Cutting and pacing: how to cut a video that holds attention

Where to cut and why: filler words and dead air, jump cuts that do not jar, the best of several takes, B-roll over the words that need showing, cuts on the beat, and the pace that keeps people watching.

  11. A young woman with red curly hair pins a photograph onto a corkboard on a wall covered in pictures.

    Explainers

    What is a rough cut? The stages of a video edit

    A rough cut is the first full version of an edit in its intended order. The stages from assembly to picture lock and delivery, and what to check at each.

    18 October 2026 · 6 min read

  12. Two people at a podcast table at night, one laughing with her head tilted back, both at broadcast microphones.

    How Sharpy works

    How Sharpy decides where to cut

    Most tools cut on noise, removing any silence past a threshold. Sharpy cuts on meaning and writes down the reason for every cut. This is how it decides.

    6 October 2026 · 6 min read