Coworking Marketing Weekly #77- 4 Video Editing Tips for Member Interviews

Hey there,

Rosee from Cobot here!

I’ve been making a lot more videos over the last few months at Cobot, and you might’ve seen some of my work on Instagram or LinkedIn. If you haven’t already, go give us a follow!

My latest project is a video interview with Claire Carpenter, and it’s coming out really soon. There’s plenty of experience and first-hand advice from Claire to share, and I can’t wait for you to hear it.

While you wait, I wanted to share a few things I picked up while editing the interview. Maybe they’ll give you the confidence to get started on your own! Video is a great way for coworking spaces to share member stories, introduce the people behind the space, and give potential members a feel for the community. But turning a long conversation into a video people actually want to watch? That takes a bit of practice.

A few editions back, Georgi covered which video editing software is worth your time. Out of all the options, I went with CapCut. This edition focuses on how I use it, but the principles apply to any editor.

Here’s what I learned along the way.

Editing an interview involves a lot of cutting: trimming the start, removing the “ums,” and shortening long pauses. The less you have to drag things around the timeline, the faster it goes.

Shortcuts vary between programs, so I’ve put together a cheat sheet with nine shortcuts I found most useful in CapCut, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Final Cut Pro.

These are the shortcuts I used most in CapCut Desktop. Two terms before you start: the playhead is the vertical line on the timeline that shows where you are in the video, and splitting means cutting a clip in two at that line.

If you only learn a few, start with splitting clips and removing the parts you don’t need. Those actions alone will save you a lot of clicking.

Every time you cut out an “um” or a long pause, you risk a little click or an abrupt jump in the audio. A short fade-in and fade-out of 0.1 to 0.3 seconds smooths it over.

Fading audio is a universal trick, and most editing software can do it, though the exact controls vary. In CapCut, select an audio clip and adjust its Fade in and Fade out settings. Start with a very short fade, then listen back to check it sounds natural.

It’s a tiny adjustment, but it makes a big difference to how polished your interview sounds. Here’s what it looks like on the timeline:

Jump cuts in a talking-head interview are easy to spot. Lay a shot over the cut while the guest’s voice keeps playing, like people working at their desks or the coffee machine in action. The viewer stays with the conversation, and the cut disappears.

If you run a space, you have this footage all around you. Grab a few extra clips whenever you film, and you’ll build up a library of cutaways. We covered how to keep them findable in Build Your Space’s Photo & Video Bank.

Automatic captions save a lot of time, but they don’t always get names, places, or industry-specific terms right. Most major editing programs offer some form of automatic captioning, and fixing the results one caption at a time is slow. A text file is much faster:

Swap in your own guest, space, and neighborhood names. Ten minutes of clicking becomes one minute of pasting.

You don’t need to try all four tips at once. Start with the keyboard shortcuts and get comfortable with your editing software’s interface. Once you’ve got the hang of it, you can experiment with audio fades, overlays, and the other tools.

I highly recommend CapCut for beginners.

You’ll see the results of my editing next week when Claire’s interview goes live!

👉 Hit reply and send it my way. I’d love to see how your community tells its stories!

See you in two weeks, and happy coworking! 🥳

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