Ok, add this to the mix. There are times in my editing career when “the art of the edit” is carried in the door with me. However, that “art” must be tempered by the desires of the producer. I have walked into sessions when the producer wanted all the whistles and bells I could provide. I have also walked into sessions editing single layer video with nothing but perfectly placed disolves, each and every transition visited numerous times by both myself and the producer.
We have a wonderful enigma with which we work. We are Jackson Pollock, when asked to be…..or Normal Rockwell. But regardless of the desires of the producer, we always get to hid our little bit of ourselves in each and every piece on which we work (or should I say play)