![]() When I start work on a documentary, my first goal is to find the story. So in this article, I’ll share my experience using Premiere Pro’s new Text-Based Editing workflow. While this new approach will benefit film and video editors of all kinds, it’s particularly useful for documentary editors who prefer to work with interview transcripts to create a radio edit before diving into visual storytelling. Not only can I see the transcript right inside of Premiere Pro, I can edit, rearrange, add, or remove sentences in the transcript-with my text edits automatically synchronized with the corresponding audio or video. With Text-Based Editing, I can use the transcribed text as the primary representation of audio or video content. ![]() Thankfully, Adobe’s new Text-Based Editing feature in Premiere Pro has completely transformed this process. “If it sounds labor intensive, it’s because it was.” If it sounds labor intensive, it’s because it was. For example, to create sound bite selects, I’d typically create timecoded transcripts from my interviews, print them out for manual highlighting and annotation, and then go back into Premiere Pro to locate the corresponding phrases in the footage. Historically, popular editing software has prioritized visual editing over text editing, leaving documentary editors to develop tedious, hacky workarounds to cull interview content. And even though this portion of the editing process demands the most endurance, it’s my favorite part. We’re responsible for creating a narrative from hours and hours of footage, audio, and archival material.īecause there’s no prewritten script, we rely on interview transcripts and notes to create one. Documentary editors face a daunting task.
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