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Joshua Kirk
New Zealand
Приєднався 2 лип 2020
Joshua Kirk (JKNZ)
Commercial Filmmaking | Video Production Industry Tips | DaVinci Resolve Editing and Color Grading
Nelson, New Zealand
Commercial Filmmaking | Video Production Industry Tips | DaVinci Resolve Editing and Color Grading
Nelson, New Zealand
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========== Links ==========
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Phase Aligning Interview Audio with Lav and Boom Microphones
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In this video we talk about phase aligning interview audio between a Lav and Boom mic to create a rich, full bodied sound when editing sit down interviews. ⏩ Subscribe to my email list for exclusive editing tools and tips: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/subscribe ⏩ Follow on Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ ⏩ Free Filmmaking Assets: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/ Chapters 00:00 - Phase issues betwee...
Video Editing Desk & Computer Setup
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Here is a look at my work desk for editing commercial videos and documentaries. A lot of people (my self included) can get carried away with always having to have the latest gear and equipment. Most of this gear is 4-5 years old now and is still working great for my purposes. This video is not sponsored, and I have purchased each item with my own money. Items talked about: Apple iMac 2019 Synol...
7x key differences between an Amateur and a Pro Filmmaker
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What other things do you guys think seperate out an amateur and a pro filmmaker? ⏩ Subscribe to my email list for exclusive editing tools and tips: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/subscribe ⏩ Follow on Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ ⏩ Free Filmmaking Assets: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/ Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:54 - 1. Competency & Technical Ability 01:50 - 2. Consistency 02:25 - 3. Devel...
5x Productivity Tips for Video Editors and FIlmmakers
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How can we increase our productivity as editor? Here are 5x productivity tips I have learnt the hard way over the years that help me structure my day to be efficient. What do you do to be more productive? ⏩ Subscribe to my email list for exclusive editing tools and tips: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/subscribe ⏩ Follow on Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ ⏩ Free Filmmaking Assets: joshuakirknz....
Developing A Professional Mindset for a Productive Career
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It's easy to get caught up in the hustle of every day work life. I think it is important to take a step back and think about our professional creative career in the long term. How can we go about our creative life in a sustainable way that allows us to produce meaningful work for years to come. ⏩ Subscribe to my email list for exclusive editing tools and tips: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/subscribe...
Camera Rig and Audio Bag Setup for Documentary Shoots - Orca 332 + Deity Theos
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This is a high-level run through of our Ursa G2 camera build and Orca 332 Audio Bag with a ZoomF8nPro recorder. We use this setup on our documentary style shoots. We run most of our productions with a really small crew (often just two of us) so this gear breakdown shows how we achieve that. We run all audio into an Orca 332 Audio Bag with the Zoom F8nPro as our main recorder. We use the Deity T...
Davinci Resolve Keyboard Shortcuts for the Edit Page
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Over the years I have made note of all the keyboard shortcuts I use in the edit page of Davinci Resolve to help navigate the software. A lot of these are different to the default shortcuts, so feel free to browse the free download / google doc and adapt these shortcuts to suit your workflow. The google doc lists all the shortcuts to give you an overview of the mappings, and is a central source ...
How to Edit Documentary Scenes and Think like a Pro Editor
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Sometimes it is hard to know how to approach editing a scene for a documentary. The large amount of RAW Broll footage may seem overwhelming. If you view your footage through the lens of the following questions, you will be able to make more impactful scene edits because you will now be editing with intentionality. Here are some helpful questions you can ask yourself when breaking down your foot...
How to Organise Broll Footage like a Pro Editor - Illustrative and Sequential Breakdowns
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With any documentary project it is helpful to identify and breakdown our Broll into two categories. Sequential scenes and Illustrative themes. This helps us deal with the overwhelming amount of footage in a documentary. ⏩ Follow on Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ ⏩ Free Filmmaking Assets: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/ ⏩ Other places to get in touch: linktr.ee/joshuakirk Chapters 00:00 - Deal...
Subclip Editing Workflow in Davinci Resolve - Additive versus Subtractive Editing
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In this video we're talking about cutting down Broll footage using Subclips in the source viewer. Rather than a subtractive approach of creating stringouts, subclips are a great way to process footage and keep your project folder structure clean and tidy. ⏩ Follow on Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ ⏩ Free Filmmaking Assets: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/ ⏩ Other places to get in touch: linktr...
Documentary Workflow - How to start processing Interviews in Davinci Resolve
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Here is a look at one way you could begin setting up your project for a documentary workflow. There are many different workflows you can implement for documentary style edits. In this video we look at syncing your interviews using timecode, creating Multicam clips and breaking down a timeline using transcriptions. ⏩ Follow on Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ ⏩ Free Filmmaking Assets: josh...
Delivering Documentary Interview Dailies with Frame.io and Davinci Resolve
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On every project we deliver interview selects along with transcripts to the director, producer, or agency using Frame.io. This video is a quick look at the process of delivering interview dailies on one of our latest commercial projects. ⏩ Follow on Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ ⏩ Free Filmmaking Assets: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/ ⏩ Other places to get in touch: linktr.ee/joshuakirk Cha...
Sync with Timecode in Davinci Resolve - Creating Time of Day Stringouts
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At the beginning of any edit project, one of the first steps is to sync your audio and video together. The easiest way to do this is using Timecode on set. This is a short video explaining how I create a Time of Day Stringout at the start of each project to visualise all the assets captured on the day. ⏩ Follow on Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ ⏩ Free Filmmaking Assets: joshuakirknz.gum...
My favourite Davinci Resolve feature - Remote Monitoring
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Remote Monitor in Davinci Resolve Studio allows you to livestream your programme monitor (video window) across the internet to anyone with the Remote Monitor App. This is an awesome way to collaborate with clients and get real time feedback on edits and colour grades. ⏩ Follow on Instagram: JoshuaKirk.NZ ⏩ Free Filmmaking Assets: joshuakirknz.gumroad.com/ ⏩ Other places to get in ...
Documentary Scene Editing | Breaking Down B-Roll & A-Roll | Music & Sound Design
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Documentary Scene Editing | Breaking Down B-Roll & A-Roll | Music & Sound Design
How to Colour Grade a Commercial - Davinci Resolve Breakdown
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How to Colour Grade a Commercial - Davinci Resolve Breakdown
Free Colour Grading Tools for Davinci Resolve - Custom Curve Powergrades
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Free Colour Grading Tools for Davinci Resolve - Custom Curve Powergrades
My Video Editing Folder Structure and File Management Template
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My Video Editing Folder Structure and File Management Template
How to use a Fixed Node Tree in Davinci Resolve like a pro Colourist
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How to use a Fixed Node Tree in Davinci Resolve like a pro Colourist
How I Transfer Large Files and Video Footage online instead of Posting Hard Drives
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How I Transfer Large Files and Video Footage online instead of Posting Hard Drives
Are you Creatively Burnt Out as a Commercial Filmmaker? - Try this in 2023
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Are you Creatively Burnt Out as a Commercial Filmmaker? - Try this in 2023
Documentary Camera Operating with the EasyRig Vario 5 and Ursa Mini Pro G2 at an Event / Festival
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Documentary Camera Operating with the EasyRig Vario 5 and Ursa Mini Pro G2 at an Event / Festival
Convert More Inquiries with Professional Video Production Proposals & Contracts in Qwilr
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Convert More Inquiries with Professional Video Production Proposals & Contracts in Qwilr
Colour Grading Basics in Davinci Resolve - The one tool you need to master in 2023
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Colour Grading Basics in Davinci Resolve - The one tool you need to master in 2023
Adobe Podcast Speech Enhancement Deep Dive - Is it Any Good?
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Adobe Podcast Speech Enhancement Deep Dive - Is it Any Good?
Transform your video editing with MacWhisper for FREE!
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Transform your video editing with MacWhisper for FREE!
How to use MacWhisper & ChatGPT for creative video descriptions and YouTube titles!
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How to use MacWhisper & ChatGPT for creative video descriptions and UA-cam titles!
Mastering Color Management in DaVinci Resolve: Input, Working, and Output Color Spaces Explained.
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Mastering Color Management in DaVinci Resolve: Input, Working, and Output Color Spaces Explained.
How to use ChatGPT3 and A.I to transform your Video Production Business
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How to use ChatGPT3 and A.I to transform your Video Production Business
Subscribed when you uploaded that video on organising documentary footage in Davinci. Doing my own feature now too so super excited to see what you're doing on this feature. Hoping to shoot in NZ this year too!
Joshua, this is the most exciting news of 2025! I don't know another doc filmmaker on UA-cam who's making these kinds of practical, detailed tutorials on how to build out long-form documentary content in Resolve. I could not be more stoked. I'm currently shooting/editing my own 90-minute documentary in Resolve. Needless to say, I'm insanely excited to see what you share in '25. As it is, my current Resolve project is already heavily influenced by all that I've learned from you (right down to the bin colors). You'd feel right at home working in my project. 😂 Anyway, thanks for everything, mate!
Hope to see more colour grading tutorials !! Bangers
I think you're right, but I don't think AI will be able to create stories. What I mean is that humans care about other humans. AI can make up stories but it's the real stories that are interesting. It's the raw dramatic video actually shot on a real camera with real people in real places that I think can never be replaced.
I love hearing about the business side of things!
Awesome, can't wait to follow along from Idaho!
yes !! much needed content, something finaly for documentary film makers
Hi.. Yes, we are still here. Waiting for your next video 😊🙏🏻
Heck yes mate stoked you had some time off over the holiday period. Love every video and eager to see any and all of the future videos. Wish you an amazing 2025!
Great news! looking forward this! awesome! quick question: what monitor you use for editing...? cheers!
please tell me how useful is the TV Flanders Scientific DM 240 Monitor ?
I am in my 70's and get inspired by your editing and colouring skills. I made a documentary called Wolf Lands which is on Amazon prime. A personal great acheivement for me. There was literally no budget we only paid for travel costs. Shot on sony camcorders. Edited primarily in Edius with a short scenes edited with Resolve. Subtitled in Resolve. Music was studio produced by one of the music engineers who mix for the band U2. They graciously did it for a nominal sum. Hundreds of DVD's of it have been shipped also. Who would have thought there was still a market for them. Second film is in the works with some interviews already done, shot this time with BM cams , Ursa G2, 6k pro and 4k pocket. ( I decided the production levels had to rise ) probably not reaching the levels of what you and your crew can do. Been trying to hone my skills in grading and getting " that look " so been watching all of your videos. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to what you may put out on here. All the best from the UK.
Best news of 2025 so far! So keen to see where you take us!
Very cool setup. The other very cool thing is that is very similar to ours. :P Evidently it's actually the most Cost-effective choice Eheheh
Thanks for the very useful videos Josh. I've watched this and your other doc Workflow and Organisation vid. Both great. On workflow for creating sync pulls from interviews and using markers... I think there may be no perfect solution to my question, because timeline markers are always tied to that timeline, correct? So, for example there is no useful way to transfer markers from your 'breakdown' timeline into the selects/sync pull timeline? You opt for creating new ones on the selects. For example, I was just about to create a sync pull from a full interview: duplicated original timeline, added and labelled all selects markers, then am wondering how I distil that timeline to marked sections. Realised, in fact, you build up an empty timeline using the transcript selects in the first place. What do you find an efficient way to navigate back and forth, if for example later you want to find a select back wihtin the full interview - simply search the transcript on the breakdown timeline? Or jump into the source viewer? Long comment, sorry
Thanks Josh!
Well done. Clarity without hype.
Love it. Any reason you don't use Monitor Speakers like Yamaha etc? For me there are times where I couldn't be bothered to chuck a pair of cans on my head.
Your explanation clarify so much!
All the other videos showed them importing the footage based on timecodes but it added mine 1 clip per line. I had to encode my footage which ended up resetting my timecodes. Changed the time codes one by one, copying from the original MXF files that I also dragged in with my encoded media. But you helped a lot. Thanks
great videos thanks for all the content you share
It's beautiful 🎉. God I love my URSA
Amazing
@2;46, so that internal ND is just as good as a 500$ ND filter from TIFFEN..., come on then!
Instant follow! Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.
This is a great video even better that it's davinci. Your channel is really underrated. Subscribed!
Thank you . What colour space do you use on your monitor when using this process . DCI-P3 , rec 709 , rec 2020 , or something else ?
The algorithm is failing here. I can't believe this video isn't more popular.
Is there any particular reason why you didn't set up your camera/director audio feed to use one tx and two rx? One less item to power and carry in the bag.
"Now I'm not an audio expert..." **proceeds to boom better than any of my operators...**
Fantastic setup! Great overview
Brilliant.
Very good! Thank you very much!
FCPX user here …….frustrated with the ‘Forced’ OS upgrades just to get a magic mask…..so I am looking at resolve. Question I have is after you make your selects, and you mention 2 weeks later, is there a way for Resolve to show you all the selects (and portions of) that have NOT been used? This is something FCP does do, and is critical when working on multiple projects, & you come back later:)
CRAZY DETAIL THAN KYOU!
I like your setup on the audio bag, very efficient. I rig my audio bag fairly similarly, just different bits and pieces for the recorder, receivers, but same efficient methodology with a single battery powering up everything in the bag, I do have a couple questions and comments: 1) I find the Rode filmmaker receivers power down automatically when plugged into usb power. Do you experience the same issues? Do you still keep AA batteries in the rode receiver while powering over USB. I moved to Sennheiser G4's with dummy batteries powered off the central power distribution box in the bag and never have issues with them. 2) I would caution about using wireless back to the camera exclusively for scratch audio, or are you still using the in-built microphone on the camera to audio channels 3/4 or 1/2 with the wireless hop back to the camera with the mono signal, into the other camera audio channels etc? If your wireless fails for any reason back to the camera, you still need to be able to record scratch audio for sync without other forms of backup (timecode). I might be more inclined to put the shotgun mic or some other higher quality external mic directly into camera for the scratch audio. I do understand your desire to mix the shotgun into the mix at the bag.
This has to be the best video I have ever seen coming from an FCPX user. I searched and have asked for years how I can do something similar to FCPX, which is the fastest way of editing for me. In FCPX I hit I/O F and can blaze through my clips and choose just my favorites. then build my timeline from those favorite selects. I cannot believe after asking for years nobody told me about this way of doing it. SO THANKS!!! I have P as append to end of timeline but will change it to make a sub clip and try your method which seems the best way of doing. The only thing I cannot figure out is When I have them all selected I tried your command to put them into a folder but that does not work. I have to manually make a new folder or bin and drag them there which is not difficult. But did you set up Davinci to make a folder from those selects or is that suppose to be a default DR command bc it does not work for me.
These videos, Are so helpful man, the amount of time and effort you put into these videos is very much appreciated.
Great video !
How do you do the color strips on the footage at 4:43?
The duplicate clip colors in the timeline or the bins?
Excellent info. Thanks for sharing your skill and knowledge.
This is such a helpful video. I want to design a setup just like this.
Thank you men so helpful and clear
Great explanation, great audio and great style. Thanks a lot!
Hi i tried this but i cant get the second camera on another layer on top of video layer one. Is there something i'm missing?
Excellent set up. I thought I was organised but you've taken to another level and one that I'll definitely take on.
What works best with Go Pro footage as input color space ?
Really helpfull. very much appreciated. THanks allot.
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thank you for your advice