5Making Select Reels
How well you organize and think about your select reels absolutely determines how well the edit is going to go. If you don’t organize your select reels, you’ll get to your first cut faster but it’s a waste of time because the select reel is how you create the 1,000 cuts that come after.
—Geoff Richman
Before we dive into the nitty-gritty of the select reel process, let’s take a step back to reflect on the nature and purpose of documentary filmmaking. When a filmmaker begins a project, they identify a particular topic by looking at the world from a particular point of view. Their curiosity leads them to highlight a specific aspect of social life and bring it to the surface in order to draw their audience’s attention to ...
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