Check out these great notes on Film Editing

1. wildcard
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   Some Great Notes on Film Editing from some of the best:
   
   http://www.wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com/film-editing.html

   Posted 5 years ago #

2. compusolver
   Member

   
   I was hoping for some really good stuff there...didn't find it. Bland. But I'll use it to try and heat up a little debate...
   
   The editor's statement that he does his first cuts without the audio, is laughable (IMHO). Sure, when you have directorial control, whenever possible, the video should carry the film and not rely on narrative. But a film (or video) is a medium that consists of both sound and sight. There is just no escaping that fact - at least not since the days of Charlie Chaplin ended.
   
   By ignoring part of the medium, are your actions really likely to enhance the story as a whole? I don't see how. Now, I'm looking at this from the view of an event videographer, but even in the movies, there are times when the dialog is carrying the story. No getting around it. When Mary says something that will have an emotional impact on Joe, the cut needs to be made. Joe may be expressionless and that may tell us something about how he's handling it, but an editor who isn't listening to the dialog, won't know to make the cut.
   
   A hunter may be better able to detect motion in a camoflauged setting by filtering out colors and seeing in black and white, but an editor who cuts by filtering out the audio portions is a deaf hunter and I know of no situations where ignoring sound would be helpful in hunting or in editing.

   Posted 5 years ago #

3. wildcard
   Member

   
   Hank - You know you're criticizing WALTER MURCH, the godfather of Film Editing.

   Posted 5 years ago #

4. Ken
   Member

   
   And here I thought the Godfather of Film Editing was British director/editor David Lean. Hmmm... I guess he's no longer with us. OK, then Karel Reisz, author of the classic "The Technique of Film Editing". Wait....that was published way back in 1954; Karel's probably gone too. I wonder if academy-award winner Frank Keller, editor of that famous car chase in "Bullitt", is still around.
   
   But I'm rambling. Sorry. :-//
   Ken Hull

   Posted 5 years ago #

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