This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 10, 2025.This unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C. jail is the only time some of the daughters will be able to touch or hug their fathers during their sentences, some of which are as long as 30 years.Editors Troy Lewis and Adelina Bichiș, BFE, used Adobe Premiere Pro to help them bring this emotional film to life by conveying the deeply emotional connections between subjects who spend very little time together, both in real life and on screen. Pairing Premiere Pro with Frame.io was also essential during post-production to not only provide feedback on cuts but also to organize five years of footage shot in different camera formats into one cohesive narrative.“Daughters” first premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, taking home two awards: Festival Favorite and Audience Choice, U.S. Documentary Competition. We caught up with Lewis and Bichiș to get a behind-the-scenes look at editing this moving, multi-year story.How and where did you first learn to edit?Troy Lewis: I first learned to edit working on Lego animated films with my best friend growing up in Zambia. During my junior and senior years of high school, I was able to intern at a small Zambian commercial company, Inzy, where I edited hotel and insurance commercials, and became more fluent in Premiere Pro. While my interests began at Northwestern University in literature and screenwriting, I started to see the parallels between the cutting process...
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