Pedro Marinho 's Work | ContraWork by Pedro Marinho Pedro Marinho
Cinematic Video Editor for Brands & Creators
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This piece explores a simple idea: it's okay to be selfish, to procrastinate to be immature and jealous . These are normal parts of being human, not flaws to hide, I wanted the edit to feel honest and a bit raw, while still looking polished.
What I did:
Beat-synced editing: every cut is timed to the rhythm of the music, so the pacing carries the emotion and keeps the viewer hooked.
Captions: designed to be easy to read and to match the tone of the message, they also keep the video accessible when watched without sound.
Color grading: a cinematic grade that sets the mood and keeps the look consistent from shot to shot.
Storytelling: I shaped the narrative so a personal, vulnerable message lands quickly in a short format.
I'm a freelance video editor focused on cinematic storytelling, and I'm open to projects where pacing, color and emotion need to work together. Feel free to message me about your next project. Short-form personal branding video made for Instagram Reels, built around B-roll to showcase a personal brand with a cinematic look.
I handled the full edit in DaVinci Resolve: cuts, B-roll selection and pacing, music, captions and color grading.
The footage is framed in a letterboxed widescreen inside the vertical format, keeping the cinematic feel while staying native to Reels. I've been working on this video for a potential client, handling the entire process myself, from color grading to sound design, editing, and captions, built for both Shorts and YouTube. This is just a small part of it, but I hope you enjoy! Brought a bit more energy to a company video for Manifest, a French humanoid robotics startup, adding punchy zoom-ins to keep the pacing tight, streamlining and compacting the slides for a cleaner flow, and wrapping it up with clean end captions. 
