Editor questions

[Scott Sheriff]

I would have to agree with those that advocate asking lots of questions.

I just got done working on a low budget feature, that the original editor got in over their head because they didn’t ask enough questions, and just jumped in, only to have it all go horribly wrong.

There is a growing trend for low budget producers scrimping on script asst, logging, and other nice things like that, so they can spend that money somewhere else in the budget. and then hoping they can hook someone into putting in an ‘editing bid’, only to find out later that ‘editing’, means the entire post work flow, and a lot of the normal pre- production work had gone undone.

So be wary of all jobs that you are not included in the original creative team, and that think of editing as a last minute hurdle they just need to get over as quick and cheap as possible. Yes, ask lots and lots of questions.
And get it in writing.

[Rebecca Gillaspie]

We call that the hairy armpit trick.

[Adam Taylor]

the dead dog can bite back, though.

A friend did just that – dropped in a shot he knew was awful, just so he could remove it when the producer spotted it.

Only problem was the producer loved it, and my friend was ordered to remove (in his opinion) one of the best cuts in the show.

adam

Adam Taylor
Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
Character Options Ltd
Oldham, UK

http://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk