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Dear Hiring Team,

With eight years of experience editing documentaries and other nonfiction work for broadcast, festival, and streaming audiences, I'm excited to apply for your freelance editor opening. Below are a few details on my experience and expertise. Links to my full reel and portfolio are here.

I got my start in feature-length doc post-production as AE on a film about communities coping with the prospect of abandoning their coastline. In this role, I logged more than 200 hours of footage and helped shape the assembly cut, which enabled the director to secure additional funding to complete the project. Since then, I've grown as an editor, cutting everything from 8 minute web shorts to a 90 minute feature that premiered at a regional film festival. Most recently, I finished a short doc about a third-generation bakery owner. By centering the film around a single morning of work in the bakery, the film took shape organically around her daily ritual, giving order and rhythm to interviews that had been shot in pieces and varied greatly in energy. The film has since been selected into two film festivals and has already helped the nonprofit client to raise more donations.

On the techy side of things, I'm proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve and comfortable enough in Avid Media Composer to jump into existing projects. I've done my own color correction, audio cleanup, and motion graphics as needed to save productions from sinking budgets and timelines. I'm happy to wrangle big media drives, keep track of archival footage, and manage mixed formats/frame rates, and other complications. My home system is fully set-up for remote editing with solid backup plans in place.

Ultimately, though, great documentaries can't just be edited; their stories must be discovered. My job is to listen to what's on screen, find the story hiding inside, and help it come forward and breathe. I always make sure to listen to directors' wishes closely before I start pulling frames, then come back with cuts that are organized and easy to review. When producers call on me to edit for them again, it's because I hit deadlines, raise red flags about structural problems ASAP, and do my best to anticipate problems before they become expensive.

If you'd like more information about my experience, feel free to reach out, as references are available on request. Thanks for your time and consideration!

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Dear Hiring Team,

I am writing because I would like to apply for the Freelance Documentary Editor position listed. I have 8 years of experience working with Nonfiction as an assistant editor for feature length documentaries, and as a freelance editor of shorter documentary forms that air on television, stream online, and play at film festivals.

My first experience in documentary film was as an Assistant Editor to a feature length documentary, ‘Coast’, a film about people whose lives are being affected by coastal erosion and the displacement of communities by development. I spent over 200 hours logging all of the footage for the film’s director, which formed the basis of the assembly edit that we used to secure further funding for the film.

The projects that I have worked on vary greatly from a short 8 minute web documentary, to a 90-minute feature length film that premiered at a regional film festival. I have worked in Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, and have a good working knowledge of Avid Media Composer where a project calls for it. I am also happy to do basic color correction, audio clean up, and motion graphics in order to keep costs low and meet a tight deadline. Archive-heavy documentaries require large media management, as well as organizing of archival materials, and I have strong knowledge of film licensing, and frame rates, shot in mixed formats.

My best quality as an editor is my ability to work collaboratively with Directors. Each Director has a very different relationship with their footage and I strive to make sure that I am working in the best manner possible for each individual. I make sure that my review versions are clear and organized. I welcome all feedback, whether it be positive or negative, and am always in touch regarding structural problems or opportunities in the narrative of a film. I have received feedback from Producers that I always meet my deadlines and point out potential problems before they become huge issues.

A recent short I completed, ‘The Baker’ documenting the life of a third generation bakery owner for a Non Profit Client was a really rewarding edit to work on. The raw material was scattered and emotional in parts, however re-structuring the documentary to follow the owner of the bakery through his single busiest morning of trade created an intimate and quiet film that gained entries into two festivals and raised significant donations for the Non Profit Client on release.

As a freelancer, I work remotely and can easily and adaptively incorporate into a new team. I have an effective, current editing suite complete with secure back-ups and can work off of any file-sharing/reviewing platform of choice.

I’d look forward to speaking with you about whether or not my experience would be a good fit for your future projects. I have included a link to my portfolio and reel below, and would be happy to provide references as well. Thanks again for your time and consideration.

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Dear Hiring Team,

I'm excited to apply for the freelance documentary editor position. For the past eight years, I have edited documentary and nonfiction projects and am passionate about helping tell these types of stories.

I started my editing career working on a feature-length documentary as an assistant editor and learned a lot about editing, especially the value of letting the story be told and not forcing the narrative. I also learned a lot about the process of acquiring funding, as the director would often show the funding committee the assembly cut of the documentary, which would persuade them to provide more funding for the project.

I edited many other projects of various lengths after that first documentary, including some web shorts that were eight minutes or less. I understand and am proficient with Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve and have used Avid Media Composer and other editing and post-production software. I also understand color correction, sound and audio editing, and graphics and motion pieces. I have worked on projects that contained a lot of old and or archival footage and have a strong command of and have a comprehensive understanding of a variety of codecs and frame rates.

I appreciate your consideration.

My greatest work strength is the ability to collaborate. Every director has a unique process when it comes to working with and reviewing footage. This requires a great deal of flexibility on my part. Throughout the years, I have developed a strong ability to produce complete and thorough editing reviews and to spot potential issues and risks with structure, and to communicate about these to the respective team members in the clearest and most effective way possible.

Producers have also appreciated that I am thorough and disciplined in meeting review deadlines and proactive in communicating potential concerns and issues to them.

I produced and edited a short documentary for a client about a bakery owner. To create emotional engagement and structure the piece to increase audience interest, I filmed only one day in the bakery. It won two awards and helped the client organization to increase their donations.

I’ve learned to be fully engaged as an active member of a creative and productive team. I can easily work with, and tailor my editing skills, to your processes and standards. I look forward to the opportunity to work on your team, and to contribute to the projects you are working on.