Quotes by Editing The essence of cinema is editing. Francis Ford Coppola cinema essence editing The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy. Francis Ford Coppola emotional essence editing Should novels generally be 600 pages? No, they should not. Half of writing, maybe 3/4 of writing, is editing. This seems to be a thing that has not gotten through to them. It's my impression that you could get rid of half of most of these books. These people are not good enough to be this long, but they're apparently also not good enough to be shorter. Fran Lebowitz editing writing book I've never been a big fan of the music-video style of editing movies that crept in the last few decades. I like stuff that's able to take its time. Frank Darabont style fans editing The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none. François-René de Chateaubriand imitating-others editing writing There are two things wrong with almost all legal writing. One is its style. The other is its content. Fred Rodell law editing writing You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting, editing and length are all aspects of choice. Frederick Wiseman movie choices editing I think I have an obligation, to the people who have consented to be in the film, to make a film that is fair to their experience. The editing of my films is a long and selective process. I do feel that when I cut a sequence, I have an obligation to the people who are in it, to cut it so that it fairly represents what I felt was going on at the time, in the original event. I don't try and cut it to meet the standards of a producer or a network or a television show. Frederick Wiseman cutting editing thinking Paris is a beautiful city to walk around in. And, you know, all the obvious things: I like the museums, I like the theater, I like the dance. And it's manageable. The food's good. I know a lot of interesting people here. I lived in Boston for 50 years or more. Wherever I am, I'm usually holed up most of the time in the editing room, and so, when I leave the editing room, even if I just take a walk, it's gorgeous. And I walk everywhere. I'm a victim of the seduction of Paris. Frederick Wiseman editing beautiful museums A lot of the issues of rhythm in film are found in the editing because it's very rare that any sequence is the sequence that is shot. Frederick Wiseman issues film editing Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing Garry Marshall shooting process editing One of the first decisions I made, as the director of "Hide and Seek," was that our film would be silent and use underscoring of original music that I was planning on composing. The decision was mostly predicated on knowing how time consuming the editing of dialogue can be and given the various locations we shot in, I didn't want to worry about having to mix room tones in such a short amount of time. Garth Kravits knowing editing worry I don't know. I don't go around looking at my pictures. I sometimes think I'm a mechanic. I just take pictures. When the time comes, for whatever reason, I get involved in editing and getting some prints made and stuff. There are things that interest me. But I don't really mull over them a lot. Garry Winogrand editing stuff thinking John [Cassavetes] had shot a great deal of Shadows and I had to go fulfill my contract in California, so he and all the rest of the Shadows cast came out to California and they finished it off and he cut it. He turned the garage into an editing room and he was by then a director of Shadows. That's the only thing he'd directed. But, he loved it. Gena Rowlands california cutting editing Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point. George D. Prentice punctuation editing writing We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship. George Wald authorship atheism editing Evolution advances, not by a priori design, but by the selection of what works best out of whatever choices offer. We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship. George Wald choices editing science In the editing process, I delete what I do not want to use, move what remains around if necessary and add elements that I feel will make my visual statement as clear and understandable as possible. Gerald Brommer editing add moving Editing and selectivity are processes that provide the first steps in determining and conveying content. Gerald Brommer editing steps firsts I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up a pen you become a snob, your own worse critic. You edit yourself in a way that is non-creative. Glen Hansard creative editing ideas «23456789101112»
