Editing true crime is not the same as cutting general video
CaseCut helps indie producers shape clearer timelines, stronger reveals, and tighter pacing, with a compliance-ready workflow that reduces avoidable factual and clearance mistakes.
Why true-crime post gets messy fast
Most editors can assemble footage. Far fewer can shape a true-crime story without losing clarity, pacing, or factual confidence.
Timelines become hard to follow
Multiple interviews, archival material, police records, and reenactments can muddy the viewer's understanding if the edit doesn't control chronology with precision.
Reveals lose impact
True crime depends on what the audience learns, when they learn it, and how tension is sustained across each act. General editing often misses that structure.
Revisions spiral
Without clear milestones, revision limits, and deliverables, producers end up burning time in post and paying for avoidable confusion.
What makes CaseCut different
CaseCut is not a generic editing service. It is a true-crime-focused editing workflow built around story structure, risk reduction, and speed.
True-crime pacing system
A structured approach to cold opens, act breaks, reveal timing, and information flow, built for the genre, not borrowed from general content editing.
Compliance-ready edit workflow
Timeline and fact tracking, on-screen claim checks, and release and rights organization to reduce avoidable mistakes before final legal review.
Defined deliverables, fewer surprises
Clear milestones, fixed revision rounds, and scoped outputs help producers move faster and protect the post schedule.
Planned early-access offer
CaseCut is currently validating demand with a paid pilot model for small doc teams and true-crime creators.
Story Shape Pilot
A paid pilot for one episode, one act, or one focused edit segment, focused on narrative clarity, pacing, and reveal structure. Custom pilot quote.
Compliance-First Add-On
Adds a timeline and fact grid, on-screen claim review support, and a release and rights tracking structure. Priced as an add-on to pilot or project scope.
Pitch-Ready Package
Editing plus teaser or trailer and delivery-ready assets shaped for a distributor, funder, or channel pitch. Scoped per project.
Who should join the waitlist
CaseCut is built for teams making true crime, not general content creators.
Indie documentary producers
Developing or finishing true-crime projects and needing a cut that lands clearly for festivals or streamer pitches.
Small post teams
Need specialized story shaping support without babysitting a generalist editor through unfamiliar genre pacing.
Episodic and YouTube true-crime creators
Want a clearer revision process, defined deliverables, and pacing built for reveals, not borrowed from general editing.
Questions, answered
Will this work with my current footage and workflow?
Yes. CaseCut fits into existing production pipelines, working from your interviews, archival material, police records, and reenactments regardless of your NLE.
Is this only for feature documentaries?
No. It's built for feature docs, episodic series, YouTube true crime, and podcast video alike, anywhere pacing and reveal structure matter.
What will it cost?
Pricing is being shaped through early pilot conversations. Planned packages include a scoped Story Shape Pilot, a Compliance-First Add-On, and a Pitch-Ready Package, each quoted per project.
When does CaseCut open for pilots?
CaseCut is in early access. Joining the waitlist puts you first in line when pilot slots and initial packages open.
Does the compliance workflow replace legal review?
No. It supports a cleaner post-production process, timeline and fact tracking, and claim checks, but it does not replace legal counsel.
What happens with my email?
It's used only to send launch updates and pilot availability. No spam, and you can unsubscribe any time.
Want early access when CaseCut opens pilot slots?
Join the waitlist to hear when pilot engagements open, what the first packages include, and how the process is being shaped for true-crime producers.