Webinar on Making an Hour-Long Cut for PBS, the Classroom and Conferences

I’m excited to offer a webinar entitled “Editing and Leveraging an Hour-Long Cut for PBS, the Classroom and Conferences.” I’m co-hosting with one of my favorite people, Keith Ochwat from Show&Tell. Join us Nov 2 at 1pm PT by registering here.

I’ll be presenting fresh material with several examples from features we’ve cut down. In the last two years, we’ve helped several docs go to NETA with a TV-hour cutdown, including Baba Babee Skazala, a documentary about Ukraine airing on PBS.

“We couldn’t imagine a way to further cut from a feature-length documentary to an even shorter TV edit without losing critical parts,” said producer Julie Parker.

When we were done with her TV hour, Parker said, “We watched both versions of the film and barely noticed the cuts!”

I’ll share criteria for quickly and efficiently making cuts to your feature. You’ll also learn how to make the difficult choices about what to keep in your TV hour.

Why is your TV cutdown likely more important than your feature?

According to distribution expert Jon Reiss, “If they feel that their film has potential for PBS or foreign broadcast they should be thinking about it while editing and do it as soon as possible.  If they have an impact-oriented film there is even more reason to do this because a shorter cut allows for more discussion.”

Register here!