Thoughts on DOCUMENTRY Editing
Transcribe your footage before you start your edit
Do a paper edit, is very useful to know what goes where and one is not editing from memory
While editing do an assembly without going into the details, as it will stop you from moving things around later
Make sure you have a good beginning and a good ending
Interview teq’s
Make your subjects include part of the question into there answer
Get them to give examples of how things happened
HOW is the key word?
Never be operating the camera if you are conducting the interview
AFTER THE EDIT IS OVER:
Ask friend / people who you trust
1. Where is the climax, it should be at 2/3 rd. of the movie
2 is tension building up, there should be a arc in the film,
Not going up and down as a wave
3. If the film focused on one story or is it veering off
E.g.: start the film about a cycle ride with jack, but it veers off to jack relation with his church
4. Restructuring: does your content need to be moved around so best material is used?
5. Film should have single ending (not that it seems to end, and then again It takes off and keeps containing)
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