Story editing for documentary & interview productions

Turn hours of interviews into a first rough cut.

Find the strongest moments, shape the story, and build an editable rough cut from your interview footage.

Get Supacut

Built for documentary and interview editors.

Review your interview material.

Bring transcripts and footage into Supacut so the material is organized and ready to explore. Original files stay where they are.

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Import interviews

Add each interviewee with their original camera files.

+ Add intervieweeProcess interviews

Built for editors working with interviews — documentaries, branded content, and agencies.

The work before the edit

The edit doesn't start in the timeline.

It starts with hours of interviews, transcripts, notes, and footage — and the slow process of figuring out what actually belongs in the story.

What Supacut Does

A better starting point for interview editing.

Supacut helps you move from raw interview material to an organized, editable starting point for your edit.

First, understand what's inside your interviews. Then, turn your editorial direction into a first assembly you can refine and take into your NLE.

You stay in control of the story. Supacut takes care of the repetitive work around it.

Two workflows

Two ways into the first cut.

Find the Story when you want to explore the interviews yourself. Create the Story when you want a proposed first assembly you can refine and take into your NLE. You stay in control of the story either way.

Find the story inside your interviews.

Find the Story helps you understand what's inside your interview material before you start cutting. Compare interviews, spot connections, and decide where the story could go.

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Import interviews

Add each interviewee with their original camera files.

+ Add intervieweeProcess interviews

Review your interview material.

Bring your interview transcripts and footage into Supacut so your material is organized and ready to explore.

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PillarsShortlist (0)

Start here to scan your transcripts and group clips into thematic pillars.

Main areas of material found across your interviews — not a story structure.

Surface the moments that matter.

Supacut analyzes your transcripts to surface themes, recurring ideas, alternative answers, and strong soundbites across your interviews.

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Shortlist

Use the preview panel to play through your clips in order.

1

Maya Chen · 0:27

We had forty-eight hours of cash.

↑ ↓
2

Luis Ortega · 0:18

Everyone knew the date. Nobody said it.

↑ ↓
3

Elena Voss · 0:34

She still believed we could ship.

↑ ↓
Maya Chen0:08
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0:08
1:19

We had forty-eight hours of cash.

Explore where the story could go.

Compare interviews, spot connections, and explore different narrative possibilities before you start assembling.

Start from a proposed first assembly.

Create the Story is a separate workflow. Instead of exploring clips yourself, Supacut proposes narrative directions and builds an editable rough cut you can rearrange, refine, and export to your NLE.

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Narrative Arcs

The AI analyzes 3 transcripts and proposes three possible narrative directions.

Reading your interview transcripts…

Finding distinct story angles before you assemble.

Pick a narrative direction.

The AI reads your interviews and proposes distinct story angles. Choose the one that fits the film.

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Maya

We had forty-eight hours of cash.

A001_Maya.mov · 0:27

Maya Chen0:00
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1:56

We had forty-eight hours of cash.

Build, refine, and export.

Supacut brings the relevant sections together into a first assembly. Rearrange the structure, preview the result, and export XML to Premiere, Resolve, or Final Cut.

Why Supacut

Spend less time getting to the first cut.

Instead of spending hours reviewing, logging, and assembling interview material before the edit really begins, start with a structured first assembly you can refine.

Without Supacut

  • Watch hours of interview footage
  • Search through transcripts
  • Log and organize soundbites
  • Compare interviews manually
  • Build the first string-out
  • Start the rough cut from scratch

With Supacut

  • Surface the strongest moments
  • See related ideas across interviews
  • Explore multiple story directions
  • Start from an editable rough cut
  • Refine instead of assembling from scratch
  • Export directly to your NLE
Your story. Your edit.

You decide what makes the cut.

Supacut helps you find and structure the material. You decide what belongs in the final story.

Buy the app. Bring your own API key.

Supacut is the editor. The AI is yours. Purchase the software once, plug in your key, and keep control of how much you spend.

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You bring the key

After purchase, add your own API key. The AI runs on your account — not on a metered plan we control.

02

You buy the software once

Supacut is a one-time purchase. You are not paying us every month for tokens, credits, or a usage cap.

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You control the cost

You pay the model provider directly for what you use. Scale a feature or a full documentary without asking us for more seats.

Pricing

Start building your first rough cut.

Everything you need to go from interview material to an editable first assembly.

$27/one time purchase

  • Unlimited projects
  • Find the Story
  • Create the Story
  • Multiple narrative directions
  • Editable rough cuts
  • AI-assisted refinement
  • Built-in review player
  • XML export
  • Premiere Pro support
  • DaVinci Resolve support
  • Final Cut Pro support
  • Bring your own API key
Get Supacut

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers before you import a frame. Supacut is a starting point for the edit — not a replacement for it.

Ready to find your first cut?

Bring an interview project and see what Supacut can find.