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 Mila Xiong's Reel Edits

Reels Edits · 1 min · 2023

Shot on location around Appleton for a film class at Lawrence University, this reel is an exercise in editing: turning raw location footage into a short piece with its own rhythm. It shows the skill I later used cutting trailers at Highland Film Group: knowing how much ten seconds can do.

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