Documentaries are feature-length films that are based on real events, era’s, life events, etc. They are Non-fictional and are factually accurate. Documentaries appeal both to the analytical and the emotional factor is human beings.
Documentaries depict real-life scenarios of human history. The audience must be easily able to relate to documentaries, even if it describes incidents of the past. It is not compulsory to have dialogues in a documentary. At times it is all about the video and the background sounds that describes a scenario of a documentary. Thus they must be edited to the level of perfection where they create an impact on the audience.
Various parts go into the making of a documentary such as Pre-Production, Production, and Post-production. The role of post-production is where everything comes together. All the filmed videos are brought in to be carefully edited according to the requirements and then they are placed based on their sequence. This is one part where Colour correction, Trimming, Audio mixing and many other forms of adjustments and corrections are done. In the current generation, video software’s or offline video editing process is used to edit videos as it is much more convenient and corrections can be made easily.
There are various kinds of software’s that are available on the internet that can be used in editing videos. The most commonly used software to edit documentaries are Adobe premier pro and iMovie maker. These two software’s in specific are widely used because they give the user the freedom to edit as much as they want. Various changes can be made in the video’s using these softwares such as Pre-configured filters for documentaries, color grading, shit focus, etc. One of the best feature of Adobe premier pro is that it has a separate section for audio editing, where all the audio discrepancies can be edited easily. The sound quality can be enhanced, and the pitch of the sound can even be changed based on the requirement.
These Softwares are reliable and user-friendly thus using them is easy to use. It allows making last-minute adjustments to specific video frames easily with disturbing or harming any other frame. It allows to change the quality of the video and gives the user freedom to add special effects to the footage. It allows the editor to bring in his vision and creativity.
Adobe premier pro and iMovie might be two of the best software’s for editing documentaries, but alongside it, there are many more software packages that although might not be to a complete professional level but might as well get the job done. Softwares like Final cut pro, InShot, Windows movie maker are some of the other software’s that can be used to edit documentaries.