How do professional editors study the editing in movies? What's the difference between good editing and bad editing? Unless you're a professional film editor, you may not entirely know. I mean, yeah, we know what bad editing looks like...cutting too early or too late, discontinuity, breaking the 180-degree rule. The fruits of good editing are a little more difficult to pinpoint compared to the overt mistakes we see in bad editing. Unless it's Whiplash...the good editing is relatively easy to spot. In this video, editor Sven Pape of This Guy Edits and editor Aaron Fitzgerald discuss the many factors that come into play in Tom Cross' editing of Damien Chazelle's Oscar-winning film, Whiplash. They also share a few tips on how to study film on your own so you can learn more about the editing craft. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Sunday, 17 March, 2019