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RAW FOOTAGE vs. FINAL EDIT 🎬
For this editing exercise, I took Andrew Garfield’s powerful 7-minute interview about grief from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and repurposed it into an engaging, emotionally driven reel under one minute.
I carefully selected the strongest moments, created an attention-grabbing opening, tightened the pacing, and added captions, music, sound design, and relevant B-roll to support the message and help viewers connect with it on a deeper level.
This before-and-after comparison shows how thoughtful editing can transform a long-form interview into concise, compelling short-form content.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
If you’re a creator, brand, or business looking for a video editor who can turn raw footage or long-form content into engaging reels, I’d love to work with you. Feel free to send me a message and let's work together.
Source footage belongs to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. This is an independent editing exercise created for portfolio purposes.
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Hi! I’m Briana. I’m a storyteller with a background in broadcast journalism, communications, and video production, and I love turning ideas into content that feels clear, creative, and engaging. From video editing and voiceover to social content and AI-assisted production, my goal is always the same: create work that connects with people and brings the story to life.
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How I Built a 60 FPS Real-Time Esports HUD Builder & WebGL Broadcast Engine for BLOB
Live esports broadcasts don’t forgive dropped frames.
When competitive titles like Valorant, Counter-Strike 2, and Rocket League stream tournament telemetry at 60 updates per second, standard React virtual DOM reconciliation simply chokes under the load in OBS Studio. I was brought on by BLOB Productions following a competitive head-to-head architectural evaluation to completely re-engineer their broadcast overlay infrastructure from the ground up.
What We Built:
- 60 FPS Headless HUD Engine: Built a renderer-independent JSON scene graph with Figma/Rive-grade interaction math (multi-selection, aspect-ratio locked transforms, boolean operations, and 360° pivot rotations).
- Complete Vector & Style Stack:Â Multi-fills with linear/radial gradients, multi-strokes, inner/drop shadows, per-corner radiuses, blend modes, and Gaussian blurs.
- Reactive Data & Motion Logic Engine (Core IP):Â Continuous value mapping (e.g., player health mapped to visual bar width), dynamic scope inheritance across duplicated player cards, repeaters, and event-driven trigger animations.
- Ultra-Low Latency OBS Runtime: A lightweight PixiJS (WebGL) runtime with signal-based direct node mutations and a jitter-smoothing dead reckoning buffer—maintaining $<16ms Time-to-Glass.
- Zero-Egress Client-Side Edge Merge:Â Merged high-frequency P2P/WebSocket telemetry directly on the client edge with static tournament metadata, eliminating expensive cloud compute bottlenecks.
- Cloud Persistence & Publishing Pipeline:Â CockroachDB/PostgreSQL draft-versus-live isolation, version rollback, and an automated P0 verification test suite.
Read the full case study with architectural diagrams and demo breakdown here: 60 FPS Real-Time Esports HUD Builder
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Hey 👋 I’ve been loving your latest videos—especially the editing style on your recent upload. I'm a video editor,and I'd love to help you save time on your post-production. Here is a link to my portfolio:[https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db0N65-Tbk2/?igsh=bjl0aDFsdWQ3N3Fu] And see many editing videos me profile.
: je serai ravie de faire votre connaissance et d'apprendre de nouveau dans votre expertise
