Comments on: Defining The Term, “Editor” http://hollywoodreinvented.com/2008/05/defining-the-term-editor/ A Network for Digital Filmmakers Sun, 08 May 2011 00:08:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Loren http://hollywoodreinvented.com/2008/05/defining-the-term-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Loren Thu, 29 May 2008 23:55:14 +0000 http://hdfilmtools.com/?p=17#comment-2 First, congratulations , Larry, on a great looking site which I suspect will belong in every editor's bookmark bag. And folks should realize you are NOT the other Larry Jordan, trainer and producer. Editing of any kind is among the highest of intellectual pursuits. At base it is about selection, arrangement, and pacing. In film, it's both an art and craft, and practitioners get rich enjoyment from both aspects. The art is usually hidden, the craft usually evident. Without the craft, the editor is a blue sky theorist. Without the art, the editor is a button pusher. Some clients want one or the other, and some want both. And some don't know what they want until they see the editor at work. More important to me is the half-beguiling, half-entrapping exigency to perform so many of the tasks surrounding editing-- at least non-union freelance work-- from soundtrack design to motion effects. Simply because those tools are packaged with many NLE's, some producers and directors come to expect a multiple skillset when many of us have our hands full just helping tell a story. So now we do track audio repair, we do green screen keying, we do DVD authoring. You know, there's a reason why I wear a 12on-12off t-shirt!! (www.12on12off.com) Best, as always, Loren S. Miller www.neotrondesign.com Home of KeyGuide Central First, congratulations , Larry, on a great looking site which I suspect will belong in every editor’s bookmark bag. And folks should realize you are NOT the other Larry Jordan, trainer and producer.

Editing of any kind is among the highest of intellectual pursuits. At base it is about selection, arrangement, and pacing. In film, it’s both an art and craft, and practitioners get rich enjoyment from both aspects.

The art is usually hidden, the craft usually evident. Without the craft, the editor is a blue sky theorist. Without the art, the editor is a button pusher.

Some clients want one or the other, and some want both. And some don’t know what they want until they see the editor at work.

More important to me is the half-beguiling, half-entrapping exigency to perform so many of the tasks surrounding editing– at least non-union freelance work– from soundtrack design to motion effects. Simply because those tools are packaged with many NLE’s, some producers and directors come to expect a multiple skillset when many of us have our hands full just helping tell a story.

So now we do track audio repair, we do green screen keying, we do DVD authoring.

You know, there’s a reason why I wear a 12on-12off t-shirt!! (www.12on12off.com)

Best, as always,
Loren S. Miller
http://www.neotrondesign.com
Home of KeyGuide Central

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