Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Film Editing on Apr 25th, 2010
This article was written for Escapology. “At the end of the day it’s all about editing, isn’t it. I’m editing some spots at the moment. I have to say, in all immodesty, that I have always been pretty good at editing. Because editing is true storytelling. The best part of filmmaking! and I love that [...]
Posted in Film Editing on Mar 7th, 2010
This article was wrtten by Alan Edit. “Starting a career in post? already in post? good. Here are 5 things I learned, practically. I’m still learning.” Read this article from Looking For the Right Image. ———- Sign up now for your own FREE monthly subscription to “The Director’s Chair” filmmaking ezine and get: (1) Day [...]
Posted in Film Questions on Nov 28th, 2009
This question comes from one of my subscribers to “The Director’s Chair”. If you have any answers or comments for Victor, please post them in the Reply box below and I will make sure he sees them. Thanks. —- “I seek your advice on how to edit my footage on my first directed television l [...]
Posted in Director's Chair Ezine on Jun 28th, 2009
The feature article this month is called “Prodding the Drunken Elephant” (The Film Editor’s World) by Rick Benwick. “What we learn as Editor’s of movies is that we develop a very close relationship with the film image. Each movie production shoots and hands us many hours of material. We look at this material first as [...]
Posted in Film Editing on Mar 11th, 2009
This arrticle and video is from HD Film Tools. “Today we present Part I of a multi-part series with award winning film editor Chris Dickens. Chris is the recipient of this years “triple crown” of editing awards for his work on “Slumdog Millionaire”, for which he took home the American Cinema Editor’s (A.C.E.) EDDY Award, [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Sep 11th, 2008
1. cut (a straight transition to a new shot) 2. wipe (a gradual transition to a new scene) 3. dissolve (a gradual double exposure transition from one image to another) 4. fade in/fade out ( a gradual increase or decrease in picture brightness) 5. focus in/focus out (a transition shot using focus) 6. match cut [...]
Posted in Film Editing on Sep 9th, 2008
According to Walter Murch, (an Academy Award–winning film editor/sound mixer) when it comes to film editing, there are six main criteria for evaluating a cut or deciding where to cut. Here they are in order of importance: 1. Emotion – Does the cut reflect what the editor believes the audience should be feeling at that [...]
Posted in Filmmaking Tips on Mar 4th, 2008
As a director, making a movie is not just about the scene you are filming now – it is also about how to structure the pace of the film by the way you create your scene transitions. Here are 4 steps you should know in order to create good scene transitions: (“X” is the scene [...]
Posted in Film Editing on Mar 1st, 2008
Of the many elements that go into making a movie, a director must have a knowledge and understanding of editing (montage) because editing is the main element that separates films from photography. Sergei Eisenstein (the Russian Director) influenced many early filmmakers with his innovative use of film montage. To see for yourself the impact he [...]
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