{"id":1950,"date":"2015-10-18T23:35:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wesworld.com\/twp\/?page_id=1950"},"modified":"2015-10-31T20:35:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T20:35:35","slug":"cutting-it-together","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wesworld.com\/twp\/cutting-it-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting It Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

Film Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
\n\u2013 Alfred Hitchcock<\/em><\/p>\n

On its most fundamental level, film editing is the art, technique, and practice of assembling shots into a coherent sequence. The job of an editor isn\u2019t simply to mechanically put pieces of a film together, cut off film slates, or edit dialogue scenes. (From Wikipedia)<\/p>\n

Despite what actors, directors or even cinematographers may say, the story is crafted\u00a0in the editing bay or now mostly on a NLE (Non-linear editing) program. A director may have had 25 takes of one shot, but the editor decides which one to use, how long it will be shown and what comes before and after that shot. While a cinematographer and director compose for a each\u00a0shot, the editor is the composer of the entire symphony of shots\/scenes. The editor decides on the speed, direction, which \u201cinstruments\u201d to use, how loud or how soft, from\u00a0crescendos to\u00a0pianissimo all to tell the story. An editor also speaks the language of cinema but puts the shots\u00a0of the story into an unique and understandable progression.<\/p>\n

The directing, acting, cinematography, musical score, visual effects all are there to serve the editing process,\u00a0editing is the sum of all these parts.<\/p>\n

Feature Films I have edited<\/a><\/p>\n

Short Films I have edited<\/a><\/p>\n

Walter Murch editor of Apocalypse Now and The English Patient
\n<\/a>Walter Murch on editing<\/a><\/p>\n

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