One of the most exciting things about film editing is the power it has to totally transform the nature, quality and efficacy of a story.
Good editing can save a bad performance, scene, story and film. Bad editing can also ruin it, of course, but if you know a little bit of the theory behind some of film’s most important editing concepts you can more ably apply them to your next project, and hopefully improve you own editing in the process.
So what kind of concepts am I talking about?
In this post I’ve brought together a few good recent video essays that share some helpful insights on some of the following concepts:
Editing as the final re-write; controlling the information
What is a good edit anyway?
Improving a performance through editing
Decision making defines character; show don’t tell
Transitions that make a difference
Harnessing the audience’s eyes
If you’re after more of this kind of thing then this previous post with some other great video essays on film editing can be found here: Insights on the Craft of Film Editing
Editing as the Final Re-Write
Editing is called the final re-write, or the third re-write because of the two key processes that precede it to make that even possible.
The screenplay
Creating the Raw Footage (on-set re-write)
Comments