Six episodes about a river town, cut over a winter
A six-part series, four and a half hours in all. I cut episodes three to six and graded the whole run, so the river looks the same from the first episode to the last.
Ten pieces on one ruler
Everything I’ve cut, by how long it runs
Each step on the ruler is ten times longer than the one before. A bumper and a series sit on the same line, and I cut both.
- 10-1 secondsNothing at 10^-1
- 100 secondsBumpers and idents
- 101 secondsSpots and ads
- A 15-second ad for a local radio station15 secondsEditor on a radio station ad with the logo on the last second.
- A 30-second spot for a bakery30 secondsEditor and colourist on a warm spot about one loaf of bread.
- A one-minute ad for a bike shop1 minuteEditor and colourist on a rainy-street ad for a bike shop.
- 102 secondsMusic videos and shorts
- A teaser for my own short, Kite Season2 min 10 sEditor and colourist of the teaser for my own short, Kite Season.
- A music video shot in one street3 min 40 sEditor and colourist on a one-street music video with a night-time look.
- A 12-minute short about a night bus12 minutesEditor, colourist and director of my own short about a night bus.
- 103 secondsHalf hours and features
- 104 secondsSeries
- 105 secondsNothing at 10^5
Latest work
Every piece I’ve cut or graded lately, with how long it runs and what I did on it.
A 94-minute feature, cut and graded in nine weeks
My longest job this year. I did the edit and the grade, and the notes I would keep for the next feature.
A 12-minute short about a night bus
One of my own short films. I shot it, cut it and graded it, and it taught me what to leave out.
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One cut a week: what I made, what I changed and the one thing it taught me.
About
About me
I’m Rajiv. I’m 45 and I live in Pune, where I work as a freelance editor and colourist. Most weeks I’m cutting someone else’s film, and on the odd Sunday I’m cutting one of my own short films.
I began by cutting wedding videos for friends and cousins, and I learned the rest by cutting the same scene three different ways. I sell the LUTs, templates and checklists I made for myself, and I teach the way I cut in two short courses.