# How does a documentary editor describe finding structure from raw footage (string-outs, breakdowns, card boards), with examples and limits?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T13:08:39.637Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5ME1DJW8MGCWKCWS9AN2AZ8

Editor Maya Mumma organises verite footage by stringing out each card, then each shoot day, then breaking days into beat sequences sorted by character, location and event; she starts archival films with chronology, builds an early card board of beats with parallel thematic columns, keeps a 'good things' bin for strong lines, and found one film's structure by cutting five filmed subjects to three. She says each project differs.

Editor Maya Mumma organises verite footage by stringing out each card, then each shoot day, then breaking days into beat sequences sorted by character, location and event; she starts archival films with chronology, builds an early card board of beats with parallel thematic columns, keeps a 'good things' bin for strong lines, and found one film's structure by cutting five filmed subjects to three. She says each project differs.

Curator qualifications: Pages read 2026-10-22; practitioner accounts, no outcomes measured.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.provideocoalition.com/art-cut-doc-editing-maya-mumma/",
      "note": "ProVideo Coalition: Art of the Cut with Maya Mumma (live)"
    }
  ]
}
```

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- [sourced_fact] Editor Maya Mumma organises verite footage by stringing out each card, then each shoot day, then breaking days into beat sequences sorted by character, location and event; she starts archival films with chronology, builds an early card board of beats with parallel thematic columns, keeps a 'good things' bin for strong lines, and found one film's structure by cutting five filmed subjects to three. She says each project differs. · locator: ProVideo Coalition: Art of the Cut with Maya Mumma (live) · source: https://www.provideocoalition.com/art-cut-doc-editing-maya-mumma/

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