Who sends us interviews
Most of our work starts after someone else has done the filming. An HR team sat six employees in front of a camera for a careers page. A communications lead recorded the CEO's quarterly message in one take, then three more. A marketing team flew out to a customer site and came back with forty minutes of a plant manager talking. The footage is fine. Nobody has the afternoon it takes to find the ninety seconds worth showing.
Interview editing is mostly a reading job. The good lines are scattered, people repeat themselves, and the best answer to question four is often hiding in the middle of question seven. We transcribe every interview, mark the lines that carry the story, and send you that selection before any picture gets cut.
Services
Recruiting videos
Employee interviews cut into careers-page videos and short clips for job posts.
InternalLeader updates
Talking-head messages from executives and managers, tidied for the people who watch them.
SalesCustomer story interviews
A customer explains the problem, the switch and what changed, in a few minutes.
SocialInterview clips
Short captioned pieces pulled from long interviews for LinkedIn, newsletters and slides.
Why we start with a paper edit
The sheet at the top of this page is an illustration of that first step. Each line of the transcript is either a select, numbered in the order it will play, or struck out. Retakes, false starts and anything the speaker would rather not see online come out here. Running order changes too: in the example, the line about not knowing the machines on day one opens the video, even though it was said second.
A paper edit is quick to read and quick to change. HR, legal or the customer can approve the words before anyone argues about shots and music, which keeps late rewrites out of the finished cut. The process page walks through each stage.
What to send
A short brief saves a round of questions. A useful one covers:
- A link to the camera files and any separate audio (Google Drive, Dropbox, Frame.io, Box or WeTransfer)
- What the video is for: a careers page, a job post, an all-hands, a sales page, LinkedIn or an event screen
- The questions that were asked, or the script if the speaker read from a prompter
- Names and job titles exactly as they should appear on screen
- Brand files: logo, fonts, colors and any lower-third template you already use
- Who approves the cut, and whether legal, HR or the customer has to sign off too
Missing some of it? Send the footage link and one sentence about the goal. The quote will list what's still needed.
Where we work
All editing happens remotely, so footage can come from any office, plant or job site. We focus on companies in Detroit and Oklahoma City and book calls in your local time.
Detroit, MI
Interview and talking-head editing for Detroit employers, sales teams and internal comms teams.
Central timeOklahoma City, OK
Interview and talking-head editing for Oklahoma City employers, sales teams and internal comms teams.
What finished interview setups look like
Common questions
How much does interview editing cost?
It depends on how many interviews there are and how long each ran, the finished length, how many versions you need, and how much b-roll, graphics and sound repair goes in. We quote every job in writing after seeing the footage, so the cost is settled before work starts.
Can you work with footage shot on a phone or a webcam?
Yes. Sound matters more than the camera. If the voice is clear, a phone or laptop recording can make a perfectly usable leader update or employee clip.
Do you film the interviews?
No. We edit footage your team or your video crew recorded. If you haven't filmed yet, the process page has notes on questions and sound that make the edit easier.
Are the images and sheets on this site real projects?
No. The stills are AI-generated samples and the paper edits are illustrations written for this site. We don't publish client footage or transcripts without permission.
Hours of interview footage and a one-minute slot to fill? Tell us who was interviewed, what the video is for, and where it will be shown.
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