Cutting Edge: Magic of Editing

[Scott]

Cutting Edge: Magic of Editing - This filmmaking special played on Encore Channel last night. The give very insightful "secrets" to editing film and the role of the film editor. Many hollywood editors and directors are interviewed for this. If you can get a chance to catch it , then you must. Very good informative special that I'm sure Encore Channel will be showing again during the months ahead.

I once saw a VHS tape on "lighting" and film which was also very good. Just can't remember the title of the VHS. If you put these two documentaries with say Coppola's "Heart of Darkness" film about the making a Apocalypse Now and maybe a special on Special Effects in film and something from Bravo's Actors Studio. Maybe some of those specials on 100 top movie moments. That would all help partly towards a good film education.



Post Edited (12-16-04 21:55)

[ulthar]

This is why I like the commentaries on DVDs so much; you get a mini-education (sometimes better than others) on how a particular film was made.

For example, on the DVD of Carpenter's "In the Mouth of Madness," the commentary was Carpenter and (iirc) Gerry Kibbe, the Cinematographer.  Every scene was discussed in terms of lighting, which was interesting at least initially.

Of course, some are just "oh, I just love this scene" and "isn't that beautiful they way

• did that," but overall, I find the commentaries very interesting.

One I absolutely did not like, and turned off, was the commentary for "The Day After Tomorrow."  The first 'bad word' (hey, I watch these things with my daughter in the room, and I don't particularly want her picking up certain language) I cringed and just thought, "okay, the guy's making a point."  But a couple of minutes later, he said another, and that was it.  Okay, so the film itself was PG-13, but I don't think there was that much cussin' in it; the commentary was 'hotter' that the film itself, and to me, that's just dumb.

Anyway, a DVD showing lighting/photography, sound, editing, post production and may CGI would be VERY interesting.