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Independent Filmmaking Challenges
Pre-Production Tips for Making a Movie
Screenplay Tips for Independent Films
Logistics for Making Independent Films
What is a Movie Storyboard?
How to Storyboard a Movie
Storyboarding Tips for Movies
How to Schedule Movie Scenes
What is a Movie Short List?
How to Cast Independent Films
How to Scout Movie Locations
How to Manage a Movie Set
How to Work with a Movie Crew
How to Get Movie Set Property Clearances
Continuity Tips for Making a Movie
How to Edit Independent Films
Tips for Directing a Movie
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Summary: Once you've made a movie, you'll need to edit the footage. Get tips from an expert on editing Indie films in this free filmmaking video clip.
Rhett Reiger began his career in the movies as a writer and actor. After attending film school in San Francisco, he turned to directing small indie films and commercials. An artistic...read more
"Rhett Reiger, White Caspian Studios on behalf of Expertvillage. A brief comment on editing. Now the editor's job, as I'm sure you know, is to handle the edit. To do all of the operating of the equipment, to get the scenes, to cut them, put them all together, basically to create the story that you already created, or I should say to put the story together that you created. But the director has to be around for the edit. At least I think so. Because the edit is so subjective. It can be edited in several different ways with the same footage and you will end up getting a different movie. So it's important that the director works with the editor and basically tells the editor, look, I would like to get this out of the scene. This is the theme. This is where we're going. I'd like this to be brief. I'd like this to one to be drawn out. I'd like this one to be a little edgy. I'd like this one to be very relaxed. This kind of input into an editor, at the end not telling him or her how to do their job. You let them do what they're good at doing, but you've got to direct them, so they know what you're trying to achieve. And as a director, if you can give good input into the editor so that he or she knows what they are supposed to be doing, you're going to be much more satisfied with your project as a whole."
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filmcritix said
on 3/1/2009 I have looked everywhere trying to find out who this guy is. He claims to be a movie director/actor. Nobody I work with has ever heard of him. Just what we need in our industry, another wannabe!
filmcritix said
on 3/1/2009 I have looked everywhere trying to find out who this guy is. He claims to be a movie director/actor. Nobody I work with has ever heard of him. Just what we need in our industry, another wannabe!