What is a paper cut in documentary editing?

A radio edit is the audio-only assembly that proves your story works before you cut any picture. Here is how documentary editors use it and where it sits next to the paper cut.

A beat sheet is the ordered list of story beats your documentary is going to land. Here is what a beat is, what a beat sheet does, and how it differs from a paper cut.

Transcript-based editing means selecting interview clips by reading the words instead of scrubbing through audio. Here is why it dominates modern documentary post and how the workflow runs.