working on documentary films yourself? I plan on breaking down other elements of this film on my channel going forward, so if you're curious, watch out for those in the future!

@@johanssonfilms Been a full time Photographer, now slowly switching to filming & documentary films. Need to hone the skils with help from experts like you. Waiting for more from you. Would love to see your way of sound designing. Thanks.. 🙏🏻😊

cheers Mick! Based on your thumbnail, are you a climber? You making sweet climbing docs?!

Cheers dude! 🤘

An edit about editing.. edit-ception

Hope it helps!

oh man we need like an editor’s anonymous support group hahaha 😅 I swear I want to quit my career at least once every project

@@johanssonfilms I WOULD BE THE FIRST MEMBER!! it definitely takes a different kind of masochism to be an editor 😭

hahaha totally. My life laughs at me because I go through the same cycle of emotions with literally every project I work on 😂

Glad it was helpful!

Sorry you feel that way! It’s a fair bit of ground to cover from an information stand point which is why I included the template for download so you can try out for yourself and see what works for you. But if it’s not for you then it’s not for you.

Oh hey guys! Thanks for watching! I totally remember watching your videos like 3 years ago, they helped through a lot of questions I had in the early days of my filmmaking! So cool that you’re still crushing it! That more or less sums up how I end up working with those timelines as well. At the end of the day you do have to still scroll back through your selects to find shots. This process at least helps narrow down the search so I know where everything is. Sometimes what I’ll do is if I know I need a lot of a certain type of footage (say lifestyle for example), I’ll just copy a big chunk of the selects stringout into my edit timeline and mess with it there. But this is kinda where the tidy organisation meets the chaos of creativity 😅

The good old days of the camera tutorial boom HAHA. Now I'm stoked to watch other's do the tutorial work as I try to step up my own storytelling abilities. Super helpful though - I think just organizing things a little more will definitely improve our process.

@codyandvictoria hahaha yeah I totally get that. Camera stuff is so clickable.. but so dry to make.. If you’re working on better story telling then I highly recommend breaking down your dialog/interviews into themes/ideas/different buckets. Then you get out of the world of boring linear story telling and into creating narrative arcs. It makes the whole process so much faster!

@@johanssonfilms you hit the nail on the head. I’m struggling with that boring linear storytelling right now. Like always just hiking in to a location, camping, and then climbing and leaving. You can only make that video 100 times until it becomes a drag 😅 Also tough to make films about yourself tho… Anyway I’ve subbed! Really appreciate the replies and looking forward to more

@codyandvictoria thanks for the sub! And totally. Making documentaries about yourself is really tough! Gotta find that balance between letting stories happen and making stories happen. It’s a weird head space! Thanks for the sub!

I’m not the best person to ask about vocal treatment to be honest. But I could point you in the right direction. Depending on the type of vocal, you’ll want to look into a couple different techniques: Compression and EQ. Compression allows you to even out the loud and quiet parts of your vocal make it easier to understand and clearer in the mix, and then the EQ can be used to sculpt the voice to make it more pleasing and less tiring on your ear. For example, you can remove harshness in the high frequencies of the voice or give someone’s voice a deeper quality by boosting the bass. I hope that helps a little!

I remember smiling at that quote when I was shooting that interview with John and Margaret. They’re such an interesting family. I couldn’t believe all the facts that were coming out the more I got to know Erik and his family. Thanks for watching! I’m glad you’re finding the channel helpful in your journey into filmmaking!

@@johanssonfilms Yeah it's been fun watching and learning a bunch of stuff. I am a lifelong learner. I used to be heavily into photography 15+ years ago. SO much has changed since then. I want to grab a BMD Pyxis camera but have NO clue about lenses! It's all that new hobby energy where I am scarfing down information right now lol. Look forward to seeing more!

@@sleepingsage I love that stage of a new hobby! I swear I adopt a new hobby every 10 minutes. Lately it’s been writing. I have a low-key goal of eventually writing a screenplay or book… but who knows how long this hobby will last hahaha

@@johanssonfilms Yeah, I am ADHD and pick up hobbies like a hungry person grabs snacks at the grocery LOL I watched some of your client projects. I really like your stuff. They have a great sense of space and feel. I can tell YOU made them. Great inspiration. (From your other Doc-related video) Milanote might be some free content for going over how to use it. I couldn't quite figure out how to replicate what you did, and my natural reaction was to find out how. Food for thought :D

No problem! I remember being so lost with this stuff at one point in my editing career. Let me know if you have any other questions!

I have, but I find it’s a bit clunky for larger projects because you end up leaving everything that you haven’t selected in bins, so if there’s anything I missed in my initial selects then I’m back into the bins again. It’s why I like having everything in a timeline then going from there. That way I never have to be in bins again.. as you can tell I’m very bin-adverse 😂 I would love to be able to make the cut page work for my workflow since it has the potential to be so fast, but it just doesn’t quite click with my brain!

Soooo much easier than digging through bins in my opinion!

Quite a rad group of people!

Haha happy to help Stephen! Good luck on your edits!

Happy you found it helpful! Let me know what you think of the template!

Thanks Casey! Are you from Queenstown??

@@johanssonfilms most unfortunately, I am not. I’ve visited once and absolutely loved it.

It’s such a magical place. We meant to visit NZ for 4 months and stayed in Queenstown for 2.5 years haha

@@johanssonfilms That’s terrific! The North Island is home, but the wilderness of the South is very special to me.

Thanks Corwing! Glad you found it useful! And welcome to my little corner of the internet :)

The build crew? There was a whole mix of people from members who were professional tradesmen all the way to kids who had never swung a hammer before!

Thank you for watching!

Pretty insane idea eh? Was a fun story to tell!

Thanks for watching!