Lessons from the Top Film Editors

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I don't do any editing, nor do I plan to! But watching this channel really helps you to appreciate films more, thanks!

Hearing him say that learning through Youtube works really keeps my hopes up.

Great video! Here's a breakdown of what I took from each lesson, 1. Know when NOT to cut. Be present and keep your ego in check. 2. Edit to what YOU want. The director will come later and make changes. 3. Trust the process, your changes will be addressed if the film requires. 4. Be a collaborator. 5. Editing is a process of REVISION. You'll need to go back and edit what you edit. 6. Organization = editing. Compartmentalize the smaller chunks. 7. How do you make it as an editor? JUST START EDITING. Cut what you can, as often as possible. 8. Ask yourself, how does your scene affect the overall story? Make adjustments to keep it cohesive. 9. Use reaction shots wisely. Usually it's more interesting to show who's listening rather than who's speaking. 10. Study the why during editing. Make choices intuitively but know the analytical reason why you cut it that way in the first place.

The added vfx in Arrival to make the dream sequence work was genius! It’s such a mundane scene but then the addition of the alien makes it so trippy and surreal.

"You gotta keep your ego in check." "Houston, we got a problem." Thanks for this both informative, fantastic and sometimes hilarious edit. You da man.

Great video. One criticism: it's not clear to me who the two people speaking throughout the video are.

Can’t believe I watched this for free

The mindhunter scene really made me understand the importance of reaction shots and their effects on emotion. Quality content.

"the invisible performer in the editing room"... I love it!

That was incredibly interesting! Nicely done mate 👍

Nice video. Damn that Mindhunter scene is brilliant

I think another important part for any person in this industry (including editors) is to always have an answer to the question of "WHY?". If somebody asks why did you cut there or why you shot like that, you shouldn't answer "because I felt that was needed", you should always have a clear (sometimes analytical answer) explaining WHY. Always be prepared to have answers to that question as you start your day and you'll do fine.

I'm not an editor and I enjoy watching analytical videos that teach me storytelling. Those storytelling skills I'm then using for communication and games that I'm making.

Im kinda new into editing and have watched TONS of tutorials on how editing works. I've learned a few technical tricks here and there. However, this video right here gave me a completely different depth and approach to how to actually get the storytelling, emotions and reactions on the audience side of the story. Thanks! Subscribed.

One of the things I have come to appreciate are TV. commercials. They tell a complete story and/or communicate an idea is a short period of time.

Love how you lead all your interviews, and the quality of information you are bringing to YouTube man. That was great!!

Nice interview with lots of great insight. I'm in the editing process now on a doc film and this was helpful.

Always good to hear from Steve Hullfish. He has such a breadth of knowledge.

A Superb Editing Masterclass! 👌