Frame by Frame

Production designer James makes some last minute adjustments
The second stage of editing on my NFTS graduation animation, in which the live action background rushes are assembled according to our original animatic, has been completed. The backgrounds from the first shoot were done a few weeks ago, and given to the animator as a low-res .mov [...]

Inspired by a comment by beowulf.grimbly:
As part of the film school process, we constantly have reviews of the film as we’re working on the edit so that the tutors can advise when something doesn’t seem to be working out, ask the right sorts of questions about how necessary certain scenes are or the ordering of [...]

Earlier today I went to see Vantage Point. I’d already earmarked the film from the previews as being something worth seeing from an editing point of view, but off the top of my head I couldn’t think of a better example to show people what editing is.
Certain elements of plot are given away below, so [...]

Picture this:
Ever since you first got into music, you’ve been waiting for one of the world’s biggest bands, U2, to play a live gig that you can get to. Finally, they announce their tour. You buy your ticket, you take some holiday time away from work, you drive down to the venue, you queue for [...]

Our Richard III exercise is over. It was pretty enlightening, and we had some great tutors – namely Alex Mackie and Roger Crittenden. They were totally supportive, whilst pointing out possible weaknesses and parts which just didn’t really flow – right up to the very last moment. Literally. On the morning of the slightly flexible [...]

There’s something vaguely depressing in studying editing (and indeed working as an editor), in that the only cuts that people will tend to comment on are the bad ones. Most of the job is making the entire film look as if it flows naturally – sentences into one another (even if spoken days apart when [...]