{
 "slug": "film-a-take-that-edits",
 "name": "Film a take that edits well",
 "category": "preset",
 "group": "Production",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "The edit can sharpen the take, because the take was good to begin with.",
 "use_when": "Briefing whoever films a talking head.",
 "phrase": "face a window, the phone within one metre, the first sentence is the reason to watch, two seconds of silence before the first word and after the last",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Sound first: a clip-on microphone or wired earbuds lift the voice more than any camera upgrade.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on editing"
  },
  {
   "text": "After a mistake, stop, breathe and say the sentence again from its start. The edit keeps the best one.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on editing"
  },
  {
   "text": "Send the original file, not a messenger copy; a 4K source allows a sharp vertical crop and punch-ins.",
   "evidence": "practitioner",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on editing"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "window-light",
  "format-face-cam",
  "insert-on-the-word",
  "punch-in",
  "voice-chain"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "practitioner",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair field notes on editing"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/film-a-take-that-edits",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/preset/film-a-take-that-edits.md",
 "prompts": {
  "chat": "Give me a production plan: the shots or scenes in order, what each one needs, and the edit settings, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is film a take that edits well: the edit can sharpen the take, because the take was good to begin with. How it works: face a window, the phone within one metre, the first sentence is the reason to watch, two seconds of silence before the first word and after the last. It is right for: briefing whoever films a talking head. Sound first: a clip-on microphone or wired earbuds lift the voice more than any camera upgrade. After a mistake, stop, breathe and say the sentence again from its start. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}