Several months ago, a videographer friend of mine was struggling with his films. They were exporting out at huge file sizes- one film came out at a whopping 17gb and unsurprisingly his client was struggling to play it at their end. After a bit of discussion of bitrates and settings, he was able to re-export the film at a much more manageable 6gb, same excellent quality, with only a few clicks.

The music I'm playing when I’m going through footage has a subconscious influence on the feel of the shots I’ll ultimately select. This means it's incredibly important for me to listen to tracks that reflect the style of the project I’m working with.

I’ve been asked on numerous occasions how I turn things around so efficiently. Truthfully most of it is practice, and long work days! However some things prove useful time and again when it comes to streamlining the process, leaving more time to build an engaging story and a well crafted edit.

I am frequently asked by clients how best to organise large amounts of footage, and whether I have any tips on this. I used to be tremendously unorganised, however as my business grew and deadlines became tighter I found myself relying more on proper folder structure, naming conventions and other organisational tricks to keep all of my files close to hand, and ultimately save myself time.