Cutting for Pace — 1:01 to 0:28 Short-Form Edit

The brief: A one-minute clip that lost viewers in the first seconds.

What I made: A full pace edit, selecting the strongest moments, splitting out dead air, cutting for rhythm, and trimming the ending so the story lands in 28 seconds with the energy held the whole way through. Edited and narrated by me. This edit became Lesson 2 of my own paid mini-course on short-form editing.

The result: The whole story, in less than half the time.