Posts Tagged “editing”
Thoughts on Errol Morris’ Tabloid
by Eric on December 5, 2011
The most striking thing about Errol Morris’ new documentary Tabloid, besides the literally unbelievable story, is the director’s decision to leave whole sections of interview footage uncovered. Minutes go by without b-roll. Instead, we see the exposed footage, jump cuts (…)
Editing Stutter
by Eric on July 3, 2011
When you edit a stutter–for instance, someone who says, “I’m going to the, the, the car”–as a general rule try to keep the tail end of the stutter, the final “the.” Cutting there will usually offer the best cadence with (…)
Scott McCloud Defines Editing by Way of Comics
by Eric on April 23, 2011
Scott McCloud, author of the terrific book Understanding Comics defines graphic novel storytelling as: Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequences intended to convey information and/or aesthetic responses in the viewer. Seems like a pretty good definition of editing, (…)
Words to Cut On
by Eric on August 22, 2010
Linear storytelling is about progression. It’s about the ordering of events to create a beginning, middle and end and thereby a compelling narrative. As an editor, I constantly ask myself, how do I get from here to there? One road (…)
Two New Projects on MediaStorm
by Eric on July 3, 2010
In my haste to announce my new film Three Women, I neglected to post two other projects recently released on MediaStorm. The first is Lisa Robinson’s Snowbound, which I produced and edited. The project was a bit of a departure (…)
Driftless Wins Webby for Best Editing
by Eric on May 9, 2010
I am thrilled to announce that the 14th Annual Webby Awards named MediaStorm’s Driftless by Danny Wilcox Frazier, which I produced and edited, as the winner in this year’s Best Editing for Online Film and Video Category. From the Webby (…)