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One shoot, two cuts.
One shoot, two cuts.
One shoot, two cuts.

One shoot,two cuts.

Client
Faisal Zidan · Diamond appraiser · Riyadh
Year
2026
Services
Talking-head content · Arabic-first · Edit
Deliverables
2 reels · one setting · subtitled

One session in the gem lab with Faisal Zidan — certified diamond appraiser, podcast host — and two completely different reels from it. The lesson cut (0:40): practice, discipline, and what it takes before you touch a stone. The legacy cut (0:57): the story of becoming the first Saudi to receive the certificate from the Belgian ambassador’s hand. Same room, same light, two hooks — because one story never fits everyone.

0:40
The lesson cut — teach
0:57
The legacy cut — story
1
Setting · zero reshoots

Watch both cuts.

Same room. Same light. Two different edits — that’s the craft.

The lesson cut · 0:40Opens mid-advice — practice and discipline. Tight pacing, ends on a subscribe CTA. Built to teach.
The legacy cut · 0:57Opens on emotion, lands the first-Saudi story, closes on his own aphorism. Built to be remembered.

The full set.

← → or swipe · every frame, uncropped

The arrival · shoot day, Dubai
Through the loupe · stone to eye
The lesson cut · on set
At the scopes
The sit-down · where the closing line lands
01 / 10The arrival · shoot day, Dubai

“Diamonds will not accept being treated superficially, nor will they allow you to treat them carelessly. That is why diamonds are always an exceptional case.”

From the legacy cut — his own closing line
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