VIDEO EDITOR BRIEF — editable template
Machine House / Rishwajeet Singh

PROJECT AND DECISION
Project / version / date:
Audience and where they will watch:
Question they arrive with:
Argument or intended change:
Opening promise / payoff:
Scope and approved reference:

SOURCE INVENTORY
Filename / version / location / owner:
Synced timeline / frame rate / drop-frame convention if relevant:
Transcript location and checked coverage:
Source timecode convention:
Known missing media / damaged audio:

CUT INSTRUCTIONS — repeat one row per selection
Source file:
Source in / out:
Exact words or scene:
Sequence position or story order:
Why this selection belongs:
Context that must survive:
Proposed omission and consequence:

PICTURE AND SOUND
Passage / what the visual must explain / required asset / owner / due:
Factual checker and source:
Usage rights and credits:
Dialogue treatment / music function / mix requirements:
Graphics / names / spelling / safe areas:

ACCESSIBILITY
Captions: format / language / owner / review:
Transcript: location / owner:
Visual information requiring description:
Legibility and playback checks:

REVIEW AND DELIVERY
Story approver:
First assembly question and due date:
Consolidated feedback owner / location:
Finishing approval:
Agreed revision scope:
Output filename / container / codec / resolution / frame rate:
Audio and caption delivery settings:
Master / platform versions / project handoff / archive:
Release approver:

UNRESOLVED DECISIONS
Issue / effect / owner / decision due:

Permission: adapt this original blank template for your production work.