Knight Frank Kenya / KMU 2025

Inside the
finish.

A closer look at the editorial structure, pacing and colour finishing behind a Knight Frank round-table trailer and its supporting interview content.

RoleEditor / Colorist
ToolsDaVinci Resolve
ScopeEdit + Colour + Finishing
Knight Frank KMU 2025 trailer
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Project overview

One conversation.
A clear edit.

01 / THE BRIEF

Shape the material into a concise trailer.

The source material centers on a multi-speaker round-table and interview-led story. The post challenge was to find a strong editorial spine, keep the information clear and create enough momentum for a trailer format without making the conversation feel rushed.

02 / THE APPROACH

Clarity first. Rhythm second. Polish throughout.

I treated dialogue selection, speaker changes, music, room tone and visual pacing as one system. The cut needed to feel corporate and controlled, while still having enough movement and personality to hold attention.

03 / THE FINISH

Keep the room natural and the people consistent.

The finishing pass focused on balancing the room, maintaining natural skin tones and keeping contrast consistent across the conversation. The goal was a clean, confident image that supported the brand rather than calling attention to the grade itself.

The
edit.

The timeline shows the practical side of the job: dialogue, picture, music and finishing decisions layered into a compact trailer structure.

01 / EDITORIAL ARCHITECTURE

Build the rhythm before the polish.

The sequence was organized around speaker clarity and momentum, then refined through shot changes, audio timing and supporting visual beats.

  • Multi-speaker structure 01
  • Dialogue pacing 02
  • Music + sound timing 03
  • Trailer compression 04
Knight Frank editing timeline in DaVinci Resolve

The
grade.

Colour was used as finishing, not decoration — preserving natural skin, room detail and consistency across the round-table material.

02 / COLOUR FINISH

Clean, controlled and consistent.

The node-based grade was built to balance exposure and colour relationships while keeping the overall look professional and understated.

  • Skin-tone balance 01
  • Room consistency 02
  • Controlled contrast 03
  • Final polish 04
Knight Frank colour grading nodes in DaVinci Resolve

Project
outputs.

The archive shows the Knight Frank work extending beyond a single trailer into portrait and individual interview deliverables.

Portrait / Social cut

KMU-2 Portrait Teaser

Vertical campaign format

Interview film

Mark Dunford

Knight Frank

Interview film

Nelly Njuki

Knight Frank

Interview film

Anne Njambi

Knight Frank

Campaign trailer

KMU 2025

Landscape trailer / final film

The result

A polished system,
not just one cut.

The final presentation demonstrates how one core production can be shaped into multiple outputs while maintaining consistent editorial language and finish across the campaign.

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