On Thursday June 11th @ Convergence 09 I’m going to talk Edit Theory. Among the things we’re going to talk about is;
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Just where does all this stuff about editing come from?
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Who made up all these rules?
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What’s the rule of six?
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Isn’t editing just cutting out all the bad bits?
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Seeing beyond the edit, what’s beyond the edit?
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Why don’t we ‘dragnet edit’ any more?
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What’s a ‘dragnet edit?’
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The Blink
I’m really a total geek when it comes to editing. I study it. I twitter about it (are you following me?). Obviously I blog about it. I like to watch television and see what people are doing. There are so many different styles of editing.
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old NPPA
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New NPPA
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MTV
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Jump Cut
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Cinéma vérité
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Food Network Style
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CNN
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Network News
And many more.
But it all comes from the same beginnings and we’re going to talk about all that and much, much more. I hope you’ll join me in Las Vegas in a few weeks. I’m excited about it and I hope to share my passion for teaching and editing with you.
I brought up styles here. I’ve gone through a few styles of my own. I’ve experimented with various stories and I have come back to a more simpler style of editing. I don’t make nearly as many edits as I used to. I’m simply trying to do a story justice. Last year I edited a story about a cemetery skills competition. There was no need for quick edits, no need for lots of sequencing, no need for an over-abundant amount of natural sound. Just simple slow story telling. Simple and effective storytelling. So please watch the story We’re Serious, We’re Professionals
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Natural Sound is very simple
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Pacing matches storytellers natural pace, in this case the organizer of the event
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I cut when talking about the the competition
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I dissolve when talking about the cemetery in general
And think about this. Sometimes the most important edit you make in a story, is the decision to not make an edit.
The Edit Foundry Blog is going to change a little over the next few months. Posts will be more often and I’ll always leave you with an Edit Foundry Thought.
Edit Foundry Thought - If your edit evokes an emotion, the next edit shouldn’t take anything away from that edit or emotion.
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