10 Lessons from the Top Film Editors

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Channel: This Guy Edits

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Keywords: film editing, editing tips, editing lesson, film editing advice, oscar winning editor, joe walker, dan hanley, kelley dixon, lee smith, steve hullfish, art of the cut, david finfer, paul hirsch, stephen mirrione, genn ficarra, jan kovac, lupita nyong'o, 12 years a slave, arrival, modern romance, mindhunter, tyler nelson, whiskey tango foxtrot, eddie hamilton, mission impossible fallout, the magnificent seven, john refoua

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Length: 18min 16sec (1096 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 18 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/ImNotSoHungry]

I was involved in making this video essay. It's a recorded conversation between Steve Hullfish (author of Art of the Cut - Conversations of Film & TV Editors) & Sven Pape aka This Guy Edits. The idea was to visualize some common advice from over 40 top-level editors with a dozen Oscar wins, many more nominations & Emmy wins and boil it down into 10 core lessons.

[u/on_]

Editing its a lot more important than people think. You can have mediocre actors and shitty direction but if there’s a lot of takes and extra footage, you can find a way to make something decent and save the day.

[u/TheoIggard]

"You gotta keep your ego in check." "Houston, we got a problem." hilarious edit.

[u/firecrack99]

Trust the Process - " Learn it. Know it. Live it." ~ Brad Hamilton

[u/StarWarsPlusDrWho]

Thanks for this. I've only been editing professionally for a couple of years, so I found a lot of this advice to be useful. Some of it was pointing out things I kind of already knew but never really thought about, like the impact (or lack thereof) of a spoken word based on whether we see the speaker or the listener.

Now if only I could break out of advertising and work that narrative muscle more. :)

[u/oryzin]

Now, that is a skill that could be useful to a lot of ordinary folks.

[u/survnet9]

Never thought about editing before, but this really planted a seed within as I'm falling more and more in love with the craft.

[u/straydog13]

Thanks for this.

[u/TheRealBatmann]

Excellent video