If there's anything that reconnecting with your estranged, drug-addicted daughter and editing a movie have in common, it's that neither are an easy task. One is more emotionally traumatic than the other, but I'll let you decide which. For Autumn Dee, editor of Bleeding Love, it's all about crafting the narrative with emotional resonance. And emotional resonance certainly succeeded in Bleeding Love—which follows Ewan McGregor and his daughter Clara (billed as "Father" and "Daughter") on their trip to rehab, rehashing all the familial trauma that split them apart and cyclically brought them back together. Bleeding Love, at its heart, is a road movie with a lot of emotional baggage to juggle. Not an easy task for an editor, but Dee pulls it off in a carefully crafted drama that sticks the landing ten fold. Below, we talk to Dee about the ins-and-outs of starting out as an editor, finding an agent, and working with directors to navigate your creative voice while sticking to the heart of your director's vision.Enjoy!The Editor's Journey From Advertising to Narrative Features "I had kind of a non-traditional path. It's not totally off, but I was lucky. I went to a high school that had a video production program, so I learned Final Cut 7 when I was 16, and that's the first thing that got me into editing. I knew I wanted to be a filmmaker when I was little. I asked for a camera when I was 10. By high school I got into editing,...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 1 August, 2024