Short-Form Editor: Greenscreen Compositing + Cinematic Grade (ongoing)
Worldwide
I run a documentary-style storytelling Shorts channel (English, survival/true-events). I need ONE long-term editor. This is primarily a SHORT-FORM EDITING role — not a VFX job. What matters, in order: 1. Editing & pacing — tight retention cuts, hook timing, word-by-word captions, sound design. This is the #1 skill. 2. Motion graphics (After Effects) — clean animated text + a signature rough hand-drawn annotation style (circles, arrows, notes — references provided). 3. Cinematic color grade — a consistent desaturated "cold" look with one selective color pop. 4. Basic greenscreen compositing — key a masked host into the footage with believable shadow/light/scale. Does NOT need film-grade VFX — a good editor handles this cleanly and consistently. You get a full package per video (script, shot list, voiceover, greenscreen clips, stills, licensed stock + written brief). Your job is editing, assembly and polish — no sourcing, no storyboarding. Pacing reference: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FrPbbaf0FG8 — study the CUT RHYTHM, energy and retention. IMPORTANT: our TONE is the opposite — serious, cinematic, tense documentary. No comedy, no cartoon faces. Think that pace, but a cold/cinematic mood. Format & terms: 9:16, 50–60s, 2–3/week ongoing (long-form later). Rate grows with the channel. Starts with a small paid test ($30, 15s clip) that judges your editing, pacing, captions and grade — the best test wins the ongoing role. Max 2 revision rounds, feedback as timecoded notes. Premiere + After Effects; licensed/provided assets only; 48–72h turnaround; async English. To apply, answer (or else no consideration): 1. Link your best short-form documentary/faceless edit (pacing is what I'm looking at) 2. Software + realistic turnaround for a 55s Short at this scope 3. Fixed price per Short Start your reply with the word ORANGE.
$70.00
Fixed-price- IntermediateExperience Level
- Remote Job
- Ongoing projectProject Type
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- DEUKarlsruhe12:09 AM
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