More about Rachel Shenton video editor in the UK

Rachel Shenton

Video editor. Storyteller. Your secret weapon.


Video editing is a powerful tool when it comes to moving an audience: Throughout my ten years of editing experience, I have been able to help filmmakers and videographers in a variety of genres including drama, documentary, wedding, commercial and corporate film.

Many wedding videographers in particular have trusted me with their footage. So far, I have had the pleasure of telling the stories of over 800 weddings!

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Weddings

Wedding film editor


You can watch a select few of my wedding films through my portfolio.

Why only a selection? Well, that’s because I also work as a ‘ghost editor’.

Similar to ghost writers, I am the one behind the screen, mimicking your editing style so no one will ever know I was there. If you want to know more about how and why to outsource video editing, you can find out more here.

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Get To Know Rachel

The nosey stuff'.


Take a look at my Q&A’s below for a better understanding of my personality, my passion for editing and why I became a professional video editor.

  • I was a teenager, and I had been making these little slideshows and fan-made Doctor Who videos for a little while when it kind of dawned on me that there were people who did this for a living (music videos, and the like) and got paid for it, which just seemed like an absolute dream.

  • When I was younger I wanted to be a cat behaviourist, and I'd still love to do that, but I think I'd also make a pretty good private investigator.

  • Windows Movie Maker! (I know...)

  • After the endless fan videos, my first professional job was a short film about a man who gets a message from God, which subsequently changes his life. We cut it on Final Cut, which was a delightful upgrade from Movie Maker, PowerDirector and Sony Vegas.

    (Actually I take that back...I really loved Sony Vegas.)

  • Hahaha, no. I have done a little bit of camera work and I'm not exactly a natural!

  • I use terms such as 'secret weapon' and 'ghost editor' because I edit a lot of films for people who don't want anyone to know they have outsourced their video editing. I edit in the same style as each client, meaning they can maintain a consistent look and feel to their edits.

    Also, someone called me their secret weapon once (I can't remember who, sorry!) and it sort of stuck.

  • ‘A Thousand Years’ by Christina Perri. About a thousand wedding videographers will back me up on this one, too. She's great, and it is a lovely song, but it does pop up a lot in this job!

  • I'd like to be able to fly. Everyone says flying, don't they? Actually, it might still take a while to get anywhere, so maybe teleportation.

  • A small amount of milk, no sugar. I'll drink any tea that resembles any of the darkest three guinea pigs on the Guinea Pig Tea Chart.

  • Coffee ice cream, or anything lemon-y.

  • I mean, is anyone good at those?

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‘When I received my first film back from Rachel I was blown away - all my previous fears were totally gone; she hadn't just caught the ambience of the day, she had added to it.’

- Charlotte White Film & Photography

How can I help you? Let’s talk about your project.