AV News 195 - February 2014
5. In many ways the most critical skill in programme making is the much
neglected process of EDITING - what to include (and how much of it!) and
what to exclude. At the ideas stage of your production this also means
evaluating the viability of your idea - would it sustain a 5, 10 or 15 minute
programme?
NOTE To look over the fence at the film industry (both documentary and
feature films), it's no accident that the most successful directors in the film
industry are not cinematographers. Virtually all of them started off as film
editors where they learnt their essential skills in the proverbial 'Cutting
Room.'
In contrast, from what I've seen among club AV-ers, many of them still see
themselves primarily as Photographers. Furthermore, traditionally the
soundtrack has all too frequently been regarded almost as an optional 'Add
On' - producers