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!
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Windows Movie Maker! (I know...)
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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.)
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Hahaha, no. I have done a little bit of camera work and I'm not exactly a natural!
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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.
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‘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!
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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.
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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.
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Coffee ice cream, or anything lemon-y.
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I mean, is anyone good at those?