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Finding the narrative inside hours of raw interview material.
Story producing is the discipline of finding a story inside raw material. Here is how to identify themes, conflict, and character arcs in interview footage before the edit begins.
A paper edit isn't a document—it's the thinking that happens before the timeline. Professional documentary editors use paper edits to discover story structure before a single clip moves.
Story discovery is how documentary editors find the narrative hidden inside hours of interviews—before a paper edit exists, before the timeline opens, and before any clip moves.
AI is changing how stories are produced, not replacing editors. It accelerates story discovery by organizing interviews, themes, and relationships before editing begins.
Story producers discover the story; video editors transform it into an experience. Here's how the roles differ and why documentary workflows need both.
Interviews contain experiences, not stories. Here is how professional documentary editors discover narrative structure by connecting ideas across interviews before building the timeline.
See how Supacut generates a structured Premiere Pro sequence from your interviews.