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Film Editing Quotes

I’ve never made any film that I wouldn’t go back and re-edit Picture Quote #1

By the way, today with digital cameras and editing on your laptop, and things like that, you can make a feature film, a narrative feature film easily for $10,000 Picture Quote #1

Editing is a natural extension of collage making. It’s actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning Picture Quote #1

Shooting an improv-based film is incredibly liberating, exhilarating, and fun, but editing that kind of movie can be difficult for obvious continuity reasons Picture Quote #1

Once you start to realize that a film is the sum of its editing, then editing is the thing you’re always looking at Picture Quote #1

I re-mastered ‘The Conversation’ a few years ago for DVD. ‘The Conversation’ was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I’ve been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so I was interested in looking at this film and seeing if I could tell if it had been edited the old way. Truth be told, I couldn’t Picture Quote #1

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Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film Picture Quote #1

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing Picture Quote #1

I’ve been writing for years and developing my own films and editing with a friend of mine in Australia Picture Quote #1

I was editing for Kunal Kapoor when I got my first film ‘Jaan Tere Naam’ as lead actor Picture Quote #1

The film’s dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing Picture Quote #1

I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don’t know how to light it. And I realize it’s because I didn’t grow up with light. I grew up in tenements Picture Quote #1

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Editing a film is always a question of time, and the director. I’ve worked with a lot of directors who don’t mind my involvement. They appreciated it Picture Quote #1

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room Picture Quote #1

The Conversation’ was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I’ve been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so I was interested in looking at this film and seeing if I could tell if it had been edited the old way Picture Quote #1

I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called ‘Film Culture.’ Picture Quote #1

People come up to me and say Steve, what is film editing? and I say How should I know? You’re the director Picture Quote #1

As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign Picture Quote #1

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The film is made in the editing room Picture Quote #1

I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content Picture Quote #1

Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room Picture Quote #1

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is Picture Quote #1

Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever Picture Quote #1

Every film starts with two or three images. Then I try to edit these images Picture Quote #1

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Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does Picture Quote #1

I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don’t know how to light it. And I realize it’s because I didn’t grow up with light. I grew up in tenements Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never made any film that I wouldn’t go back and re-edit (Film Editing Quotes) By the way, today with digital cameras and editing on your laptop, and things like that, you can make a feature film, a narrative feature film easily for $10,000. (Film Editing Quotes) Editing is a natural extension of collage making. It’s actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning. (Film Editing Quotes) Shooting an improv-based film is incredibly liberating, exhilarating, and fun, but editing that kind of movie can be difficult for obvious continuity reasons. (Film Editing Quotes) Once you start to realize that a film is the sum of its editing, then editing is the thing you’re always looking at. (Film Editing Quotes) I re-mastered ‘The Conversation’ a few years ago for DVD. ‘The Conversation’ was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I’ve been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so I was interested in looking at this film and seeing if I could tell if it had been edited the old way. Truth be told, I couldn’t. (Film Editing Quotes) Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film. (Film Editing Quotes) But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing. (Film Editing Quotes) I’ve been writing for years and developing my own films and editing with a friend of mine in Australia. (Film Editing Quotes) I was editing for Kunal Kapoor when I got my first film ‘Jaan Tere Naam’ as lead actor (Film Editing Quotes) The film’s dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing. (Film Editing Quotes) I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don’t know how to light it. And I realize it’s because I didn’t grow up with light. I grew up in tenements. (Film Editing Quotes) Editing a film is always a question of time, and the director. I’ve worked with a lot of directors who don’t mind my involvement. They appreciated it. (Film Editing Quotes) The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room. (Film Editing Quotes) The Conversation’ was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I’ve been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so I was interested in looking at this film and seeing if I could tell if it had been edited the old way (Film Editing Quotes) I brought Yoko Ono to New York and gave her her first job there. I was editing a magazine called ‘Film Culture.’ (Film Editing Quotes) People come up to me and say Steve, what is film editing? and I say How should I know? You’re the director (Film Editing Quotes) As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign (Film Editing Quotes) The film is made in the editing room (Film Editing Quotes) I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content (Film Editing Quotes) Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room (Film Editing Quotes) A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is (Film Editing Quotes) Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever (Film Editing Quotes) Every film starts with two or three images. Then I try to edit these images (Film Editing Quotes) Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does (Film Editing Quotes) I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don’t know how to light it. And I realize it’s because I didn’t grow up with light. I grew up in tenements (Film Editing Quotes)