I'm Donato, a video editor. My job is simple: take your footage and turn it into a video people actually watch to the end.
I’m Donato, a video editor. My job is simple: take your footage and turn it into a video people actually watch to the end.
I start with the story. Before cutting anything, I read your script or brief, find the hook and plan the pacing. Then I build the edit scene by scene, so every second has a reason to be there.
What I take care of
How I work
Tools: Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, Audition
Languages: Spanish (native) and English
Send me your footage or script and one reference video you like, and I’ll tell you how I’d edit it.
A full episode of a brand documentary for a YouTube channel: the story of Fila, from a small mill in the Italian Alps to a global sportswear brand. What I did: edited the narrated script, built the pacing scene by scene, treated archival footage, animated maps, dates and titles, and mixed voice, music and sound design. Tools: Premiere Pro and After Effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VFodFxkSik
The intro of a documentary for a YouTube channel, with a host speaking to camera. What I did: cut the host's delivery for rhythm, wove in B-roll and animated graphics, gave it a cinematic grade, and mixed voice, music and sound design. Tools: Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiMeAao8mAk
A sample for a faceless history channel on YouTube: how Teflon was invented by accident in 1938. What I did: matched the channel's existing style, treated archival images, animated 3D-style molecules, dates and titles, and paced the edit for retention with music and sound design. Tools: Premiere Pro and After Effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4P78xApn8g
A sample for a faceless geography channel on YouTube, comparing the USA and Mexico. What I did: animated maps and data, built retention-focused pacing around the voiceover, added motion graphics for every key point, and mixed music and sound effects. Tools: Premiere Pro and After Effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOaS-GGgFvk
A sample for a football docu-series on YouTube, told through archival footage and voiceover. What I did: built a narrative pace around the voiceover, treated archival footage, animated titles and numbers, and mixed music and sound design to give every moment weight. Tools: Premiere Pro and After Effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-q4jRrz7ZQ
A vlog of an athlete training in Miami, edited to feel cool, raw and dynamic. What I did: built the story from the raw footage, cut to the music with natural transitions, color corrected and graded the S-Log3 footage, and mixed voice, music and ambient sound. Tools: Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU8HPiPexGk
Video editing for international clients through Upwork: brand documentaries, faceless YouTube channels, vlogs and social content. I take the footage and script, propose the structure and deliver the finished video with motion graphics, sound design and color grading. Remote work in English and Spanish.
Lead editor at Boosters, a video editing studio. I handle projects from start to finish: I read the script or brief, build the structure and pacing, and deliver the finished video with motion graphics, animated captions, sound design, audio mix and color grading. I work with creators, brands and entrepreneurs, in horizontal and vertical formats, with clear deadlines and fast revisions.
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