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Filmmaker Andrew H. Brown on collaboratively cutting Tribeca's Between the Rains with Adobe Premiere Pro and Frame.io

14/07/2023

Filmmaker Andrew H. Brown on collaboratively cutting Tribeca's Between the Rains with Adobe Premiere Pro and Frame.io

Meagan Keane July 14, 2023

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Hero image source: Andrew H. Brown, co-director, co-producer, cinematographer, and co-editor of Between The Rains

For the Turkana-Ngaremara people of north Kenya, climate change not only dries up rivers and erodes the soil-it eats away at the very fabric of a society that has lived in harmony with nature for decades. This is the fragile world depicted in Between the Rains , a new documentary from award-winning filmmaker Andrew H. Brown, and Kenya-based filmmaker Moses Thuranira, which charts the experiences of Kole, a young shepherd coming to terms with changes in the environment and his community.

Filmed over the course of four consecutive years during record low precipitation in northern Kenya, Between the Rains is a collaboration between co-director and co-producer Brown and a local team that includes journalists, teachers, and advocates for climate change action. Together they uncover the personal tragedies and conflicts that menace a vulnerable society at the epicenter of a global catastrophe.

Image source: Andrew H. Brown, co-director, co-producer, cinematographer, and co-editor of Between The Rains

The long duration of the shoot resulted in more than 800 hours of footage. To speed up the editing process without compromising the creative voice of the filmmakers and their subject, the team used Adobe Creative Cloud, including Premiere Pro to create the final cut. Frame.io also played an essential role, enabling the international team to work together seamlessly from multiple locations while reducing review cycles and quickening approvals.

Before the film's premiere at the Tribeca Festival, I asked Brown about the importance of the collaborative process, why Premiere Pro is his editing tool of choice, and how he handled an eerie night-time shoot for this intimate documentary.

Can you tell us about your experience as a filmmaker and how you got started in the industry?

I always had a love for photography, but I never had a thought about becoming a filmmaker until I was deep into the first feature documentary that I produced called When Lambs Become Lions (Tribeca 2018, Best Editing). I was doing a lot of humanitarian work in East Africa and somewhere along the line I picked up a camera and started capturing stories to share. That quickly moved into video and my career came together organically from that point.

How and where did you first learn to edit?

I learned how to edit on the fly. I produced and helped shoot my second feature documentary Kifaru (Jackson Wild 2019, Best Editing). After three years of principle filming, when we reached postproduction, we were completely out of the funds needed to hire a proper editor. Thankfully, I had the story in my head already mapped out. I just needed to know what buttons to hit to cut it together. I watched a few clips online on how to use Premiere Pro and jumped straight into cutting my first feature film.

Image source: Andrew H. Brown, co-director, co-producer, cinematographer, and co-editor of Between The Rains

How do you begin a project/set up your workspace?

Every project is different for me. For Between the Rains , I was the director, director of photography, and editor. The entire process started with trying to organize just over 800 hours of footage shot over four years. Our editing team was divided between Kenya and the U.S., so it was important that we were all able to speak the same language regarding media management. One of my favorite things about Premiere Pro is no matter where you are in the world, it is the standard for editing. Everyone on the team can use the same language and stay on the same page much more easily than with any of the other editing platforms I've used over the years.

Tell us about a favorite scene or moment from this project and why it stands out to you.

My favorite scenes in Between the Rains would have to be where Kole (the main protagonist) has to perform night watch whenever villagers hear lions or hyenas at night. While I wasn't a huge fan of being out in the Kenyan bush at night, with only a camera in hand and protected by a young teenage shepherd with a spear, those scenes were a lot of fun to cut. The only light source was Kole's small flashlight and the fires he would start around his family's livestock pen-the darkness really allowed us to play in the edit. Our goal with those scenes was to give viewers a small glimpse of the paranoia that comes with every rustling bush or footstep. It allowed us to hide cuts and play mind tricks without having to bend the overarching story or tone, which is something that you're not often able to do in documentaries.

What were some specific post-production challenges you faced that were unique to your project? How did you go about solving them?

Ultimately, the most difficult challenge we faced in the edit was how we were going to organize and manage more than 800 hours of footage, all while the team was on opposite sides of the world. Premiere Pro allowed us to tackle that. Premiere is intuitive enough for team members that have never used it before, but still offers all the features to tell the story creatively in the way we wanted.

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Do you use Frame.io as part of your workflow? If so, how do you use it and why did you choose it?

Yes, we used Frame.io. I was in the U.S. and all the other team members were spread throughout northern Kenya's r
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