XXX Video Editing: Model Intro Montage

DraftEvery scene opens with a short slow motion montage of the model, cut to our intro song, with her name as a title overlay. This guide walks through building one in progress.DaVinci Resolve from the sheCRUMBLED template.

Before you start

Import the model's 60 fps slow motion clips into your project. At this point the timeline is just the raw footage, one long run of clips.

The raw slow motion clips on the timeline, before any editing.

Step 1: Slow the clips to 40%

Our slow motion is shot at 60 fps. At 40% speed it plays back at a smooth 24 fps with no stutter.

1. Select all the slow motion clips on the timeline.
2. Right click and choose Change Clip Speed…
3. Set Speed to 40%, leave Ripple Timeline checked so the clips don't overlap, and click Change.

Right click a selected clip and choose Change Clip Speed.

The Change Clip Speed dialog set to 40% with Ripple Timeline on.

After the change, each clip is about 2.5 times longer. The speed icon on the clip confirms it was retimed.

Step 2: Trim to the highlights

Slowed down, most clips run several minutes and much of that is filler. Go through each one and cut everything except the moments where the model looks her absolute best. Be ruthless. You want a pile of short, strong pieces to pull from in the next step.

The same clips after trimming: noticeably shorter, with only the keepers left.

Step 3: Drop the highlights into the template

Open the intro template. The top video track (Video 1) is filled with color coded Slot placeholders, and the IntroSong sits on the Background Music track below with beat markers. Each slot starts and ends exactly on a beat.

Replace each slot with a piece of the footage you refined in Step 2.

Do not change the length of any slot. The cuts are timed to the beat of the song. Fill each slot with footage and keep its duration exactly as it is.

The template before: Slot placeholders on Video 1, the title on Video 2, and IntroSong with its beat markers on the music track.

The template after: every slot replaced with the model's footage, same timing as before.

Step 4: Add the model's name

The title clip sits on Video 2, above the footage.

1. Click the title clip to select it.
2. In the Inspector, open Video → Title. Under Fade On Lower Third → Controls you'll find the text box.
3. Replace the placeholder text with the model's name in capitals. The template handles the letter spacing and fade.

The title clip on Video 2, selected.

The Inspector showing the template placeholder text ("COOKIE").

The model's name entered ("KAT KYLE") and showing in the preview.