How much does an editor know before he has to edit?

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:23 pm

Do editors receive a script with the raw footage, or are they on set during filming? How do they know which order to place things in and how it should be done, or are they just guessing

BrownCowStudios · Post by **BrownCowStudios** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:53 pm

How do they know which order to place things in and how it should be done, or are they just guessing

They have storyboards and a script to guide them.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:00 pm

And usualy the director is in the room, if he isn't the editor himself. And they have had legthy meeting with the director/writers producers, to get the feel for the picture, so that they know what is going on and what is wanted. It would be silly to give a guy a script and storyboards with your footage and say, put this toghter.

Vamp · Post by **Vamp** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:07 pm

People have done that to me before... On a number of occassions

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:34 pm

well then it is there louse if the movie doesn't turn out they way they want, and a large hassale to you, because you still have to peace it toghter with no knowage of what was going on onset.

edinc90 · Post by **edinc90** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:33 pm

foxwood wrote:well then it is there louse if the movie doesn't turn out they way they want,

I hope you mean loss, because louse is the plural for lice, the bugs that (sometimes) live in your hair.

justsomeguy · Post by **justsomeguy** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:00 am

well then it is there louse

cool, im gonna start saying that now

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:00 am

ya, oopss, I hate spelling, suck at it.

Jass Films · Post by **Jass Films** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:10 am

they are also given a shot list that says, the shot times, scene, whether the shot was any good or whatever.