“The Edit”

Quick note -

The edit is not a given. Only with direct and intentional action can you take the infinite world and compress it into something specific on a 2D plane. The crazy thing is how specific you are making the world. Even with a limited amount of source media to reference, the editor faces a dilemma of endless choice in deciding how to cut, arrange, overlay, modify, color, re-size, re-shape, augment, and stylize. The simplest story can be told in a countless number of different ways. Some are most definitely better than others, and the truth is that editing is a more a process of refinement than is it about outright vision and execution.

If you see an edit somewhere and think to yourself that you would have made the same editing decisions and resulted with an end-product that was just as compelling…you are not being honest with the facts.