Church & Ministry
Sermon Clip Editing
Focused short-form editing built around one clear takeaway.
- Client
- Destiny International Christian Center
- Source
- ~4.5 hrs across 3 services
- Runtime
- 45 sec
- Deliverables
- 1 vertical clip
Video Editor · East Coast
I edit videos that keep people watching.
I work with creators, churches and small businesses, editing everything from short social clips to long-form YouTube and podcasts.
Selected Work
Recent work.
Where I have the numbers I've put them in, so you can see how much footage came in and what it ended up as.
Informational
Caribbean Carnival
Long-form editing focused on pacing, clarity, and flow.
- Client
- Self-initiated
- Tools
- Adobe Premiere Pro
Promotional
Caught Up Together Tee Commercial
A concise promo edit with a clear opening and call to action.
- Client
- VDavis
- Source
- ~5 min across 27 files
- Runtime
- 38 sec
- Deliverables
- 1 commercial, 4K
- Tools
- Adobe Premiere Pro
Podcast
Rapture Ready
Cleaner audio, tighter pacing, and simple supporting graphics.
- Client
- VDavis
- Source
- ~102 min across 42 files
- Runtime
- 12 min 46 sec
- Deliverables
- Episode 1
- Tools
- Adobe Premiere Pro
YouTube
The Chatbox
Long-form editing shaped around pacing and viewer attention.
- Client
- The Chatbox (own channel)
Interview
Maletta and Farrah
Single-camera interview editing focused on pacing, clarity, and a natural conversation.
- Client
- Maletta
High Achieving Women
Video link to be added
Interview
High Achieving Women
A guest interview series, cut from roughly 20 hours of source footage.
- Client
- Destiny International Christian Center
- Source
- ~20 hrs across 30 files
- Runtime
- 28-41 min per episode
- Deliverables
- 11 guest episodes
- Tools
- Adobe Premiere Pro
Weekly Reset
Video link to be added
YouTube
Weekly Reset
A recurring monthly series, edited and delivered in 4K.
- Client
- Maletta
- Runtime
- 18-40 min per episode
- Deliverables
- 4 monthly episodes plus an opening montage
No work in that category yet.
Services
The kind of work I do.
Reels, Shorts and TikToks
These are usually cut down from footage you already have, and the idea is to build the clip around the one thing you want people to walk away with.
YouTube, podcasts and interviews
Most of the work here is pacing. A good hour of content shouldn't feel like an hour, so I spend the time tightening it up.
One recording, several cuts
Most long recordings have a few really good moments buried in them. I go through and pull those out so they can stand on their own.
About
The best editing is the part you don't notice.
My name is Michael Taylor and I'm a video editor based on the East Coast. I work with creators, churches, podcasts and small businesses, taking whatever footage they have and turning it into something they can actually post.
Every project pretty much starts the same way. I figure out what the video is supposed to do first, and then I cut whatever is getting in the way of that. After that it's mostly a question of pacing.
If I've done my job right you shouldn't really notice any of it. You won't sit through the dead air because it isn't there anymore, and you won't hear the room noise underneath the audio. That's honestly the whole job.
- Based
- East Coast, US
- Cutting in
- DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro
- Formats
- Short-form, long-form, podcast, interview, promo
Contact
Got a project you need edited?
Tell me a little about what you're working on and I'll get back to you.