Indie Film Tip video - EDITING TRICKS I

http://www.horrorsofwarmovie.com/webdocs/edit1.php

Indie Film Tip video - EDITING TRICKS II

http://www.horrorsofwarmovie.com/webdocs/edit2.php

Another editing tip for the newbs that explains L-cuts/split edits

See other film tips & Behind the Scenes nuggets at
http://www.horrorsofwarmovie.com/webdocs.php


along with everything else about http://www.HorrorsofwarMovie.com, the WWII horror sci fi action flick.

- Ross
http://www.sonnyboo.com

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Sonnyboo,

The biggest noob editing problems are that they rarly overlap dialogue. My early work suffers from that alot.

Ah yes... I remember when I learned to do an L-edit.

I've definetley been experimenting with L-edits for as long as I can remember, but I wasn't really conscious of when I was doing it, I was just doing what seemed most logical and natural for a while. But I have gotten much more conscious of the technique of movie editing in the last year or so, so much so that it's made me think that maybe if I can't get a job actually helping make movies, maybe I can settle for being an editor. Because it's a pretty cool job when you think of it...you get tons of creative input and respect, you constantly get to experiment with bold creative choices, you become a crucial collaborator (and may even get to develop all kinds of close relationships with movie-making honchos), and to top it all off, editing is probably one of the cushiest jobs in the film industry! Hard-working talents constantly bust their asses on movie sets and locations (not that there's anything wrong with that), and no matter what they do, the results land squarely in your hands, at your editing station, at your discretion! There are very few other jobs in which you can do so much quality work with so little. Doesn't sound like a bad job to shoot for, as far as I'm concerned...

yeah, a lot of people just "intuit" to do the L-cuts, but even editors who ahve been doing it for years don't stop to think WHY you do it. It's just good to know the reasons beyond an impulse as to WHY you use thee editing tricks.

Thanks for watching.